Over the past decade, Skymning has released a steady stream of dense textural electronic music. This music has evolved from pockets of ambience created in hometown Te Whanganui-a-Tara to sharper dance-oriented breakbeats informed by years digging though record stores in London. Next Friday, he unveils his largest body of work - RELENTLESS - via Bankrupt Worldwide. We celebrate this release on Friendly Potential Radio tonight with a mix full of low-end pressure and unreleased compositions.
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
DJ Gutta is a young kiwi DJ and music fanatic, he was born in Wellington and is now based in central Auckland.
Through internet trawling, record store excavation, endless listening and mind altered clubbing escapades, DJ Gutta finds himself magnetised to heavy dance music styles, he likes to play them loud and sometimes craft his own. He is part of the force behind AKL club nights Hard ‘n’ Fast Joints, Ultra Sound and States of Mind, and shares records on his weekly radio show; or wherever weird, funky sounds are welcomed.
EHG - Medicine Noose
Asbestosdeath - Anguish
Crowbar - Vacuum
Buzzov*en - Wound
Monolord - The Siren of Yersinia
Boris - Blackout
Godflesh - Wound
Pyramids - I Have Four Sons, All Named for Men We Lost to War
Thergothon - The Unknown Kadath In The Cold Waste
Fudge Tunnel - Spanish Fly
Starkweather - Swarm
Exhorder - The Law
Acid Bath - Jezebel
Death - Spirit Crusher
Mastodon - Blood And Thunder
Upsidedowncross - Redrum
Napalm Death - Siege of Power
Mayhem - Deathcrush
Darkthrone - The Pagan Winter
C H A P E L - Incantation
Dead Can Dance - Arabian Gothic
Henrik Nordvargr Björkk/Margaux Renaudin - Spiritus Omni
Cult Of Luna - Thirtyfour
Slavedriver - Of Marrow and Hate
Neurosis - Locust Star
A few years ago, Son Of Sesh relocated from Pōneke to Amsterdam. He has upped the ante since then, picking up residencies on Echobox Radio and at the Textures club-night, and having his dubs aired on Subtle Radio and Balamii. Last week, racquetclub released his debut Surface EP. We celebrate with a mix of his own productions interspersed with future soundsystem classics.
Tāmaki Makaurau-via-London creative Marcus Philippe made his production debut with a track on JUBILEE's stunning Magic City compilation in 2018. He recently released the Warmth EP, a dubby and textured three-tracker that has quickly become one of FPHQ's favourite local releases of the year. Marcus joins us with a mix that stitches together deep grooves from three decades of dance music.
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.
Velehentor - Кадыкчан
Halo Manash - Caickuwi Cauwas Walkeus
Futuro Antico - Ao
Jon Gibson - Melody IV, Part I
Elm - Trails Lined With Turquoise & Silk
Dead Can Dance - Song of the Stars
The Books - We Bought The Flood
Herbst9 - Eta Carinae
Het Zweet - 3
David Parsons - Gurla Mandhata
Aktuala - Mud
Sun City Girls - Wingspan Eclipse The Moon
Jachna / Mazurkiewicz / Buhl - Ya Yeti
Dakpa People - Dakbar Horn Music
Niechęć - Niespokojny relaks
Sun Ra & His Arkestra - India
Don Cherry - Om Shanti Om
After attending her first electronic music festival in early 2020, Lazy Daisy was born. When Covid first hit, most were stocking up on household necessities, however, for Daisy, this was when her love for the deep dance began.
From sets at Taniwhas Den, Twisted Frequency, and Tora Bombora, performances at your favourite venues around Pōneke and fortnightly sessions on Mouthfull Radio - her eclectic mixes have teased their way across the country. Setting out to create unforgettable experiences, expect refined selections, sensual treats and naughty beats.
Benny Salvador is a Wellington-based DJ producer & founder of Aunty Records. Benny's musically diverse sets are carefully curated for the night & the room, driven by his innate curiosity and a childhood surrounded by music.
Benny has pushed his sound, and exhilarated dance floors around New Zealand, with radio shows on Radioactive.fm and his club night 'Friends with Benefits', hosting international acts such as Courtesy (DK) and Gramrcy (UK). Benny?s first vinyl release ?3 Suns? was on New Zealand label Racquet Club in late 2019, followed by 3 releases through his own label Aunty Records - EPs 'Wat Shu' & 'Change of Depth', and recently his debut album, 'Family Fruit', in March 2022.
Director and choreographer Hadleigh Pouesi has a kōrero about Fresh Movement’s dance-theatre work MĀUI! in celebration of Matariki. It's back for one night only (!) at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre at Aotea – Te Pokapū Aotea Centre on Rāpare/Thursday 23 June. Whakarongo mai nei to hear all about it.
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