Gareth Shute revisits the wide-spanning career and music of Stanley Manthyng and Fatal Jelly Space, as well as the newly launched NZ On Screen Rainbow Collection. Brought to you by our friends at AudioCulture.
Simon Grigg chats to Rosetta about the influence of the Harlequin recording studio and the career of Doug Rogers. Check out Simon Grigg's six-part series on the AudioCulture website here.
For the first Audio Culture of 2025, Gareth Shute chats to Rosetta about the return of Shoegaze and traces the genre's local popularity from the '90s until today. Gareth's selections include songs from the Malchicks, Water and Yumi Zouma. Read more on Shoegaze's revival over here. Thanks to our friends at AudioCulture!
On a very special segment of Audio Culture, we pay tribute to our good friend Jules Barnett, who sadly passed away last week. Rosetta chats with Gareth Shute about Jules' contributions to the Aotearoa music scene across his roles at 95bFM and in his bands Second Child, Thorazine Shuffle, and Freak Power.
Today on Audio Culture, as festival season looms, we chat with Dr Sharon McIver about her 2007 thesis WaveShapeConversion - a reflection on the role of land in shaping the sounds and culture of Aotearoa dance music and festivals. Rosetta chats with Sharon about whats changed since she undertook her research, and why it's important to keep studying the relationship between landscape, social context, and music.
This week on Audio Culture, Nick Bollinger discusses the recent digital-release of The Underwater Melon Man and Other Unreasonable Rhymes and reminisces on the book and album's influence on Kiwis in the past 25 years since the CD was originally released. Check out Nick's article on Fane Flaw's creation over on Audio Culture here. Thanks to our friends over at the noisy library of new Zealand music, a.k.a. Iwi Waiata - AudioCulture!
Michael Brown chats to Rosetta about Aotearoa's inaugral internet-only music label Crystal Magic, and how the digital context that Crystal Magic and it's founder Fraser Austin found themselves within shaped the label's sonic and aesthetic sensibilities. Thanks to our mates at the noisy library of New Zealand music Iwi Waiata - AudioCulture.
Featuring the tracks: Secrets - Problems Eyeliner - Sauvignon Blanc Lttlephnx - Koromiko Power Nap - Eat Or Be Eaten
Chris Bourke discusses the launch of the noisy library's new collection Ngā Puoro Arotini - The Māori Music Collection and selects tracks from the archive across the decade,s thanks to AudioCulture.