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Seeded is a series in which notable creative New Zealanders reveal six of the songs which have impacted on and influenced aspects of their artistic lives.

(NOTE: only snippets of the songs are included in the podcasts)

The purpose of this series is to offer a window into the creativity of notable New Zealanders, in the hope of perhaps inspiring others to undertake a creative endeavour of their own, or to illuminate the diversity of inspiration in the arts of this country.
“Walking backwards into the future” is a phrase which is often used to describe how the Maori of Aotearoa New Zealand seek to move forwards, via an understanding of the present illuminated by history. This series will “walk backwards” to go forwards, via retrospective insight from creative New Zealanders to inspire the listener to consider possibilities for the future of the arts in this country.
By presenting these stories in relation to the interviewees’ selected music, a hitherto undiscovered cultural history may be uncovered and an audience who may feel ambivalent about many of Aotearoa New Zealand’s creative icons and artists will be afforded an “entry point” – an oral history illustrated by music.
The episodes are not designed to be a thorough documentary overview of the interview subjects, but within the framework of the musical pieces chosen, may document a particular era or period of personal revelation which is pertinent to the creative life of those interviewed.

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MP3 Seeded Ep 17: Francis Hooper

MP3, 34m22s, 31.5MB, first broadcast 21 August 2010

Before he co-founded the successful fashion label and store World, Francis Hooper spent the 1980s playing music: firstly on The Disco Show at Auckland’s radio b, and as a club DJ both... READ MORE


MP3 Seeded Ep 16 Derek Henderson

MP3, 24m40s, 22.6MB, first broadcast 14 August 2010

Derek Henderson is an internationally-renowned fashion photographer, who claims to not really be a fashion photographer, despite his work consistently appearing in mags like Vogue, iD, and most other fashion-orientated publications in... READ MORE


MP3 Seeded Ep 15 Chris Graham

MP3, 33m12s, 30.4MB, first broadcast 7 August 2010

Director Chris Graham -- who has made Sione's Wedding, The Ferryman, a bunch of TV commercials and a plethora of local music videos -- lives his life by the hip hop codes... READ MORE


MP3 Seeded Ep 14 Michael Hurst

MP3, 36m40s, 33.6MB, first broadcast 31 July 2010

Michael Hurst is one of NZ's most accomplished and eminent actors of stage and screen, a dynamo of energy who has not looked back since his first role as...Paddington Bear. In this... READ MORE


MP3 Seeded Ep 13 Dudley Benson

MP3, 36m08s, 33.1MB, first broadcast 24 July 2010

Dudley Benson is a composer, vocalist and performer without peer in New Zealand, and his defiantly original approach to pop music seems informed by centuries of music, art, and oral histories. But... READ MORE


MP3 Seeded Ep 12 Emily Perkins

MP3, 27m38s, 25.3MB, first broadcast 17 July 2010

Emily Perkins is a writer who first won attention as a 26 year old, when her collection of stories Not Her Real Name was published in 1996. It subsequently won the Faber... READ MORE


MP3 Seeded Ep 11: Robyn Malcolm

MP3, 31m08s, 28.5MB, first broadcast 10 July 2010

In this episode, Robyn Malcolm reveals she is certainly no Cheryl West as she speaks of the music which inspired her in her early years as a chorister, classical pianist and cellist;... READ MORE


MP3 Seeded Ep 10: Lee Prebble

MP3, 33m42s, 30.9MB, first broadcast 3 July 2010

In this episode of Seeded, Lee Prebble -- Tui award-winning engineer/producer of The Phoenix Foundation and The Black Seeds -- reveals that his first musical obsession was the psychedelically-inclined Britpop output of... READ MORE


MP3 Seeded Ep 9: Neil Ieremia

MP3, 32m44s, 30MB, first broadcast 26 June 2010

If Neil Ieremia had listened to the advice of others, he would now be a banker. Instead, he ran off to the Performing Arts School to pursue a passion for dance, which... READ MORE


MP3 Seeded Ep 8: Paul Kean

MP3, 29m34s, 27.1MB, first broadcast 19 June 2010

Paul Kean is probably most famous for playing bass in The Bats – one of New Zealand’s longest surviving bands (with the same line up!), who have endured 28 years; and for... READ MORE


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