Salina-Pearl discovered her passion for house music as a child of the late 90’s house era at age 14 where she secured roots in the club scene working bars and doors for various promoters and all-ages events around town. She left school and became a regular at iconic hot-spots such as 'FEVER', 'Calibre', 'The Box' and 'Lightspeed' events where she discovered her passion for the soulful side of house while ignoring the club age restriction of 21 at the fresh age of 16. She rapidly gained a wealth of experience and respect in the house community enthusiastically championing her taste in music amongst a growing social network of DJs and aficionados.

By now a complete house addict, Salina-Pearl moved to create the legendary party brand “Deep Hard n Funky” in 2000 as co-director at just age 18. With her passion for the local industry, love of the music and flair for creative production she saw the brand rise to become one of Aucklands biggest and longest running party nights, known for its electric interactive vibe and solid local lineups of giants big and small. In high demand Salina-Pearl organised national tours for hot acts such as “Pnau” “House of Downtown” and “Our House” and co-produced large scale events with Remix Magazine featuring international artists such as “Mateo & Matos” “Eddie Amador” and “Mark Farina” to name a few.

Growing naturally from a platform of promotion and a refined sense of musical taste, Salina-Pearl took to spinning vinyl. Having learnt from some of the best in the biz she quickly secured herself a space as a well known face on the Auckland DJ circuit. Tim Phin became something of a mentor to her early DJ career often throwing her in the deep end by walking away from the decks forcing her to jump on and mix. With her DJ career spanning 24 years Salina-Pearl has since maintained residencies and played regularly at numerous bars, clubs and premium events in Auckland developing her own flavour of deep and underground house infused with funk and garage sounds of a bygone era.

Salina-Pearl is also the mind behind the Manuka Jam club parties offering a unique clubbing experience with the fusion of local house DJs, live musicians, dancers and art/exhibits with a kiwiana flavour close to her heart.

Renowned for her fluid seamless blends and spot on track selection her passionate energetic performances make her a crowd favourite when she’s Jamming behind the decks.
If you like your fashion intertwined with music then be sure to pay her a visit.

For bookings:

DJ Bookings: salinapearl@me.com

https://www.facebook.com/DjSalinaPearl
https://www.facebook.com/ManukaJam

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Once transmitted through speakers and into the airwaves, music belongs to the people. The audience ascribes meaning and significance to songs and ultimately absorbs them for life.

By the same token, SIX60 belong to listeners. The history-making award-winning New Zealand quintet—Matiu Walters [vocals, guitar], Marlon Gerbes [keyboard], Ji Fraser [lead guitar], Chris Mac [bass], and Eli Paewai [drums]—stir rock, reggae, funk, and pop together with a twist of kiwi roots music and Maori instrumentation. Invoking this spirit and Kiwi roots, their latest music and next evolution showcases traditional Maori instruments such as Pūtātara and Pūkāe (stone and long trumpets), Bone Kōauao (Bone Flute), and Karanga Weka (Stone Flute). “We want to take our Maori culture and put it into a mainstream radio world,” exclaims Matiu. “There are only a handful of people in the world who can play these instruments, and we felt getting them into a mainstream album could give them a chance to stay alive.”
Over a decade before breaking records and selling out stadiums back home or signing to Epic Records stateside, the boys then welcomed the world into their musical ecosystem and set a career precedent in 2008 while still students.

“At University of Otago, we shared a flat at 660 Castle Street in Dunedin, New Zealand,” recalls Matiu. “We originally didn’t name the band. Instead, our first college fans gave the band the name by calling us the ‘SIX60 Boys,’ which evolved into SIX60. We adopted this philosophy into our albums. The fans add the final touches and have naming rights over things we do. The songs aren’t done until the audience has them. So, the album doesn’t really have a spirit or a name until the crowd consumes it.”

As such, SIX60 engender a rare level of devotion from fans, bordering on downright phenomenal. The group’s 2011 full-length, SIX60 (I. The Gold Album), bowed at #1 on the charts in New Zealand and eventually went septuple-platinum. SIX60 (II. The Colours Album). saw them reclaim the top spot on the charts in 2015 and go quintuple-platinum. To date, New Zealand single sales exceed 1 million as global streams surpass 200 million and counting. At the 2018 NZ Music Awards, they garnered “Best Group” in addition to five other honors.

A year later, they made history. Performing their biggest show to date, they sold out Western Springs Stadium in New Zealand and became “the first New Zealand Act to Sell 50,000 Tickets to a Show at the Stadium” (They repeated the same feat for 2020!). The gig proved to be a major milestone both professionally and musically.

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