Blind Mango Chutney interviews harp player Rick Shanks of the Silverblue Set on his international success and brings you some lovely jazz jubblies including Blue Note reissues.
Sister Rosa grew up surrounded by music. Her sets are purposeful and uplifting, and have seen her tapped to play with Marcellus Pittman and at some of the most soulful parties around New Zealand. She gifts us with one hour of roots music from across the globe.
After that, we get upbeat with Irish-born selector Aideen Ryan. Aideen is an avid record collector, who takes inspiration from genre-diverse champions like Andrew Weatherall and Gilles Peterson. She shares an uptempo hour that traverses disco, modern soul, and classic house, and includes recent finds from The Other Crate Record Fair.
Azure is a deejay, producer and promoter from Ōtautahi. We last hosted him on the radio in 2016, alongside his 2XM co-conspirator Ben Murray. Since then, 2XM has released works for SlothBoogie, Café del Mar, Dansu Discs, Bolting Bits, Of Leisure, and Eton Messy, while Azure has put out solo work for B2BO: Been To Berlin Once. Alongside his nighttime exploits, Azure has also set up Feeling Blue Studios, a space for burgeoning electronic artists in Christchurch. He shells out an hour of breakbeat inflected greatness to open the show.
In the second half, FP DJ Simon eats some chocolate and explores the grubbier edges of his record collection.
With the release of ‘Finally’ in 2016 Peach Milk began as a live act with a focus on immersive, ethereal dance music. After a string of live hardware shows played throughout New Zealand, the focus of the project has shifted more towards producing and DJing. Her Dj sets display broad influences, ranging from the dreamy and relaxed areas of House music to driving, percussive Techno and everything in between. Peach Milk is a project that continues to shift and transcend labels or mediums
Born in Te Tai Tokerau but brought up in mainland China, Dylan Biscuit has found sounds that influence him from all spectrums of his surroundings.
Living in Tamaki Makaurau for the last 5 years, Dylan has been heavily involved with the underground scene through labels such as The Grow Room and Heat Rockers Records. During this time Dylan has seen people connect with all different genres of music through very different mediums, these experiences are translated through his sets where he blends all of this collective knowledge and deliver’s dancers with a familiar feeling translated through a new sound.
Kaishandao is a Pōneke-born, Chengdu-based musician and producer, who is behind the online portal and touring company Kiwese. A few months ago, she self-released the Homeland EP, an enigmatic debut that seems to wed hypnagogic memories to the pulse, structure and dynamics of dance music. She shares a mix made during an unexpected two-week hotel quarantine, which shifts from slowburning melancholy to meditative rhythms and emotional bops.
To close, we hear from ajhoneysuckle, a Tainui/Samoan deejay based in Ōtautahi. Her sets centre nostalgic melodies, rhythmic breaks, and big basslines, and have quickly seen her get booked for some of the bigger parties across Aotearoa. Tonight, she shares a mix that focuses on the darker elements of Drill, Grime, Dub, and Hip-hop before transitioning into high energy UK-inflected sounds.
95bFM Residency: The Big Fresh Collective host Florence Ferguson, aka Foxtrot.
Pōneke-born but Otautahi-based, Foxtrot began selecting tunes on RDU 98.5 FM. Capturing hearts (and ears), she was thrust onto CDJs; quickly gaining traction among the hard hitters of the underground ’03 scene.
A big lover of old-school trance, breakbeat, electro, and "crack-up bootlegs" she secured slots alongside some of finest local talent; Keepsakes, Texture, Liam K. Swiggs, & Ultraviolet.
Drawing influence from fun-loving techno DJs such as Anetha & VTSS, and letting Ōtautahi's heavy drum n bass scene seep through her sets, there really isn’t anything Foxtrot would shy away from.
Radio is a funny business. One week i am asking people to txt in so i don't get lonesome. The next 30 people txt spontaneously. I had so many compliments on the music last night , i'll have to listen again and see if I can replicate that feeling . Starting with Matt Berninger (the National Vocalist) and Kris Kristoffersen set the tone and rousted out the roosters who like to comment on my behaviour. Next week deputy Paul will be amusing y'all!!!
Ep. 281 w/ Jefferson King b2b Samuel White & Luna Arango
This time, we shine the spotlight on two acts on the rise.
Jefferson King and Samuel White are a Tamaki-based b2b duo. They comprise the Arts & Crafts Collective, and have hosted a series of intimate daytime parties at sonic haven Lot23. They start the show with an hour of shimmering home-listening. After that, we hear from South America-via-Wellington deejay Luna Arango, who is gaining quick traction with her percussive club sets.
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