Māori Soul, Funk and Disco records from 1967 - 1985 in celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and its beginnings in 1972, New Zealand.

This mix pays homage to groups like Ngā Tamatoa, Te Reo Māori Society and the 30,000+ petitioners who provoked parliament to get with the program for Māori language rights, with a soundtrack starting in the era.

All tracks have been sourced from vinyl.

Thanks to NZ Soul All Dayer for the use of their logo.

Tracklist:

Mary and the Maoris - Fanfare
New Zealand Trading Company - Ruo Moko
Howard Morrison - Keep On Running
Rangi Walker - Give Your Life To Me
Mary and the Maoris - Funky Broadway
Pacific - Kotahitanga
Kairo - In The Sun
Mahana Opera - War Sequence
Collision - What I'd Say
Pacific Eardrum - Listen
Joy Yates - Man Of Mystery
Mark Williams - Groove Line
Jon Stevens - Lovin' You (Is A Way Of Life)
Aotearoa - Haruru Mai
T-Kiwi's - Respect
Dalvanius and the Fascinations - Love Train
Maori Volcanics - Never Can Say Goodbye

A Māori Soul Mixtape

Modes continues the forward thinking percussive jazz and afro-inspired house music soundscapes explored on Dyne's recent album Teal, which garnered acclaim from peers and fans alike - including Late Night Tales, Toddla T, Ransom Note, and BBC6 Music presenters.

His trademark slick production can be relied upon once more, as well as the music's insistent rhythmic drive and intensity. Modes employs some of New Zealand's most well known and iconic vocalists, in addition to many new rising stars. Frequent collaborators Lord Echo, Ladi 6 and Mara TK (Electric Wire Hustle) return, alongside soul legends Dallas Tamaira aka Joe Dukie (Fat Freddys Drop), Che Fu and Troy Kingi.

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Premiere: Julien Dyne 'Be Real'

Electric Aotearoa! New Zealand records from 1983-7 at the antipodean intersection of street and synth.

Tracklist:

IQU - Witchcraft
The Rapture - Prey For Tomorrow!
Ardijah - Like Me
Snap - Sidewalk City (Dance Mix)
Marching Orders - The Dancer
Koo De Tah - Body Talk
SPK - Crime Of Passion
Richard James Burgess - Breathless (Extended Version)
In Style - Baby, Now That I Found You (Dance Version)
Tom Ludvigson - Uallang Jnr
Obscure Desire - 4A
Schtung - Swimming
Howard Morrison - Ain't Never Seen A White Man
Martin Kealey - Imagery And Sound
John O'Connor - Dawn Sky
Noel Connolly And Annie Crummer - Pacific Zone

Art: The Moskon Review, inspired by Street Action Aotearoa by Mark Scott and Peter Blake.

Thanks to Simon Buskin, Samuel Harmony, Ben Stevens, Jon Chapman and Tron Audio.

Electric Aotearoa: Electro records from New Zealand (1983-87)

NZ ON AIR Making Tracks Cambodia By Renee Millner 28 - 10 - 22

Shane Warbrooke is the debut child of Glenda Warbrooke, and his alter-ego A Crude Mechanical's debut album Discourse is out today. A Crude Mechanical is the solo project of Shane Warbrooke, formerly of Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau bands The Bemsha Swing, 1000, and Climate Change. 

It's an instrumental project because, as Warbrooke says, "there's no point in having lyrics anymore. Far-right fascists play Rage Against The Machine at their rallies. People will spend 20 minutes explaining how Green Day are actually pro-American aggression after playing songs off American Idiot." Lyrics can be hijacked.

Fun fact: The song titles on the album join together to make a statement, about "everyone desperately needing to broadcast their super nuanced expert opinion hot takes about everything 24/7, and how fun and interesting that is."

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Kia ora koutou!

If you're looking for something exciting for yourself and/or your kids to do, please help us make the new Lost Demos music video!

We're finishing mixing our new song "Watching The World Go Down" and would love you to video yourself or your offspring singing some of the lyrics while you're all doing what you do in lockdown.

The song is an upbeat sing-a-long about eco-frustration, C19 and friendship - have a listen, and the lyrics are below.

Please film yourself in portrait mode, not landscape, and have some fun with it! And send the clips back to me before Monday April 27th via Messenger to be in the official music video with the band and other friends and family.

Thanks for your help!
Keep safe and enjoy the moments,

Peter
https://www.facebook.com/LostDemos/

Lyrics:

Watching The World Go Down

Morning check in the book of face
Coulda been any night that we led astray
But it fades, into just another page.
We woke up by the side of the road 
And the rivers were a flooding with the farmer's show
And we're opposed, but it drained us long ago
And they don't know...

Sick and tired of the mask on our face
As we learn to navigate the human race
And we know, it's just a mirror of the ego.
We're picking up the pieces and we're dragging up the waste
Behind our broke down crazy town peppered with the taste 
of our old home that we left so long ago
And they don't know...

We'll be watching the world go down 'til all the light's are out
We'll sleep in the sun
We'll be watching the world go down 'til all the light's are out
We'll sleep in the sun
We'll sleep in the sun...

Morning check in the book of face
Coulda been any night that we led astray
But it fades, into just another page.
We woke up with the world shut down
And the air became clear with the birds and the sounds of long ago
The Quiet Earth regrows
And now they know...

We'll be watching the world go down 'til all the light's are out
We'll sleep in the sun
We'll be watching the world go down 'til all the light's are out
We'll sleep in the sun
We'll be watching the world go down 'til all the light's are out
We'll sleep in the sun
We'll sleep in the sun...

We'll be watching the world go down
We'll be watching the world go down
We'll be watching the world go down

Watching the World Go Down

A retrospective of recordings and releases by Aotearoa's leading urban and electronic musicians, LOOP Select 003 doubles as a comprehensive catch-up collectors' set for LOOP's existing New Zealand audiences, and an introductory overview of our nation's top talent for those based abroad.

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Renee Jones