Tonight's show was actually entirely curated by bFM's own Samuel Harmony, who sent Oto and Jaycee, not just a playlist, but a stack of CDs and Casettes that he collected while he was in Indonesia as part of the New Zealand Delegation attending AXEAN Festival 2025. Whakarongo mai to experience 2 hours of Psych rock, folk, disco and more by Southeast-Asian artists playing at the festival!
Amelia is joined by Che aka bb gurl aka Mallshopper for a conclusive list of the best of the best anime of all time PERIOD. But none of that Shonen nonsense - the good stuff.
Multi-hyphenate arts icon Coco Solid spoke with Rachel about Wheke Fortress, a new community and artist run space she is setting up in Onehunga with Big Fat Raro. Whakarongo mai nei to hear about the kaupapa and supoort the Boosted campaign here!
Oto and Jaycee spoke with Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter, Reia Guess, and played 2 hours of music by singer songwriters and dreampop artists from the Asian diaspora.
Se você jurar - Receio
Los Kjarkas & Savia Andina - Kutimuy
Banda Colombiana - Llorando se fue
Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical - Lamento
Los Hermanos Rosario - Fuiste Tú
Juaneco y su Combo - El Hijo de la Runamula
Juaneco y su Combo - Rosa de Mi Amor
Antonio Ríos - Yo Me Estoy Enamorando
Chocolate - Mayonesa
Makina Kandela - Juan chu-chi-ta
Bubas Produçoes - Picante Da Terra
Raja Kirik - Tarian Maut Dari Gunung
The Bug vs Earth - Another Planet
Raja Kirik - Bujang Ganong
CRRDR - BAM BAM
COMBIFUNK MIX (Mastered with Clear Sky at 85pct)
𝓑𝓡𝓔𝓝𝓓𝓐 - TB Destiny *** Brenda edit _ BadBunny x EstadoUnido
Neeiv - Caramelo (Neeiv Edit)
Aquecimento - PV5000
Yunglian. Aceto Music, Kade. Diegoniverse - Depresion Post Party
P.U.R.E. - Hallucinate
kelman duran - SECRETO (version II)
Urias - Cadela
Virgen Maria A.K.A. - Tq
Les Mamans Du Congo & Rrobin - Ngaminke
Dengue Dengue Dengue - Eye Acucho ft. Mikongo
Luísa e os Alquimistas - Garota Ligeira (part. Luê)
Dinamarca X Busy Signal - Jail (Gil Edit)
Bad Gyal & Bad Gyal feat. Florentino;Florentino - Blink (Prod. DJ Florentino)
Khea x Duki - Wacha
el bacalao de smokepurrp
bambinodj - lost riddim
Lao x Nick León - Tu Mirada ft. Santa María
DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Turn Down For What
El Irreal Veintiuno - Ayer En Tlatelolco
Frances Chan highlights her favourite acts from a busy month of live gigs, including Jeff Mills, Love Square and Son Rompe Pera, plus new releases from Yussef Dayes, Monty Alexander and Allysha Joy, and a smooooth jazz falsetto interlude.
Setlist:
Jeff Mills & Tony Allen – The Seed (Edit)
Doctor L, Tony Allen, Jean-Phi Dary – Afropusherman
Prahbu Edouard – Rangoli
Son Rompe Pera – Cumbia pa Tu Madre
Baaba Maal ft General Paco Lenol – Mbeda Wella
Arooj Aftab – Suroor
Nitin Sawhney ft Natacha Atlas – Be Who You Are
Love Square – Sweet Tooth (instrumental)
Carnivorous Plant Society – Sex Guru
Yussef Dayes ft Elijah Fox – Istanbul
Monty Alexander – Regulator (Reggae-Later) (Live)
Monty Alexander – V.E. Swing
Dred Scott Trio – Gateway
Medeski, Martin & Wood – Chinoiserie
Thundercat ft Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins – Show You the Way
Donald Fagen – Planet D’Rhonda
Afonk, Varra, Lorenzo Ceci – Around the Galaxy
Varra – Gatito Viajero
Nate Smith – Get Down, Get Down
Arnauld Dolmen & Leonardo Montana – Zouky Monky
Bokante – History
Everwave, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Allysha Joy – Freedom Praise
Frances Chan lounges on the exotica sofa to start the show, then highlights her favourite acts from Womad Aotearoa 2025, plays a Jarrett twofer and marches out on the funk.
Set list:
Sun Ra – Interplanetary Music
Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
Esquivel – Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Les Baxter – Mozambique
Dorothy Ashby – Fool on the Hill
Bala Desejo – Baile de Mascaras (Recarnaval)
Nitin Sawhney – Homelands
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Mustt Mustt
Jean Phi Dary, Jeff Mills – The X Factor
O. – 176
The Comet Is Coming – Frequency of Feeling Expansion
Domi & JD Beck ft Thundercat – Not Tight
Ana Carla Maza – Las Primaveras (Live)
Branford Marsalis Quartet – The Windup
Keith Jarrett – Spiral Dance
Kamasi Washington – Vortex
After ‘Ours ft Louis Baker – That Love
Polyrhythmics – Chophouse
The Meters – It Ain’t No Use
Sun Ra – At Sundown
Heidi talks to Tokerau Wilson about his show Wheke Fortress at Audio Foundation. The show featured sonic workshops such as "Demystifying Musical Equipment" and a comics/storytelling one, "Outside the Frame".
Tom talked to Clare Gemima about her forays into the Brooklyn's the "Other Art Fair", and living in New York as an artist.
E whai ake nei, coming up on the first (!!) Various Artists of 2024!
Liam chats to Keciano Tiufuva about his new solo exhibition opening tomorrow at Wheke Fortress.
Frances speaks to Pauline Autet of Contemporary HUM about their current Boosted campaign.
She'll also speak with photographer Kate van der Drift about Water Marks, currently on show at 23 locations around Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
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