As we’ve all seen Tāmaki Makaurau has suffered massive devastation after the floods a few weeks ago with the good people of the north being heavily affected with some losing their homes & entire livelihood’s including lots of dear friends & whanau of The Big Fresh Collective - We turned to local artists & businesses to donate a bit of their time and support to a great cause in order to raise some funds for those in need ❤

Footmahi For Tāmaki Makaurau is a non for profit, Footwork & Juke inspired compilation album where artists from all over Aotearoa & the rest of the world have donated tracks in support of The Victims of the recent floods and the people of Tāmaki Makaurau.

The compilation is centered around raising money for the victims of the floods and also restoring a bit of love and happiness back through the way we know best; with good music!

Created on a $0 budget with tracks donated from acclaimed artists locally and abroad; The compilation will be available under a name-your-own-price deal on Bandcamp which means you get to choose how much you want to donate towards the cause and you receive a high-quality download of the album - 100% of profits will be going directly to The Auckland City Mission  ❤

Huge aroha going out to all the artists involved who donated their time and to Nuance for mastering this project in it's entirety with an extremely quick turnaround in the aftermath of the flooding & the literal midst of Cyclone Gabriel - dude is as an absolute rockstar look him up on instagram under @nuance_nz for all your mixing & mastering needs ❤

CURATED BY LIAM K. SWIGGS
MASTERED BY JEFF LATO AKA NUANCE
ALBUM ART BY LIAM K. SWIGGS
MADE IN AOTEAROA / LONDON / BOORLOO

We acknowledge this compilation was to assist those in need after the floods in Tāmaki Makaurau but since the project was undertaken our country has also been absolutely rocked by Cyclone Gabriel with mass devastation and loss of life being felt by many of our North Island communities - Our most heartfelt condolences are with those affected by the disasters - we've listed a group of charities & funding pages you can donate directly to below;

LOCAL IWI FUNDRAISING LIST - https://bit.ly/3IoB1lk
RED CROSS APPEAL - https://bit.ly/3Imig1H
GIVEALITTLE CYCLONE GABRIEL - https://bit.ly/3IqAxee
$15FORFLOODS (KIDSCAN) - https://bit.ly/3kj7X6A
HAWKES BAY FOUNDATION - https://bit.ly/3ZgMqtZ
AUCKLAND CITY MISSION - https://bit.ly/3INhX1y

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THE BIG FRESH COLLECTIVE 10TH ANNIVERSARY BEST OF VINYL
+ DOCUMENTARY
+ NATIONWIDE TOUR COMING EARLY 2024! 

SRN 2022 ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER
FOR THE MIGHTY FOOTMAHI 2022!

PUBLISHED IN - ROLLING STONE AUSTRALIA, RESIDENT ADVISOR, THE STAR CANTERBURY! 

EST JAN 2014 IN AOTEAROA - ŌTAUTAHI
FOOTMAHI / JUKE / BREAKZ / JUNGLE / LOFI
NORTHWEST SUBURBIA; BELFAST 
+ PAPANUI / REDWOOD

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RIP RASHAD X RIP TOTEMZ

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