Singles not enough? Each week a local artist sits down with Hunter to go track-by-track through their recently released album. Part of bFM's new release show Totally Wired with Hunter and thanks to NZOnAir Music.
Estère chats to Jess about tracks from her new album, 'Archetypes', and discusses Jungian archetypes, which heavily inspired the concept behind this album.
Tracklist: Into The Belly Of Capricorn
Pelican
Pomegranate
Red Riding Hood
Won't Shy Away
Ranuimarz & LSJ from Risera join Jess in the studio to chat about their debut release, 'The Old Testament'. As they go through some of the tracks, Ranuimarz & LSJ discuss their origins and speak out on indigenous experiences, colonisation and more.
Tracklist: You Don't See
West AK Dubz
Invade
Kōrero
Brown Boy Magik chats to Jess about tracks from his debut album, 'Trans Pacific Time'. They explore the background behind the album as Brown Boy Magik discusses his Trans-Pasifika identity, being a "cowboy" and working with his musical idols.
Tracklist: bby girl feat. imugi이무기
Touch feat. Coco Solid
Dark Places feat. Teremoana Rapley
Dont Call Me
Trust Me Darling
Marlon Williams chats to Jess about tracks from his new collaborative album, 'Plastic Bouquet', with Canadian duo, Kacy & Clayton. Marlon shares how he discovered Kacy & Clayton and how this album came to be.
Marlon takes us through these tracks: Your Mind's Walking Out
Arahura
Light of Love
Isn't it
Devil's Daughter
Tāmaki-based artist, Samara Alofa, talks to Jess about their stunning debut album, 'Earth Punk !'. They explain what it means to be an "earth punk", while discussing the complex layers and meanings behind several songs.
Freshly returned from LA, Emily Edrosa chats to Jess about several tracks from her new album, 'Another Wave Is Coming'. She talks about her experience living in America, working for tips, crappy public transport and her music career.
Tracklist: Hollywood Dream Trip
NCEA
She Agreed
Springtimes Stranger In A Strange Place
A New Career
This week on Long Player, Jess chats to Toby Leman, the saxophonist from Pōneke-based jazz group, Hummucide. He takes us through each track from their debut self-titled EP.
Tracklist:
The Mothership Left Without Me
Reacher (Interlude)
Reacher
8 Mullups
I'm Just a Bag of Bones
Lapis (Akim Heinicke Waengler) races from Anawhata to join Jess in the studio to talk about his debut album, 'Third Person You'. Released through Fresh Selects, the album has been a long time in the making.
Tracklist: Blue In Orange
Why Am I Still Scared To Share?
So
Andalusia feat. Nikolai
Yery and Carl from Imugi 이무기 chat to Jess about tracks from their sophomore EP, 'Dragonfruit'. They talk about guided meditations, annoying exes, collaborating with Church & AP and being broke.
Tracklist: Portals
y u always acting like a fool? (Feat. Church & AP)
Reflections
Greensmoke
Somebody Else