Phil Dadson
CMNZ: From Scratch
This is a live audio recording of the From Scratch 50th Anniversary Concert, presented by Chamber Music New Zealand in September 2025. The event celebrated New Zealand’s oldest and most avant-garde… Audio
Half a century of doing it From Scratch
From Scratch, one of the country's most original music ensembles has reached middle age, and its as maverick as ever. Video, Audio
Kiwi Surprise and Joy
In his fourth programme for New Zealand Music Month, in reaction the sometimes depressing seriousness of the world around us, William Dart takes a trip around some music from our land that will… Audio
Day Breathes Night
Day Breathes Night seems to be the equivalent of one of those super-group sessions in the glory days of rock. It's an album released by Audio Foundation Records, and featuring some of our leading… Audio
Songs for Water: Yo-Yo Ma and NZ musicians perform on the Ōtākaro / Avon River
Yo-Yo Ma performs with New Zealand artists in an extraordinary event on the banks of the Ōtākaro/Avon River in Christchurch to celebrate the way water connects us. Video, Audio
Groundswell - the rise of avant garde art in the '70s
New Zealand famously had its Swinging Sixties in the Seventies, and nowhere did the revolution start happening more than in the visual art scene, and a new exhibition is about to pay tribute to those… Audio, Gallery
Sound art group From Scratch set to wow Auckland Festival audiences
Phil Dadson and his sound art group From Scratch make sounds using custom-made instruments; some involving PVC pipes, jandals. The group have a new show and exhibition at the Auckland Arts Festival… Video, Audio
Upbeat for Friday 2 March
Justin Gregory reviews the new look Giselle, Lynn Freeman faces the hard truths in Bless The Child, Tim Dodd explores how Phil Dadson is starting From Scratch & we celebrate past Concerto competition…
Phil Dadson: soundtracks of delight
New Zealand musician and sound artist Phil Dadson now performs as sonicsfromscratch. Audio, Gallery
Phil Dadson
New Zealand composer and instrument builder Phil Dadson takes us on a meander through his latest sound walk along the new Te Whau Pathway in Kelston. Sounding the Whau combines the sounds of nature… Audio
Geoff Chapple - Life and Influences
Geoff Chapple is probably best known for being the prime mover behind Te Araroa - The National Walkway. But he's also a composer of operas, an author of numerous books and a keen musician. In the… Audio
Phil Dadson: Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award
Auckland artist, composer and musician Phil Dadson is the recipient of this year's Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award. He tells Eva about his plans for the fellowship, and revisits some highlights… Audio
You Call this Art 2014 Part 2
The actor Cliff Curtis, composer Phil Dadson and authors Damien Wilkins and Georgina White discuss the importance of discovery in the process of creating new performances or writing. Justin Gregory is… Audio
Phil Dadson: Sonics from Scratch
The sonic explorations of From Scratch founder and intermedia artist Phil Dadson are explored in Simon Ogston and Orlando Stewart's documentary, Phil Dadson: Sonics From Scratch. Emma Smith talks to… Audio
Phil Dadson and the Nine Dragon Heads at the Venice Biennale
Phil Dadson and the Nine Dragon Heads collective at the Venice Biennale South Korea's Nine Dragon Heads collective is marking its 20th anniversary by appearing at the Venice Biennale. This year's… Audio
S3D Festival
Adrian Croucher playing his cyclical tubaphone. The S3D 2014 experimental musical instrument builders and improvisers mini-fest gathered like-minded makers and musicians from here and abroad at the… Audio
Phil Dadson, Rob Thorne and Enrique Siques
Phil Dadson, Rob Thorne and Enrique Siques Experimental musicians preview this weekend's S3D Festival in Auckland. Audio
Sound Full exhibition
Two sound artists - an Australian and a New Zealand - who're involved in a very noisy trans-Tasman exhibition in Dunedin. Michael Graeve and Phil Dadson talk about the link between art and sound and… Audio
Phil Dadson
Auckland based composer and sound artist whose video work 'Breath of Wind' featuring 17 hot air balloons and the Levin Brass Band will be projected in the Wellington Town Hall. Audio
Phil Dadson and Paul Winstanley
Members of the EARS trio talk about Cinema of the Wobbly Pivot pt 3; taking place in Auckland this weekend. Audio
