7 Jun 2025

The Mixtape: Cory Champion

From The Mixtape, 4:00 pm on 7 June 2025

Clear Path Ensemble is the brainchild of Cory Champion, a composer, percussionist, and sound artist based in Poneke, Wellington.

His mahi spans a wide range of disciplines, reflecting deep and varied musical interests from improvisational jazz to experimental sound art and underground dance music.

Cory has recorded and performed with a multitude of artists, including Fat Freddy's Drop, Avantdale Bowling Club, Aja, and Nathan Haines to name a few. 

He joined Kara Rickard to select some tunes on The Mixtape.

Cory's songs:

  • Cave Circles – Ships (feat. Silka)
  • Actress – Our 
  • Marvin Gaye – I Want You 
  • Billie Holiday – Good Morning Heartache 1946
  • Stanley Cowell – I Am Waiting 
  • Model 500 – Starlight
  • Ideeyah – Eat the Plants
  • John Lennon – What You Got​

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