Grassmouth wears a multifaceted musical hat. The love of music runs through his family and it definitely did not miss him. Growing up he was exposed to the likes of Sam Cooke and Miles Davis from a very young age, De La Soul was listened to at all hours and the rhythms of reggae and dub pumped through his veins. His great grandparents performed music live to air, his grandfather was a radio host on New Zealand’s first radio station, Radio Dunedin, his uncle tried numerous times to put together a family band because that many of them played instruments and Grassmouth himself plays the guitar, sings, DJs and produces his own music.

With all this going on in the background, it’s no wonder he has ended ups doing what he does. A radio host himself on Base FM, Grassmouth hosts the In The Neighbourhood breakfast show which showcases New Zealand music. Covering an extremely broad range of music, he interviews artists and introduces music to the masses. He also runs a mentoring programme which acquaints young people with the ins and outs of radio broadcasting as well as editing and composing original songs.

And we haven’t even touched on his DJing yet.

Grassmouth’s roots are firmly trenched in hip hop reggae and soul. Time spent in the concrete jungle and swirling fusion of sound that is Berlin introduced him to the slower tempo four-four. Dual time spent in Vanuatu lapping up the lackadaisical harmonies of beach-front bungalows, he found inspiration in ethnic, world music, afrobeat and more. Grassmouth effortlessly fuses all this and more into deep, tempered, rhythmic soundscapes that he refers to as “shaman-house”. 

LO-FI are proud to bring you Grassmouth’s Exploration mix, turn it up and zone out to this melting pot of sound from all four corners of the globe.

Grassmouth: LO-FI Presents Explorations 38

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forthcoming Various Production
A/ Kailas
B/ Runaway ft Aher Dust

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Brand new edit from Jorun Bombay with an exclusive bonus track featuring Emskee on the flip.

Limited edition vinyl available to pre order at www.freshpressings.com

Vinyl ships in mid August 2019.

Jorun Bombay 'Engine Dub No 9'/'Opening Act' ft Emskee 7" snippets

In 2013 and for New Zealand Music Month, Base FM released TURN IT UP, a double mix CD of our top local releases.

7 years on, it is now time for volume 2 but with a slightly different take.

At Base FM, we champion our local artists and we love finding new talent and introducing artists you might not have heard of!

100% local, unreleased and free from the artists via Base FM to you and onwards out into the world thanks to Noisehive. Big ups to all the artists that entered.

Big ups to all our NZ artists and Happy NZ Music Month 2020.

Download: https://basefm.bandcamp.com/

Benny Midnight - I Can’t Win

BASE FM is a collective of DJs who began broadcasting in May 2004 straight outta Ponsonby / Grey Lynn, aiming to bring underground music to the community. No commercial bullshit hustle, no fake machismo muscle.

The show schedule reads like a who's who of Auckland's hip hop, reggae, funk and soul scene, and the station's run by a crew that cares.

Benny Midnight - I Can’t Win

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