Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rob's been digging through ancient alien civilisations; Maria's come over all poetic; His Worship the Mayor's back with a bumper sound-off; Mike hearts sapiens; and mince... what is it?
AUT Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie and Pacific Media Watch editor Jean Bell joins us in studio to discuss West Papua and the failure of visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo to front up to the media while in New Zealand.
We also chat about the wave of protests sweeping Indonesia due to a new law that criminalises criticism of lawmakers and the Tonga Minister of Education, Penisimani Fifita moving to ban girls from rugby or boxing.
Justin takes us to international news this week, he reports on China’s tightened control on its Muslims population. Mary-Margaret speaks to Emmy Rakete of People Against Prisons Aotearoa about a prisoner whose 9 boxes of legal documents were seized before he went to court about Corrections’ human rights record. Ella speaks to Fire Scientist Grant Pearce about this years unprecedented fire season. This week on the Greendesk, Jack looks how the housing insurance is changing along our coast lines because of climate change.
A prisoner who was originally detained in a North Island facility is seeking a Judicial Review in response to years of deliberate obstruction to his appeals against the Department of Corrections. Days before he was set to appear in Wellington’s High Court, he was taken to a different prison all the way down in Christchurch, and 9 boxes of his legal documents were seized. People Against Prisons Aotearoa have been advocating for this prisoner, and yesterday went public about Corrections’ treatment of him. Mary-Margaret spoke to their representative Emmy Rakete about the situation.
Our guest in Hour 1 is Vester Koza ahead of his debut album 'Loader Mither' coming out on Houndstooth in November. In 2013 he released a string of self-released EP's which gained widespread critical acclaim and in 2016 Koza signed to fabric's Houndstooth Label, beginning with the OTR EP. Unlike his previous EPs where he first found his voice, 'Loader Mither' was conceived of and completed as a single project, and its coherence adds to its emotional kick. His mix includes tracks from Autechre, Chynna, Luna-C, Drexciya, The Human League and Bochum Welt.
In Hour 2 it's Imrie Kiss who has been spearheading the renaissance of electronic music in Hungary since his acclaimed debut album Midnight Wave back in 2013. The last few years have been particularly fruitful for the Lobster Theremin affiliate: opening the country’s first Boiler Room; launching Crisis Sound System with Aiwa and S. Olbricht; holding a residency at Budapest’s infamous LÄRM; releasing a string of remixes and releases for various imprints; and taking his unique sound to world-renowned clubs such as Panorama Bar, Culture Box and Corsica Studios. He told us;
“Recorded on a rainy day in my apartment in Budapest, this is a slow-burning mix, a journey through trippy breakbeat and electro with hints of italo. Best enjoyed on a hazy night with a few glasses of wine.”
Drew “Sick Thoughts” Owen
Frankie Vanian
Dr Karl Steven
No Class James
Stink Magnetic
Dion Lunadon
Sarsha
Johnny Watkins
Grant Sheridan & Sam Wrightson
Mr Slackjaw
Playlist
Canned Heat - My Mistake
Sanford Clark - They Call Me Country
Box Of Fish - Sex Cat Killer
LSD - Karen Nash
BBQT - Savage
Crazy & The Brains - I Don’t Deliver Pizza Anymore
The Flytraps - Cat Tongue
Dick Dale - Bandito
Snapped Ankles - Dial The Rings On A Tree
Chain & The Gang - Certain Kinds Of Trash
The Bludgers - Friday Night
Coloured Balls - Won’t You Make Up Your Mind
The Atlantics - Mirage
The Ventures - The Swingin Creeper
Uranium Club - Two Things At Once (Part 1)
Gnarcissists - Fentanyl
Black Tomb - Eyes At Midnight
Feature - Psalms
Suicidal Tendencies - What Else Could I Do
Tenement Rats - Crime Pays
Tenement Rats - Pathomania
Tenement Rats - Balaclava (Demo)
Lubricated Goat - Jason The Unpopular
The Dogs - X-Ray Me Baby
Chaotic Dischord - Fuck Religion, Fuck Politics, Fuck The Lot Of You
Bored! - Out Of Time
Chrome Cranks - Cool As Ice (Suicide Cover)
Tape Wolves - Mysterio
Opening a new business in the midst of a pandemic might sound like a bad idea - unless you're in the bicycle business, which has seen ridership boom throughout the lockdowns.
T. White's is an independent, secondhand bike shop on Symonds Street specialising in repairing pre-loved bikes. And next week, after over a decade in the business they are opening a second shop in New Lynn.
Over the past decades, small owner-operator stores have closed down as 'big box' stores took over. Somehow, T. White's thrived. Producer Jack Marshall chats with Anae Brown from the shop about how the bicycle journey started.
Tracklist:
Ripheus Valley-Akiko Haruna
DAO - Holly Herndon
Rough Rider-Still
Tachyon Frog-CCL
ADMSDP (Feat Warman)- DJ Python
Mosley-Toma Kami
Up the Box-Andy Stott
Ahmed?- Zuli
Downsampled Interference- Synthesized Waves
In Tok Is Cate- Current Bias
Cold Air- Yogev Freilichman
Breath/Beat- Flo Wilson
Sun Drugs-Stars of the Lid
Pasaje- JIM-S}
Nami-Meitei
Little Plants -Todd Luffa.
Ambient Music Four -Ricky Eat Acid
Disintegration loops-William Basinski
The Other Face-Fennesz
Sky Burial-James Holden
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