David Britten from the Stardome discusses Dawn Aerospace who've set themselves up in Oamaru. He also chats about the Spitzer Space Telescope coming to the end of its mission.
Berlin-based composer and electronic musician Holly Herndon spoke with Rachel ahead of her spectacular set at Laneway Festival about her 2019 album PROTO. For the project Herndon created an "AI baby" called Spawn, that worked with her choral ensemble of human singers to create a body of work which explores the human-technology relationship and our place in the grander scheme of things. Phew! Whakarongo mai nei!
Keria was lucky enough to have a quick chat with Josh Price, Matt Boggis, and Eamon Sandwith, aka The Chats, during Laneway, before their exceptional performance last week. Plus a lil' sneak peak into the recording of their set incase you missed it. Look out for their new album, High Risk Behaviour, out next month.
Melbourne singer Kaiit played a killer set at Laneway last week, bringing the sunshine and good vibes all round. Rachel had a chat to her following her performance about the Melbourne scene, growing up with artists as parents and who she writes tracks for. Tune in to hear some live tracks from the day too.
We had Baby Zionov up in the studio. She’s one of many artists set to appear at Loud & Proud: A Queer Music Festival which is happening at the Audio Foundation this weekend. She also released an incredible new single a couple of weeks ago that is currently sitting at number 1 on the 95bFM top 10. Today she joins me for My Morning Mixtape where we discuss her new single, Loud & Proud and the state of the local music scene when it comes to marginalised creatives.
Luke and Andrej from Same Name Confusion pop into the studio to chat with Rachel about playing at Cross Street Music Festival and if you want to catch them in a more intimate setting, at Galatos tonight. The pair chat about how their music comes about and what we can expect looking in the future. Get your tickets!
Live and Direct oh yea! Class War On The Dance Floor join us in the bFM studio to talk all about their music, as well as their sweet Synthstrom Deluge they use for music production (it's one of the first ever made as well!!). They perform a sweet set for us too. Cheers to NZ On Air Music! ~ ~ ~
The National Party's Denise Lee joins us for our weekly chat...
This week Denise joins Laura Kvigstad to discuss Simon Bridges plans to cut the red tape, deregulating industries in order to stimulate the economy. Then they chat about the pay equity amendment bill and why it's stalled on it's second reading. Finally, they chat about National advocating for coalition government to stall the minimum wage increase set to begin on April 1st, 2020.
Bona-fide techo legend Richie Hawtin, aka Plastikman, is back in New Zealand for Beacon Festival this weekend. He spoke with Rachel about his project 'CLOSE combined', the relationship between club music and visual art, and what we can expect from his saturday set.
Chewy Gum join us for Live and Direct and they throw down a killer set with some rockin' tunes. We chat about their production and recording process, and talk about their killer show they have coming up with Requin. It's truly live and coming direct to you, and YOU have NZ On Air Music to thank ayeee! ~ ~ ~
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