Ep. 291 w/ Earthen Sea and Astrid Øster Mortensen.
Jacob Long has been crafting Earthen Sea material since the early 2000s. He gradually graduated from limited-edition cassettes to releases on Ital's Lover's Rock and Nicolas Jaar's Other People imprints, before linking up with the evergreen label Kranky in 2017. His third album for Kranky, Ghost Poems, comes out next week. We celebrate with an hour of music built as spring emerges around him in Brooklyn, full of contrasts between light and decay.
Astrid Øster Mortensen is a Denmark-born, Sweden-based experimentalist and musician, and is responsible for some of the most beautiful music around. This includes last year's Gro Mig En Blomst LP, and the recent album Skærgårdslyd, both rough-hewn and deeply personal journeys through the Gothenburg archipelago. She shares a hushed and haunting mix in the second half.
In 1994, Durban artist Sandy B released Amajovi Jovi. It was a six-track education on kwaito music, and a rare find, until Invisible City Editions lovingly reissued it in 2017. This weekend, Sandile schools us with bubblegum vs kwaito mix. Stunningly, it is full of shouts from other icons of the scene.
To round things out, we hear from one of our fave deejays - the Toronto-based Milch. Milch is a member of Invisible City Record Shop team and programmer for Invisible City Presents & Invisible City Radio. She shares a mix of bassy downtempo of all sorts, from sluggers and slammers to trip hop and chill-out.
Current Bias is a Te Whanganui-a-Tara-based deejay and sound designer with a taste for incredible textures and hypnotising maximalism. Their efforts are well showcased on self-released EPs Doldrum.Eccos and Woes Of Subjectivity, and for labels like Strange Behaviour, racquetclub, Related Articles, Juke Bounce Werk, and Aunty Records. Tonight, they share a textured mix that traverses tempo and style.
AndWahn is a Tāmaki Makaurau-based producer and deejay who seeks to create emotive and driving rave music. They are currently readying the release of the Withdrawal EP, a follow-up to last year's debut Reach Out for Glass Half Full. In the second hour, Andy shares a mix that spans bass, breakbeat, electro, footwork, and jungle.
BABETECH is a Pōneke raised and based wahine who loves to kanikani and create. With whakapapa to the far north and east coast BABETECH expresses the strength of her iwi through her selections
BABETECH embodies an energetic and untamed sound. Stemming from club and soundsystem culture. In this mix you see BABETECH's love for dubstep, bass and footwork with a pocket full of RNB and soul.
Torotiti translates to itchy in Te Reo, this mix will have you itching for a kanikani.
You can also listen to BABETECH on Radioactive.fm 88.6 every Friday 4-7
Christian Dimick is an interdisciplinary artist based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington. You’ll know him from his various music projects such as Yukon Era, Avant Glass, Recitals and most recently – Awning. But you may also recognise his paintings. Christian has been painting full-time for the last four months from his Wellington studio, which has culminated in a body of work named ‘Spilling Heavy Water’.
On VA this week, Sam spoke to Christian about his new show at Kaukau Gallery in Wellington.
The numbers are in and they point to a lot of disagreement with the Auckland City Council's proposed budget. For city counselling this week Simon spoke with Manukau Councillor Lotu Fuli. Councillor Fuli spoke in detail about the Auckland City Council's Budget and the process of budget submissions from the public. She also mentioned the problems with selling the council's shares in the airport. Simon started by asking Councillor Fuli what the numbers from the public's submissions mean with only 26% supporting full cuts and 54% supporting some of the cuts.
We bring you a show full of prizes, chats and tunes on this soggy Monday. Penelope Noir explores the iconic Fashun of Star Wars, specifically Princess Leia's white dress (which has a lot of mystique and scandal surrounding it). Suri reviews The Late Americans from Brandon Taylor on Loose Reads, a campus novel with a bucket load of intrigue. Whakarongo mai nei!
Aotearoa's National Poetry Day is coming up next week on August 25th!
Established back in 1997, this is the national celebration of the Aotearoa poetry scene, seeing performances, workshops, and exhibitions take place across Tāmaki Makaurau and the nation as a whole.
To learn more about what’s coming up this year, I had a yarn with organiser Erica Stretton to learn about what to expect.
The Prime Minister dials in for a kōrero on What's Up with Chris Hipkins about increased violence against political candidates this election, Labour’s full policy plan and upcoming scheduling of leaders debates. Rob Bollix talks planet stuff, flavour combos and dwarf crocodiles on The Mind Trench. Arahi is in the studio to chat about a new project, Te Tokotoru, and plays us an acoustic track. Salene is back with A Room Of One's Own, talking notice periods for landlords to rock up to your flat, lawns and bonds. Whakarongo mai nei!
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