|
Music from round here
DUB ASYLUM
on Soundcloud //Bandcamp
Dub Asylum on
MySpace Go on, add
me - you know you want to!
Dubdotdash -
my blog
A bunch of my writing
about random news and abuse from around
the planet.
Who were
Hallelujah Picassos?
They were my old band, a
bunch of musical mavericks who played a
twisted mashup of reggae, hip hop, thrash
and punk, in the early 90's.
The
Gathering G2K - my travel diary
The first live gig I ever did as Dub
Asylum was at The Gathering in 1999. I
made the long trek again in 2000. It
rained for three days....
BASSTEPPA Sound System
Reggae DJ crew featuring myself, The
Chaplin, and Big Matt (RIP).
P-Money
Leading NZ hiphop producer and DJ
The WBC - high energy
ska band, now sadly departed.
Onelung - moody
downtempo electronica.
Pitch Black - Some of
the finest downtempo dance styles on the
planet
Sola Rosa - tasty
downtempo tunes.
Chris
Bourke Noted author and pop
historian
Simon
Grigg - music impresario's excellent
blog
Mysterex
- home to the writings of Andrew Schmidt,
excellent material looking back on kiwi
music
Andrew
Dubber - Radio lecturer, jazz fiend,
new media junkie
Kirk
Harding and MTC Records Hiphop crew
going places and making noises
Conch
Records - finest little record shop
in the land
Real Groovy Records and
SmokeCDs.com - two
great places to buy New Zealand music,
including my releases!
Round Trip Mars Records
- home to SJD, Phase 5, and more
Stink
Inc - Stinky Jim's music blog, the
man behind Round Trip Mars, Unitone Hifi
and more.
Music from over there
Tokyo record
shopping is really fun!
In late 2001 I visited Japan for 2 weeks,
to research several magazine
articles. There's over 300 record shops in
Tokyo's Shibuya district, and
I made it my mission to visit as many as I
could!
Who is Piero Umiliani?
He's an Italian soundtrack composer who
wrote Mah Na Mah Na, back in 1968
(for a Swedish softcore doco), later
performed by the Muppets. I've been
doing some research on him - find out
more.
Augustus Pablo
King of the melodica, dub master supreme
Soul Jazz Records
reggae, funk, latin reissues done with
exquisite style.
My interview with Pete
Reilly and Abi Clarke from Soul Jazz
Sound System (ably assisted by Big
Matt)
Internet
Amplifier.co.nz - Music
from Kiwi musicians both established and
brand new!
Muzic.net.nz - another
fine local music site.
NZ On Air - Check out
NZ On Air's music schemes.
Independent Music NZ -
Local indie labels group
Magazines
Wax Poetics magazine
Fascinating, in-depth info on funk, hip
hop, record collecting, and music
culture. The best magazine I have ever
read.
Spine Magazine Online
Excellent hip hop interviews, info
Rip It
Up magazine
Another top local mag, check out DJ
Sirvere's blog over there too.
NZ Musician
excellent mag focussing purely on Kiwi
music and musical toys, I mean
gear
Stuff
Len Lye
NZ's greatest artist/film maker. The
Govett Brewster Gallery in New Plymouth
is the home of the Len Lye Archive. Lye's
amazing films were made by scratching
directly onto the film's surface.
Martin F Emond
Local artist, got his start in comics
(Lobo, Verotika, Judge Dread, White
Trash), worked in the US. Also involved
with designs for Illicit Clothing. Did
some fantastic artwork for my old band the
Picassos. Top bloke. RIP.
Keith Haring
One of the greatest artists to have walked
the planet in the last 100
years.
Radio
BaseFM - funk, hiphop
station programmed by Manuel Bundy. You
can catch me DJing on saturdays, 10am
til midday.
95bFM - Auckland's
student radio station
KiwiFM - 100% New
Zealand music
The Generator -
Hamilton's Generator, broadcast from
Hamiltron!
George FM
-Auckland-wide dance station.
Radio Control -
Massey Uni's home on the wireless
Radio Active 89FM -
Wellington student radio, Radio Active
RDU Christchurch -
Canterbury Uni's Radio RDU.
Radio One - Hottest
station in the deep south!
Intelligence
Hard News - Russell
Browns Hard News web column.
Amnesty International
- Human rights are for everybody.
Triangle Television -
Aucklands only regional tv station - tv
you make happen.
|
