Music 101 for Saturday 30 April 2016
2-3pm
Unity Pacific
Tigilau Ness is a Niuean New Zealander who protested the Dawn Raids and 1981 Springbok Tour. It's music and family - Che Fu is his son - have carried him through tough times. Trevor Reekie talked to Tigilau about his life of protest, music and social consciousness.
The Sampler: Hollie Smith - Water Or Gold
Nick Bollinger reviews a homegrown soul voice.
Kano
Anointed by Jay Z as a leading light of the UK’s Grime community, Kano is now something of an elder statesman of the scene. Kano’s fifth studio album Made in the Manor sees the proud Eastender transport listeners to his council estate roots – Kano takes us back to where it all started, 86 St Olave’s Road, East Ham.
3-4pm
NZ Music Month
NZ Music Month is back for it's sixteenth year - the NZ Music Commission talks about what it means, and why it's still needed.
NZ Music Month - Time For A Remix, Not A Repeat
The Sampler: Joe Blossom - All Of The Above
Nick Bollinger reviews Joe Blossom's second full-length release, All of the Above.
Bailey Wiley
Auckland-based neo-soul artist Bailey Wiley on her new EP, S.O.M.M. (Still On My Mind), written and recorded over two years between Auckland and Berlin.
avoid! avoid
With members formerly in bands like The Subliminals, The Instigators and The Hasselhoff Experiment, avoid! avoid were going to be able to make a racket. But how was it going to sound and what were their intentions behind their debut Particles and Waves? Zac Arnold finds out.
4-5pm
The Secret Life Of Birth Music
Yadana Saw speaks to mothers and midwives, doctors, doulas and dads to find out about the soundtracks that accompany a child’s arrival to the world.
Beastwars - The Death Of All Things
Over the last five years Beastwars have cultivated one of the strongest fan bases for any New Zealand group by remembering to obey the riff . Their third release is intriguingly titled The Death Of All Things, Zac Arnold finds out how much truth is in the name.
Music played in this show
2-3pm
Artist: Just Blaze
Song: Miracle
Composer: Justin Smith
Album: Single
Label: Private
Artist: Beyonce
Song: Freedom
Composer: Jonathan Coffer, Knowles, Carla Marie Williams, Dean McIntosh, Kendrick Duckworth, Frank Tirado, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Sr.
Album: Lemonade
Label: Sony
Tigilau Ness - Unity Pacific
Artist: Unity Pacific
Song: Rock Away,
Composer: Tigilau Ness, Che Fu
Album: Blackbirder Dread
Label: A Moving Production Limited.
Artist: Unity Pacific
Song: Where You Gonna Run, Herb Tell the Truth, Praising Rastafari, Girl I Never Knew, Blackbirder Dread, Hold Me Close
Composer: Tigilau Ness
Album: Blackbirder Dread
Label: A Moving Production Limited.
Artist: Unity Pacific
Song: Into the Dread
Composer: Ness, Unity Pacific
Album: Into the Dread
Label: A Moving Production Limited.
Artist: Unity Pacific
Song: Red Squad
Composer: Ness,
Album: From Street to Sky
Label: A Moving Production Limited.
Artist: Michael Kiwanuka
Song: Black Man In A White World
Composer: M.Kiwanuka
Album: Love and Hate
Label: Communion Records
The Sampler: Hollie Smith
Artist: Hollie SmithSongs: Water or Gold, Anymore, Helena, In Love Again, Holding On, Poor on Poor, Older Younger.
Composer: H. Smith
Album: Water and Gold
Label: Warner
Artist: October
Song: Switchblade
Composer: E. Logan
Album: Switchblade EP
Label: October
Kano
Artist: Kano
Song: This is England, Endz
Composer: K.Robinson
Album: Made in the Manor
Label: Parlophone, Bigger Picture Music
Artist: Kano feat. Wiley and Giggs
Song: 3 Wheels-up
Composer: K.Robinson, R.Cowie, N.Thompson
Album: Made in the Manor
Label: Parlophone, Bigger Picture Music
Artist: Kano feat. JME
Song: Flow of the Year
Composer: K.Robinson, J.Adenuga
Album: Made in the Manor
Label: Parlophone, Bigger Picture Music
Artist: Kano
Song: T-Shirt Weather in the Manor
Composer: K.Robinson, F.Smith
Album: Made in the Manor
Label: Parlophone, Bigger Picture Music
Artist: Kano
Song: Deep Blues
Composer: K.Robinson, F.Smith, D.Albarn
Album: Made in the Manor
Label: Parlophone, Bigger Picture Music
Artist: Kano
Song: Strangers
Composer: K.Robinson, S.Beste, J.Milliner
Album: Made in the Manor
Label: Parlophone, Bigger Picture Music
Artist: Emmy The Great
Song: Constantly
Composer: Moss
Album: Second Love
Label: Bella Union
3-4pm
The Sampler - Joe Blossom
Artist: Joe Blossom
Songs: The Breaking, The Only Voices, All of the Above (1905), Slow Jam, Here & Now.
Composer: Joe Blossom
Album: All of the Above
Label: Cabbage Tree Records
Artist: Tiny Ruins
Song: Dream Wave
Composer: H. Fullbrook
Album: Single
Label: Bella Union
Bailey Wiley
Artist: Bailey Wiley
Song: Still On My Mind, Dos Fuegos, Run With It, iCU, Take It From Me
Composer: B. Wiley
Album: S.O.M.M.
Label: Loop Recordings
avoid! avoid!
Artist: avoid! avoid
Songs: Polytechnik, Ultra Deep Field, Avoid Avoid
Composer: avoid! avoid
Album: Particles and Wave
Label: Flying Nun Records
Artist: King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard
Song: People Vultures
Composer: King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard
Album: Nonagon Infinity
Label: ATO Records
Artist: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Song: Shakedown Street
Composer: Jerry Garcia and Hunter
Album: The Day of The Dead
Label: 4AD
Artist: The Magnetic Zeros
Song: Wake Up The Sun
Composer: A. Ebert
Album: PersonA
Label: Rough Trade
4pm
The Secret Life of Birth Music
Artist: Salt N Pepa
Song: Push It
Composer: Hurby Azor. Ray Davies
Album: Hot, Cool & Vicious
Label: London
Artist: Sarah Brightman
Song: Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro)
Composer: L.Quarantotto, F. Sartori, F. Peterson
Album: Time To Say Goodbye
Label: Angel
Artist: Brian Eno
Song: Neroli
Composer: Brian Eno
Album: Neroli (Thinking Music Part IV)
Label: All Saints
Artist: Amiina
Song: Skaaka
Composer: Amiina
Album: AminaamiinA
Label: Smekkleysa
Artist: George Benson
Song: Give Me The Night
Composer: Temperton
Album: Give Me The Night
Label: Warner Bros
Artist: Pearl Jam
Song: Just Breathe
Composer: Pearl Jam
Album: Back Spacer
Label: Universal
Artist: John Legend
Song: All of Me (Tiesto Birthday Treatment Remix)
Composer: Toby Gad, John Stephens
Album: Single
Label: Private
Artist: David Bowie and Queen
Song: Under Pressure
Composer: Bowie, Deacon, May, Mercury, Taylor
Album: Hot Space
Label: EMI
Artist: Yo-Yo Ma
Song: Unaccompanied Cello Concerto #1
Composer: J.S. Bach
Album: The Cello Suites
Label: Sony
Artist: Beth Hardy
Song: Welcome To The World
Composer: Beth Hardy
Album: Single
Label: Private
Artist: Amiina
Song: Glamar
Composer: Amiina
Album: Kurr
Label: Ever
Artist: Bob Marley
Song: Three Little Birds
Composer: B.Marley
Album: Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers
Label: Island
Artist: Elizabeth Mitchell
Song: Sleep Eye
Composer: Woody Guthrie
Album: Little Seed - Songs for Children by Woodie Guthrie
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Artist: Brian Eno
Song: Fickle Sun (III) I’m Set Free
Composer: Cale/Reed
Album: The Ship
Label: Warp
Beastwars
Artist: Beastwars
Songs: Call To The Mountain, Witches, The Death Of All Things
Composer: Beastwars
Album: The Death Of All Things
Label: Destroy Records
Introducing: SWIDT
Artist: SWIDT
Song: No More Parties In Stoneyhunga
Composer: SWIDT
Album: No More Parties In Stoneyhunga Single
Label: SWIDT
Artist: Deakin
Song: Golden Chords
Composer: Josh Dibb
Album: Sleep Cycle
Label: My Animal Home