Sherry continues her report on Banter Gebang, South East Asia’s largest landfill and home to 3,000 families. She visit the landfill as part of her journalism placement in Indonesia, Jakarta over the summer. This week, she talks to Resa Boenard, the founder of BGBJ, the school on Bantar Gebang. Ibu Rastinah, one of the women who work at the plastic sorting companies on the landfill, and the children of the class she helped out with.
Dedicated to all the musicians of Wellington: past, present, and future.
On Morning Glory, Sofia Kent spoke with Daniel Beban about his first, but not last, publication called Future Jaw-Clap: The Primitive Art Group and Braille Collective.
The story follows self-made musicians of the jazz ensemble Primitive Art Group, acting as a portal into the punk jazz scene amidst the backdrop of a choppy 80's Wellington.
They discuss Beban's extensive music and sound ventures, compiling a period of time, Robert Muldoon, and how the book hopes to serve future generations to come.
Te pōtiki o te ao is an exhibition by Shannon Te Ao (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Wairangi, Ngāti Te Rangi-ita, Te Pāpaka-a-Maui) on at Coastal Signs.
Sofia spoke to Shannon about the exhibition and his practice, as well as a work of his to be presented at the 15th Gwangju Biennale Pavilion later this year.
Se você jurar - Receio
Los Kjarkas & Savia Andina - Kutimuy
Banda Colombiana - Llorando se fue
Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical - Lamento
Los Hermanos Rosario - Fuiste Tú
Juaneco y su Combo - El Hijo de la Runamula
Juaneco y su Combo - Rosa de Mi Amor
Antonio Ríos - Yo Me Estoy Enamorando
Chocolate - Mayonesa
Makina Kandela - Juan chu-chi-ta
Bubas Produçoes - Picante Da Terra
Raja Kirik - Tarian Maut Dari Gunung
The Bug vs Earth - Another Planet
Raja Kirik - Bujang Ganong
CRRDR - BAM BAM
COMBIFUNK MIX (Mastered with Clear Sky at 85pct)
𝓑𝓡𝓔𝓝𝓓𝓐 - TB Destiny *** Brenda edit _ BadBunny x EstadoUnido
Neeiv - Caramelo (Neeiv Edit)
Aquecimento - PV5000
Yunglian. Aceto Music, Kade. Diegoniverse - Depresion Post Party
P.U.R.E. - Hallucinate
kelman duran - SECRETO (version II)
Urias - Cadela
Virgen Maria A.K.A. - Tq
Les Mamans Du Congo & Rrobin - Ngaminke
Dengue Dengue Dengue - Eye Acucho ft. Mikongo
Luísa e os Alquimistas - Garota Ligeira (part. Luê)
Dinamarca X Busy Signal - Jail (Gil Edit)
Bad Gyal & Bad Gyal feat. Florentino;Florentino - Blink (Prod. DJ Florentino)
Khea x Duki - Wacha
el bacalao de smokepurrp
bambinodj - lost riddim
Lao x Nick León - Tu Mirada ft. Santa María
DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Turn Down For What
El Irreal Veintiuno - Ayer En Tlatelolco
Frances Chan highlights her favourite acts from a busy month of live gigs, including Jeff Mills, Love Square and Son Rompe Pera, plus new releases from Yussef Dayes, Monty Alexander and Allysha Joy, and a smooooth jazz falsetto interlude.
Setlist:
Jeff Mills & Tony Allen – The Seed (Edit)
Doctor L, Tony Allen, Jean-Phi Dary – Afropusherman
Prahbu Edouard – Rangoli
Son Rompe Pera – Cumbia pa Tu Madre
Baaba Maal ft General Paco Lenol – Mbeda Wella
Arooj Aftab – Suroor
Nitin Sawhney ft Natacha Atlas – Be Who You Are
Love Square – Sweet Tooth (instrumental)
Carnivorous Plant Society – Sex Guru
Yussef Dayes ft Elijah Fox – Istanbul
Monty Alexander – Regulator (Reggae-Later) (Live)
Monty Alexander – V.E. Swing
Dred Scott Trio – Gateway
Medeski, Martin & Wood – Chinoiserie
Thundercat ft Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins – Show You the Way
Donald Fagen – Planet D’Rhonda
Afonk, Varra, Lorenzo Ceci – Around the Galaxy
Varra – Gatito Viajero
Nate Smith – Get Down, Get Down
Arnauld Dolmen & Leonardo Montana – Zouky Monky
Bokante – History
Everwave, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Allysha Joy – Freedom Praise
Frances Chan lounges on the exotica sofa to start the show, then highlights her favourite acts from Womad Aotearoa 2025, plays a Jarrett twofer and marches out on the funk.
Set list:
Sun Ra – Interplanetary Music
Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
Esquivel – Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Les Baxter – Mozambique
Dorothy Ashby – Fool on the Hill
Bala Desejo – Baile de Mascaras (Recarnaval)
Nitin Sawhney – Homelands
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Mustt Mustt
Jean Phi Dary, Jeff Mills – The X Factor
O. – 176
The Comet Is Coming – Frequency of Feeling Expansion
Domi & JD Beck ft Thundercat – Not Tight
Ana Carla Maza – Las Primaveras (Live)
Branford Marsalis Quartet – The Windup
Keith Jarrett – Spiral Dance
Kamasi Washington – Vortex
After ‘Ours ft Louis Baker – That Love
Polyrhythmics – Chophouse
The Meters – It Ain’t No Use
Sun Ra – At Sundown
Chris Riddell is a world-renowned illustrator and author of children’s books and the political cartoonist for the Observernewspaper. He has collaborated with artists and writers such as Neil Gaiman, Phoebe Bridgers and Frances Hardinge. In 2018 he travelled to Aotearoa to speak at the Auckland Writers Festival. Most recently, Chris has releasedI Can’t Remember What We Talked About, a slim volume of 24 poems.
Beth and Chris chat about the creative process of art-making and poetry writing, love of nature, designing pop-up books for the backdrop of Phoebe Bridgers’ tour and magical pear tree staffs. Chris reads some poems and they also speak about what it’s like being a political cartoonist in the current political climate.
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