Music 101 for Saturday 23 November 2024
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Essential NZ Albums: King Kapisi - Savage Thoughts
12:00 PM.Hip-hop is a musical form invented by African Americans, and yet here is a version that could only have come from deep in the Pacific. It has a proud sense of place and yet it looks outward. To quote… Read more Audio
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The game-changing soundtrack to Once Were Warriors returns
1:25 PM.Once Were Warriors celebrates its 30th anniversary this month and the legendary soundtrack has been re-released. Based on Alan Duff's novel and directed by Lee Tamahori, the film became the… Read more Audio
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Peter McLennan - Deepgrooves 90s music label backing local hip hop
2:10 PM.Deepgrooves was a 1990s Auckland-based record label that released the first ever local hip-hop single to reach number one on the NZ charts with 3 The Hard Way's 'Hip-hop Holiday'. The label reflected… Read more Audio
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Te Huhu Live in the RNZ studio
3:15 PM.Local band Te Huhu draw inspiration from psychedelic stoner rock, classic rock, shoegaze and blues to create a hazy, immersive sound Te Huhu joined us in the RNZ studio to record a live session to… Read more Audio
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The Mixtape: Top Model Colin Mathura Jeffree
4:00 PM.Our guest picking the music is a familiar face on New Zealand TV, Colin Mathura Jeffree. He's been the host of New Zealand's hottest home baker and New Zealand's next top model, and he appeared on… Read more Audio
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I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair by Christopher Owens
3:40 PM.It's been a tough ten years for the acclaimed songwriter, and his return feels like a hard-won victory. Audio
1.25 The game-changing soundtrack to Once Were Warriors returns
Tim Moon of Pagan Records and Tangata Records Photo:
Once Were Warriors celebrates its 30th anniversary this month and the legendary soundtrack has been rereleased.
Based on Alan Duff's novel and directed by Lee Tamahori, the film became the highest-grossing film of all-time in New Zealand and won numerous awards.
Tim Moon, who was part of Tangata Records who released the soundtrack, joins Charlotte Ryan.
Once Were Warriors soundtrack Photo:
2:10 Peter McLennan - Deepgrooves 90s music label backing local hip hop
Deepgrooves was a 1990s Auckland-based record label that released the first ever local hip-hop single to reach number one on the NZ charts with 3 The Hard Way’s ‘Hip-hop Holiday’.
The label reflected Aotearoa’s diversity, releasing records from Fuemana, Urban Disturbance, Breaks Co-op, New Lounge Head, Ermehn and lots of reggae and hip-hop.
A new book has been written to celebrate the label, it’s called ‘Deep Grooves - A record label deep in the Pacific of Bass, and the people who gave it a voice’.
The author, Peter McLennan joins Charlotte Ryan in the Auckland studio.
Peter McLennan, DJing in 2024 Photo:
2.40 Nick Bollinger Essential albums King Kapisi
Hip-hop is a musical form invented by African Americans, and yet here is a version that could only have come from deep in the Pacific. It has a proud sense of place and yet it looks outward. To quote the motto emblazoned on the cover: Samoan Hip-Hop Worldwide. Nick Bollinger discusses why King Kapisi's Savage Thoughts an essential New Zealand album.
King Kapisi - Savage Thoughts (Album Cover) Photo: Supplied
3.15 Te Huhu Live in the RNZ studio
Local band Te Huhu draw inspiration from psychedelic stoner rock, classic rock, shoegaze and blues to create a hazy, immersive sound.
It's an album that fans have been waiting for, since their debut Recychedelia first hit the airwaves five years ago.
Te Huhu joined us in the RNZ studio to record a live session to celebrate their new album Deelishis Herbs.
Te Huhu's Deelishis Herbs Vinyl Release Tour:
Saturday 30th November - The Others Way Festival 2024, Auckland△
Saturday 7th December - Rosemarys, Taupo w/ Leonard Powell*
Saturday 14th December - Leigh Sawmill Cafe, w/ Jim Nothing, Leonard Powell*
Thursday 2nd January - Palace Tavern, Tauranga w/ Leonard Powell*
Friday 3rd January - Smash Palace, Gisborne w/ Leonard Powell*
Saturday 4th January - Common Room, Hastings w/ Leonard Powell*
Sunday 8th January - Interislander, Raukawa Moana (The Cook Strait)
Thursday 9th January - Wunderbar, Lyttelton w/ Leonard Powell*
Friday 10th January - The Crown, Dunedin w/ Leonard Powell*
Saturday 11th January - Sherwood, Queenstown w/ Leonard Powell*
Te Huhu Photo:
3.40 Review: I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair by Christopher Owens
Tony Stamp reviews return of acclaimed musician Christopher Owens, who, as it turns out, has had a very rough ten years.
Photo: True Panther
4pm The Mixtape: Top Model Colin Mathura Jeffree
Our guest picking the music is a familiar face on New Zealand TV, Colin Mathura Jeffree. He’s been the host of New Zealand’s hottest home baker and New Zealand’s next top model, and he appeared on Dancing with the Stars and Traitors.
Colin’s modelling career took him around the world, working for clients such as Versace and John Paul Gaultier, but his Mixtape brings us much closer to home.
Colin Mathura Jeffree Photo:
Songs played on the show:
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The Isley Brothers Instrumental Loop
Sola Rosa & AKOSIA - Tears Roll Down
Primal Scream - Heal Yourself
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
Teeks - Red Light
Songs from the Once Were Warriors Soundtrack: What's the Time Mr Wolf?, Beth and Jake, Rua Kenana
New Order - Temptation
Aaradhna - Love 2 Love
Jack White -I'm Shakin'
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Khruangbin - People Everywhere
Unitone Hi-Fi - Sitting By The Phone
3 The Hard Way - Hip Hop Holiday
Breaks Co-Op - Sound Advice
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
Soft Plastics - Drown
Nick Bollinger's Essential Album - King Kapisi - Savage Thoughts
The Bats - North By North
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Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra- Major
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth
Te Huhu live session!
TV On The Radio - Love Dog
Waxahatchee - Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman)|
The Sampler - Christopher Owens
Roxy Music - More Than This
Colin Mathura-Jeffree's Mixtape Songs:
Pat Boone - Love letters in the Sand
Elvis - Rubberneckin
Grace Jones - Pull up to the Bumper
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
Enya- Orinocco Flow
Shirley Ellis - The Nitty Gritty
