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Music from
round here
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.
Hallelujah Picassos on
MySpace Go on, add the nasty
ol buggers!
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....
Too
Much Static
Some of the magazine articles I've written
- from Salmonella Dub to Slayer, Phase 5 to Portishead, Darcy Clay to
Dimmer.
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 soft porn 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)
Tribute to Prince Fari
Gruff-voiced Jamaican MC, also produced series of classic dub albums
'Cry
Tuff Dub Encounters'.
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. (Buy it online from Dustygrooves)
Spine Magazine Online
Excellent hip hop interviews, info
Real Groove magazine
Fine local mag, great blog there too
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.
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