Spinal cord injuries are common in New Zealand, and 40% are a result motor vehicle accidents. They often have a major impact over the lives of those injured, which is why effective treatment is being sought by the international science community. A budding researcher at the forefront of this field from the University of Auckland, Jarred Griffin, is doing some interesting research into how gene therapy might treat such injuries. Ximena speaks to him about his findings.
Get your motor running, yr motorcycling Worship's here with some news about fixing up Auckland's beaches and phasing out the plastic bag. Listen in as we talk timeframes, rates dollars and, Mike's recurring favourite, helicopters.
Dr. Bryan Ruddy from the University of Auckland's Bioengineering Institute chats to Rachel and Tess about how the biological muscle system is being used as an inspiration for the design of a motor, that could enable robots to move more like us. We're not talking scary robots from films, we're talking about the kind that can assist those recovering from strokes or injuries. Interesting stuff!
Campbell digs Japan, and he's just back from a ten day jaunt of well curated record stores, incredible food and many greetings of "Arigato gozaimasu!"
His set this month is full of raw, soulful heaters and cosmic jazz-funk that makes you screw your face up like you accidentally ate the ball of wasabi along with your sashimi. All time Swap Meet fave Garfield Fleming’s 'Don’t Send Me Away' still hits like heartbreak on vinyl, that pleading vocal over lush orchestration is pure modern soul gold. And then there’s Mystic Harmony’s Lovers Rock take on The Jones Girls' 'Nights Over Egypt' deep, spiritual, and epic. Add Freedom Suite 'Come Closer' to that category: a rare groove Trini disco dub with the kind of bassline that makes you look around the room for someone else who heard that. The funkier edges really pop off with Wild Fire 'The Dealer' another Trinidadian gem that’s psych-funk with fuzz guitar and heavy attitude.
Campbell keeps it moving with the glistening disco of Chantal Curtis ‘Get Another Love’ to Booker Newberry III’s ‘Love Town’, there’s that roller-skate-ready shimmer. Then off to Brasil with Alma Brasileira ‘Peixeiro’ a choro inflected samba and Dom Salvador’s ‘Barumba’, all syncopated rhythms and raw, earthy joy. On the modern tip, Cool Affair ‘Motoric Patterns (Kaidi Tatham Mix)’ slides in with some proper bruk energy: Kaidi doing what he does best. Mr Ngata has the jazzheads covered too - and we also gotta keep pumping current faves The Circling Sun!
Featuring music from Stan Forebee, Esperar Pra Ver, Swindail, The Cool Kids, Little Dragon, Cloud One, Charles Murdoch, HNNY, shamana, Jex Opolis
Spoken word feature this week: Japanese Poem by Miyazawa Kenji
Ame ni mo makezu (Be not Defeated by the Rain) is written by Kenji Miyazawa, a poet from the northern prefecture of Iwate in Japan who lived from 1896 to 1933. The poem was found posthumously in a small black notebook in one of the poet's trunks.
Sounds of Sydney setlist:
Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts #2
Chaos In The Cbd - Dusty Sundays (Original Mix)
Session Victim - Good Intentions (LP Mix)
HNNY - Cheer Up, My Brother
Tropico Q - Walk This Way
Ryoma Maeda & Romantic Suiciders - Never Ending Perversion
Perfume - Houseki no Ame (宝石の雨)
Seiko Oomori - あまい Sweet
Marino with Teapot Orchestra - Breakfast in the bathtub
Neco 眠る - Engawa De Dancehall
DODDODO - Pretend That You Came From Raccoon
Northeast Cambodia - Five Krung Men Gong Players Standing and Folding Their Gongs, A Flute Player
Khmer Mahori - Khmer Krang Phka
Stan Richardson - Kyorei: Empty Bell
Hu Zhihou - San Bao Fo
Shinichi Yuize - Fuki (Riches and Honors)
Liu Mingyuan - The Deep Night
Giusto Pio - Motore Immobile
Art Of Primitive Sound - Eagle bone for the ghost dance
Alexej Platonovic Uican - Song and drum on frame drum
Sakha - The Wedding Proposal Of The Olonkho's Main Character, Elbet Suppet Ulen Khardaaccy
Nenec Sel'kup - Our Grandfather Who Had A Parka Made From Hare Skin
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