I put this mix together over new years and it feels like a reflection of what was and what's to come. There is a mix of some of my most played tracks of 2025, as well as some new unreleased and forthcoming bits from myself and friends. It's all bound by those Echo Train hallmarks of low end and cerebral ear candy. I hope it brings you all good fortune for the year to come :)
Tāmaki Makaurau-based DJ Aw B has secured a bi-monthly residency at Pōneke's Club 121. The series, named 'Aw B B2B', sees her invite a special guest or two to play an all night back-to-back set at the club. This weekend, we share a two hour excerpt from the first event from early June, when Aw B and Hurricane Emily combined forces for the first time.
Julion Wright, born & raised on Waiheke Island, joins us from their Dunedin residence and performs special acoustic sets from his latest single - Bad Juju.
Travelling Tunes takes us to whichever musical motherland our resident ethnomusicologist, Dr Kirsten Zemke, sets course for. This week's topic is Yé-yé!
Hana Pera Aoake has recently been awarded the 2024 curatorial residency with Delfina Foundation and Metroland Cultures in London
Hana will spend 12 weeks in London, starting in April, as the New Zealand curator-in-residence in Delfina Foundation’s Spring 2024 Residency season. During the residency Hana will be spending time working alongside Metroland Cultures in Brent as well as pursuing their own research.
Frances caught up with Hana for Various Artists this week to hear about the residency.
In Hour 1 it's Route 8 who has been making a name for himself under a number of guises such as Q3A and DJ Ciderman for labels including Lobster Theremin, Nous, Fabrwechsel and Delsin for a number of years. The Hungarian producer has dipped his toes into a number of genres in this time touching on lo-fi through to electro, breakbeat, techno and anything in-between but always heavily leaning towards his love for house. He told us;
"The mix is basically a journey around the music I love. It includes records I bought during my travels and cheap forgotten gems from discogs. Few tracks I would definitely play for the dance floor these days, some tunes from my close friends and an acid one from me. I tried to put them together in order which kinda resemble a long night in the club. :)"
In Hour 2 it's Chevel following the release of his double EP entitled “In A Rush And Mercurial", which comes after his recent album “Always Yours” for Mumdance and Logos’ label Different Circles, The Italian electronic music producer released this project on his own imprint Enklav, reaffirming his own take on ambient, techno, experimental beats and rush-inducing synth lines. The Italian electronic music producer released this project on his own imprint Enklav reaffirming his own take on ambient, techno, experimental beats and rush-inducing synth lines. Composed and divided into two parts, “In A Rush” and “Mercurial” are a collection of 12 tracks entirely recorded or overdubbed during the artistic residency of four days at the Studio Venezia installation by Xavier Veilhan, which took place at the French Pavillon for the Venice Art Biennale in 2017.
The environment court has declined a permanent protection order for a centuries old kauri name Awhiawhi by locals and iwi. It’s the latest in a series of battles over the tree in attempts to stop it being felled for development that have included multiple occupations, judicial reviews, and petitions. Lachlan spoke with local resident and one of the campaigns leaders WInnie Charlesworth about the environment court’s decision.
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