Nick Johnston popped in this morning to say g'day and have a chat about Cut Off Your Hands swansong tour of the country and play us an early spin of the next single! Whakarongo mai nei to hear about the new album and old memories- nawww.
Fabian Fanboy's dials in to tell us what's new and good in cinema. He's got some phenomenal picks this week: Judas and the Black Messiah, a biographical drama set in the United States' 1960s Civil Rights movement, a documentary on the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia in 2018, The Dissident, and finally, Gaza, a documentary on the Gaza Strip in Palestine which has been cut off from the West Bank by Israeli land. Heavy and important picks this week, and not ones to miss.
It's time for the sixth annual NZ music special on FPR. This time, we hand over the keys to the legendary Roger Perry.
Roger Perry has been fighting the good fight for nearly 40 years. He started DJing in 1984 at the Venue, an all ages club run by Russ Le Roq (Russell Crowe). From there, he went on to run Asylum, where New Zealand audiences were first introduced to house music. He hosted NZ's first dance music radio show, Asylum FM on bFM. He has also made some masterful music as Reactor Music, Kingsland Housing Project, and Toolbox. His one-take mix for us tonight is a canvassing of house music in Aotearoa, from peerless classics to killer cuts from the new school.
Gee Dee lives in New York, where he deejays and makes music. He's co-founded Earth Beat, is a resident at Good Room in Brooklyn, and plays regularly at Philadelphia's long-running party Making Time. He also has a new live project with Juan MacLean called Infinity Machine, and hot solo releases for Planet Trip Records, Superior Elevation Records, and Light of Other Days. On FPR tonight he takes us for a two hour dive into meditative club music, with an emphasis on glorious 90s cuts. It's bliss bbs.
SEX! Now that I have your attention, PORN! It's the porn special this week on Universal Harmony, showcasing the steamiest, squelchiest tracks made by and for stars of the naughty screen. With a strong focus on golden-era disco and funk, we hear some deep cuts that nary see the light of radio day - for good reason prehaps? Let's find out!
~ universial harmony ~
A soundtrack for creative minds and those who spread gratitude in a resolute way
Earlier in the week, Jacinda Ardern announced a temporary slash to the regional fuel taxes and public transport costs across the country.
These cuts are intended to ease the cost of living for New Zealanders and will last for a period of three months.
For this week’s fortnightly chat with Auckland city councillor Shane Henderson as part of the regular city councelling segment, Casper and Shane discussed the announcement, what it will do and whether it might play into permanent policy.
They also discussed the Auckland city councelling budget consultation and why it is important that young people submit to it before it closes. Casper first asked Shane how he feels the announcement will affect Aucklanders.
[reflections / instincts: symbolic realities and fluid statics]
Tracklist:
Many Seas, Many Rivers - Actress ft. Sampha
Collect (ft. Diamond Stingily) - Klein
Ayahuasca Binary 010 - Dedekind Cut
Kali Drips - tau contrib
Invocation Of The Wheel - Ahnnu
Fearless - Jon Hassell
III - Yolabmi
Liminal - Priori
Net Negative Still Life - Nick Malkin
And Holy Ghost - James Blake
Die - Thru
Op. 10 - Shuta Hiraki
Universal Floods - Mistareez
Raamat - Vladislav Delay
Plonk X - Huerco S
Wind, Sand & Wind - Emra Grid
Eros - Burning Pyre
IA_AI - Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek
Hour 1: “reflections/instincts not able to be definitely ascertained or trusted”
Hour 2: Artist profile of Pōneke based multi-disciplinary artist Mo H. Zareei, otherwise known as mHz (@milli_hertz). It includes compositions from Form (2019), Function (2020), sometime after two, somewhere else (2020), and Earth’s Shadow (2021). Recorded for and broadcast on AFM in February, 2021.
Tracklist:
Focusing Fatigue - Delusive Tongue Shifts
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF LISTENING - VENT
Untiled (To Describe You) - Space Afrika
Fear In Reverse - Dedekind Cut
Depart - Jason Van Wyk
Stay - Jason Van Wyk
Resistor - M. Geddes Gengras
Undefined - Yann Novak & Richard Chartier
Limbo Town - Robert Crouch
On Friday 15th of December, Auckland Councillors discussed the Mayor’s draft proposal for the annual 2023/24 budget.
While the budget proposal passed and was sent for public consultation, it has proved controversial as it includes deep cuts to services and selling Auckland Airport shares.
Mayor Brown also caused controversy when he suggested Auckland Airport would be seeking capital investment before the Airport themselves announced it.
David spoke to Councillor Mike Lee about the topic
This week on Dear Science, Beth and Milly talk to Allan Blackman about all things cutting-edge. New research reveals that too much of a good thing can be bad, with scientists proving that oxygen in high amounts can cause cell damage. A new discovery in the world of insulin has shown that the medicine used to treat type one diabetes could be made even more effective, and finally, scientists edge closer to a new room temperature superconductor - however not without some doubts.
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