Dr Michael Brown is a music researcher who has spent countless hours listening to tracks you have likely never heard.
But it's been an evolution for the boy from the Kapiti Coast to music research fellow - from working in the legendary Aro St Video Shop, through postgraduate studies and music archiving ... to his current role as music curator at Alexander Turnbull Library, which has led to his latest research project and musical crush.
Michael is this year's JD Stout Fellow at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University, and next month is delivering a lecture on Aotearoa New Zealand music in the Internet age.
Michael Brown, music curator at the Alexander Turnbull Library, among the music collection holdings at the National Library. Photo: Mark Beatty / National Library of New Zealand
Artist: Shona Laing
Track Title: Drive, Baby Drive
Album: South
Artist: Blair Zuppicich
Track Title: Sirius 7 game theme music
Artist: Golden Axe
Track Title: Free Time
Album: Fantasy Footwork
Artist: Ken Davis
Track Title: Full of Love
Album: Atmospheres
Artist: Eyeliner
Track Title: Sauvignon Blanc
Album: LARP of Luxury
