High Sparrows is a progressive indie pop rock band flying high in the Land of the Long White Cloud.


A magical collaboration between five passionate musicians, the Auckland-based band has a strong and ever-growing following on the city’s live music circuit.

The members of High Sparrows, each with many years of solo and group experience, came together and honed their craft at the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand. With two consummate entertainers out front sharing lead vocals and guitar, the five talented friends combine the best of hip hop, rap, progressive technical rock and mainstream pop.

They proudly acknowledge influences ranging from British bands Arctic Monkeys and The Kooks to Californian progressive rockers Chon. But these New Zealanders are no imitators. Their sound is their own. Their tight musicianship is their own. Their showmanship is their own.

And as for the party atmosphere for which High Sparrows gigs are renowned … that, it must be said, is everyone’s!


High Sparrows line-up:

Glen Kranenburg - guitar, vocals
Tyson Price - guitar, vocals
Micah van der Touw - bass
Nayte Stratford - keys
Kaleb McEldowney - drums

High Sparrows contact:

The band welcomes contact via Facebook or email (highsparrowsofficial@gmail.com).

They invite inquiries about scheduled gigs, potential gigs and collaborations - and exchanges with anyone equally passionate about progressive indie pop rock!

Music/Style/Design blogger from Auckland, New Zealand. Lover of hip-hop, soul, funk, r'n'b, electro, dub. Do a weekly music post on artists I'm into #weekendtunes

Hi guys my name is MichaelPius (MikeyBeats) Im a 15 year old Hip Hop/Rig Room/and EDM producer from New Zealand looking to take this as an opportunity to make this a career and also a big hobby :)

I hope to produce some Royalty Free Music for you guys so you can share/listen and also use if you wish :)
Please bare with me, im just getting started so some tracks may not be as good but as my skill progresses, my tracks will be hugely improved..
Thank you so much for your time :)

Sola Rosa, the long-running project of New Zealand producer Andrew Spraggon, has never lacked stylistic ambition. Over the past two decades, he's taken an omnivorous approach to genre—soul, R&B, funk, jazz, hip-hop, and the occasional nod to pop—all filtered through a lens that favours polish and warmth over flash. It’s music that feels lived-in rather than lab-engineered.

Since winning Best Electronic Release at the 2001 NZ Music Awards for Solarized, Spraggon has quietly built an international rep. There’ve been remixes from Tall Black Guy, Hermitude and DJ Vadim; sets at Secret Garden Party and Green Man; praise from Rolling Stone, Mojo, and more. Yet he remains a bit of a secret—an underground mainstay rather than a household name.

The 2020 LP Chasing The Sun marked a return after five years and proved there was still plenty left in the tank. Now, 25 years into the Sola Rosa journey, comes New Tomorrows: a taut, considered EP that feels less like a statement and more like a bridge between chapters. The collaborators remain—singers, writers, players from both sides of the Tasman—but there’s a quiet sense of closure. A drawing of breath before something sharper.
That “something” is already coming: a new album lands later this year, with Spraggon stepping further into the foreground. Watch this space.

MASTASHAKE’s BIO

Mastashake aka Mark Sheffield hails from Auckland New Zealand. A music lover who grew up around classic electronic music cuts from the likes of Kraftwerk and Daftpunk, it was a love for hip hop that made Mark buy his first turntables. Much to the annoyance of family members and neighbours alike, Mark started obsessively mixing in the basement of his family’s east Auckland home…
However it was the deep bass rumblings of dubstep and drum n bass that were to really grab Mastashake’s ears.. Presently studying electronic music production at MAINZ (The Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand) underneath the tutelage of world famous producer and DJ Recloose, Mark is working on a style of production and DJing that comes from the UK underground, yet incorporates his own unique style and taste for future beats - in Mark’s words “creating music heaven”. 


As MASTASHAKE himself says: “I love music, I listen to music all the time. Music to me is like sleeping - eventually you all have to sleep. If I don’t get my fix of music I don’t feel energized and alive…”
 

An up and coming DJ on the NZ dubstep and drum n bass scene, Mastashake is def one to keep and eye and ear on - watch for upcoming gigs and productions from this beat addicted artist.

The success story of six time New Zealand beat boxing Champion, king home boy is a remarkable one. Born in wellington, in the early eighties, proud Maori Paul Teariki Toki aka king homeboy was technically deaf until the age of seven. However it wasn't until much later in life, at the age of seventeen, with a storm raging outside and suffering from a heavy cold, that the young king to be discovered the sounds he could make and enjoyment that went with it. Over the years and with countless hours spent practising and developing those skills. the king homeboy is now a six time NZ champion, a world record holder for the longest non-stop beat box and has also showcased his talent in Berlin ( 2012 beat box battle world championships) and New York (2014 The American Human Beat box Festival).
 
King homeboy is a big fan of hip hop and his idols include Doug E Fresh, Killa Kela, Bobby McFerrin, Kenny Muhammed, Rhazel, Click the Super Latin, Micheal Winslow, Micheal Jackson, Tom Thum, Faith FX, Roxorloops, Eklipz, Beardyman, Dub FX, KRNFX, Afra, Timbaland, Zap Mama and Mihirangi.
  
The king is passionate about developing young kiwi talent, providing a free workshop (May 2013) teaching the principle skills in beat boxing.
 
You may not know it but you may have heard The King before?!  King Homeboy has provided vocal percussion for
The Black Seeds,  Fat Freddys Drop and Olmecha Supreme

Hailing from the North Shore of Auckland New Zealand. Producer/ DJ Duo, Kid Kiwi started The Hillcrest Collective (THC for short) in 2009. Mainly focused around Hip hop and jazz vibes the duo have been busy at work in their home studio crafting funky tunes for your listening pleasure. Yet the music doesn't stop just at Kid kiwi beats there are a range of mc's and producers/musicians who all contribute to each song and we would like any Vocalists, mc's, musicians to feel free to send us an email if you would like to spit on any tracks or we will even make you a fresh beat if you would like. Our goal is to let music be music and get anyone who wants to feel like they can be apart of something be apart of  that something. because in the end this isn't about whose the better artist, its about spreading the feeling of wonder and excitement that music brings and that should be enough for anybody. Check out kid kiwi on facebook for more song listings and to contact us

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