Oto and Jaycee spoke with Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter, Reia Guess, and played 2 hours of music by singer songwriters and dreampop artists from the Asian diaspora.
After another brutal police killing of an unarmed black man, a massive wave of protests has spread across the United States, with solidarity protests also occurring across most of the world. How was George Floyd’s murder representative of a broader set of justices in American life? How might the protests influence change in the United States? David S. Meyer speaks with Dana Fisher and Rashawn Ray.
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Midori Hirano aka MimiCof is a Berlin-based musician, composer and producer. Her compelling fractal productions have been released by labels including Sonic Pieces, Daisart, Alien Transistor, Longform Editions, Dauw and Karlrecords. This weekend, we are honoured to share a mix from Midori of highly intuitive abstract music and some minimal electronic music. In the second half, FPDJ Simon delves into nocturnes.
Olly's spent the last few weeks working on a mammoth bookshop playlist. Tonight we hear the highlights. Low tempos, minimal drums, and bridges that go on a little too long...
A round of Second Guessing sees Gail donate a hot choccy mix to the Auckland City Mission after correctly guessing a great New Order track. On Isthmus’n That with Desley Simpson the Deputy Mayor talks about council events for Matariki, AT’s rollout of new under 25 fees beginning on July and how the process of contacting storm-damaged homeowners is going. Sally Woodfield, general manager of the New Zealand International Film Festival, is in to talk about the programme for this year, announced just last night. On Stage Direction, Alice Canton chats to Uhyoung Choi, cast member of King Lear by the Auckland Theatre Company which is in the midst of its run. Danaé Larsen from the school of chemical sciences is in to talk about research on how texture affects our perception of food on Ready Steady Learn. Whakarongo mai nei!
With the world still in chaos, it is still important to remember the impacts of recycling as well as our everyday consumption. Earlier this year in August James talked to the CEO of Plastics NZ, Rachel Barker, about waste minimisation and the circular economy. Having now received 1 million dollars to put towards making plastics part of New Zealand's circular economy. To give a brief overview, the circular economy is based around the ability to use products and resources more than once and renewing their lifecycle instead of going straight to a landfill or polluting our environment. Ultimately most products become part of the circular economy, however some, such as plastics, may take hundreds of years to do so as they decompose. With some urgency to address New Zealand and how we can minimise our waste, James started off by asking about what the waste minimisation fund is all about.
Kiran talks to Mikey about the new book from Spacemen 3 member Will Carruthers, Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands. Containing forceful minimal music, literal metal and maximum drugs, how did Kiran find Carruthers' snapshot of a burn bright / burn out moment in English music?
For this week's Green Desk, Mitchell spoke to Hinewai Reserve Manager Hugh Wilson about the Hinewai Reserve, a regenerating area of native forest on the Banks Peninsula.
They discuss its carbon credit system which has become increasingly popular with large businesses allowing them to offset unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions.
The system has allowed the reserve to expand and encompass a significant area on the peninsula which has rejuvenated naturally without planting and minimal pest control. Mitchell begins by asking Wilson a little bit about the history of the Reserve and how its arrived at where it is today.
tont - Õhurõhk
Xiu Xiu - Saturn
Suicide - Che
Cindy Lee - No Worth No Cost
Minimal Man - What's Not There
Mint Chicks - Hot On Your Heels
Sherpa - Guarantee
Horse Lords - The Radiant City
Horse Lords - People's Park
Aktuala - Sar
Elm - Offerings
Velehentor - Stonewells of Æternity
Pyramids/Nadja - An Angel Was Heard to Cry Over the City of Rome
Jesu - Guardian Angel
Aporea - Untitled III
Zoät·Aon - Exo
Sherpa - Abscentto The Mother Language
Liturgy - The Separation of HAQQ From HAEL
Ryoji Ikeda - Data.Index
John Duncan, Cosey Fanni-Tutti, Chris Carter - Nicki A2
Futuro Antico - Uata Aka
Alameda 5 - Embryon
Sun City Girls - A Previously Unknown Sacrifice
AMM - In The Realm Of Nothing Whatever
Terry Riley+Don Cherry 4tet - Untitled
Chloe Summerhayes is a visual artist who often explores themes of the subconscious in her work. Her recent works are currently being exhibited at Suite Gallery in Ponsonby alongside those of artist Jeremy Piert.
Suite writes that Summerhayes’ work ‘often references the romantic and phantasmal history of painting whilst contending with the anxieties of the contemporary world.
'[Her] practice reflects the complex nature of mortal existence by finding and straddling the ‘in between’ spaces regarding dualities such as reduction/addition, minimalism/excess and abstraction/figuration.’
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