Battering down the doors of the genre elitists come a pair of producers plucked from the ranks of Ram’s new generation of incredible music making talents. In a little over a year Delta Heavy, or Si James and Ben Hall to their mums, have already proven their drum & bass metal with a succession of heavy-hitting original tracks.
Loco Radio World Tour Of Dunedin -Round 2- Glitch Hop @ Velvet Underground
Saturday 20th April 11pm till late Free Entry
Round 1 saw the Loco crew smashing out some seriously good Hip Hop in March, and this month we are setting up shop in Velvet Underground for a night of booty shakin’ bass lines and funkin’ good Glitch Hop with Mr. Simon and 50. Cal on the decks!
Velvet Burger is hooking up the brews n burger’s for our listeners all week so get tuned into Loco 107FM to be in to win!
Be sure to register on the official facebook event page to keep up with the latest daily giveaway!
State Of Breaks with Simon Towers, every Sunday 1pm – 4pm, proudly bought to you by Green Man Brewery
Cure that Sunday hangover with a decent dose of ghetto funk, hop, breaks and a slice of impromptu news and the “Green Man Beer of the week’ review!
The Green Man State Of Breaks is brought to you by the beer connoisseur’s at Green Man Brewery and our very own mental mix master Simon Towers!! Tune in every Sunday from 1-4pm for a heavy dose of musical medicine and a unique review on the Green Man’s ‘Beer of the week’. There’s a four pack up for grabs for one lucky listener, just tune in to find out the latest competition Simon has brewed up! [And of course you must be 18 or older to win!]
Located at 9 Grange Street, in the heart of studentville in Dunedin, the Green Man HQ is the perfect place to stop by and check out their large range of local brews!
Toast has developed a long standing reputation for awesome cocktails, local DJ’s, and in general, some crazy bartending.
Their staff have won a couple of awards for their cocktails too, including the Suntory Cup, Trans Tasman Cocktail Competition, De Kuyper Best Bar Team, Top 10 finish for Bartender of the Year… to name a few.
Every Thursday grab yourself a shaker for just $15, great for sharing with the crew and a damn tasty bargain if we ever saw one!
Come in and try something new or keep it simple and relax in a booth enjoying the night unfold.
•Looking for a venue for your birthday or private function? Make the most of Toast or hire out the downstairs bar and have it all to yourself!!
To find out more send your enquiry to Jamie@ToastBar.co.nz
Introducing the latest online accessory to LocoRadio.co.nz!!
Missed your favourite show on Loco 107FM? Or was it just that good you want to hear it again??
If so, there’s a good chance it’s online and ready when YOU’RE ready to listen!
While not all shows will make the cut, from now on we will be uploading as many sets as possible to our brand new Mixcloud.com page.
Be sure to sign yourself up and ‘follow us’ to be up to date with the latest shows!
Please show your support for Bailey by heading to www.theaudience.co.nz/bailey and vote for ‘Looking Up’..
You can vote once per day and by doing so you’ll aid her dreams of receiving $10,000 in funding to go towards recording the latest EP and to make music videos!!
Bailey – Singer, Songwriter, Musician
A soulful voice with depth of presence and lyrical dynamic beyond her years, Bailey characterises the epitome of a fresh yet humble approach to her version of New Zealand music. Bailey is critically acclaimed as one of New Zealand’s most vital and current emerging artists.
Bailey’s sound creates colour and depth across a range of genre, she promotes a musical environment that is relatable and limitless. Bailey is influenced primarily by soul and RnB, her work is also characterised by a flavour of hip hop which accommodates both eerie tones and synthesized bass, that roll throughout her tracks.
Bailey is working with producers and musicians across New Zealand making music which is both literal and organic, her lyrics alongside these collaborations moving from strength to strength.
Bailey’s fearless approach to performance engages the audience while offering a raw edge, where emotionality and passion are simultaneously embraced and evoked, creating light and shade throughout each vocal experience. Her performance demonstrates a familiar and undeniable comfort in her own skin, the audience captured by her effortless tones and intimate manner.
Bailey’s collection of new tracks on the EP ‘Inevitable’ move across a range of genre from RnB Hip Hop to a stripped back, raw encounter of soul at its best. These songs are the epitome of an artist’s early works, lyrically raw, unblemished and original.
Please show your support for Bailey by heading to www.theaudience.co.nz/bailey and vote for ‘Looking Up’..
You can vote once per day and by doing so you’ll aid her dreams of receiving $10,000 in funding to go towards recording the latest EP and to make music videos!!
Rapper NPC aka Chris Garbutt hosts this brand new Hip Hop slot on Loco 107FM every Monday Drive Time 4-6pm.
With a different theme for each week, and various interviews and shenanigans from one of Dunedin’s original MC’s, this is a sure fire way to thug away your Monday blues!
If you miss a show head to www.mixcloud.com/locoradio, and keep up with the latest at No Props Hip Hop on Facebook
Written by DavePosted in NewsTags: FlumeNovember 21, 2012
Flume – ‘Flume’
Rating: 7.5/10
Sydney producer Flume, aka Harley Streten, has quickly emerged as one of the hottest acts out of the Australian electronic scene in 2012. His fame spread on the net with popular remixes of tracks such as New Navys’ ‘Zimbabwe’ and Hermitudes’ ‘Hyperparadise’, and he has quickly built a reputation for himself as a live DJ across Australasia; New Zealand’s Rhythm and Vines recruiting him to their New Year’s line up in Gisborne. His highly anticipated debut album was released last week to the delight of his followers, and it did not take long before it claimed the top spot in album sales in Australia, much to the dismay of fans of One Direction (but to the joy of everyone else with a brain between their two ears). The question remains however, has Australia’s boy wonder managed to beat the hype? Or is he as vacuous as the pop band that he has dethroned? His debut looks set to answer this question.
The first three tracks off the album are certainly a strong start in the right direction, opening track ‘Sintra’ featuring a thumping kick overlaid with the high synth that has pervaded Flume’s music, twisted vocals adding some depth to the piece. The addition of vocals to Flumes’ production has lent character to his music, particularly in the second track ‘Left Alone’ featuring Melbourne producer Chet Faker’s voice over one of the most intoxicating beats off the album, slow drums and smooth synth providing excellent recourse with Chet Fakers swirling vocals. Chet Fakers’ own debut album Thinking in Textures had to be one of the best albums to escape Australia in 2011, and the two artists collaborate well together, hopefully this is a pairing we will see again in the near future. The already infamous ‘Sleepless’ rounds off Flume’s entrance, and with these three tracks Flume has already built a distinctive sound pulling the listener into a summery soundscape, and silencing his critics. ‘On Top’ serves as a welcome lash at those who had questioned the hype in the build up to the albums release. The rest of the album strays little from the winning formula already established, with flashes of particular ingenuity in ‘Space Cadet’, and ‘Bring you Down’, and in it Flume has proved himself to be a solid producer of new wave electronic music.
The album is not as groundbreaking as the hype would have you believe, but it is highly enjoyable, and at the tender age of twenty Flume has a very promising future ahead of him. The top tracks off the album display a natural flair and joy that seems to belong to his music, from the celebratory ‘On Top’ to the floating choruses of ‘Space Cadet’ it is a fitting first album for the young producer. The only complaint that can be given is the lack of experimentation, one song can bleed easily into another with the high synth and sometimes overly simple drum patterns, but this is not unexpected on a debut album and can be easily forgiven. This debut will establish Flume in the scene and give credence to his particular sound, and if he can build on this success by experimenting more with in his production there is no reason to think that he does not have a bright future in the electronic scene. He has built a sound that is fun and distinctive, however I hope that in the next album it will be a mould to break from rather than a pattern to return to.
The Gaslamp Killer is one of those producers who has built a reputation around pushing the boundaries of electronic music; his works creating fusions of bass music, psychedelic rock, alternative hip hop and acid jazz to form a soundscape resembling that of a drug-fueled drive into the Californian desert. Signed to Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder Label it has always been expected that he would provide something different, his two EP’s My Troubled Mind (2009) and Death Gate (2010) set a high mark with a unique mirage of sounds pieced together from one of the most diverse record collections possessed by any DJ. On both EP’s he showed a talent for integrating a diverse range of synths, drum patterns, echoes and samples to create unique masterpieces of alternative hip hop such as ‘Shattering Inner Journeys’ or ‘Baiafro’. His debut album then has been a long anticipated adventure further into the disorienting mind of The Gaslamp Killer.
Breakthrough is his debut album and a fitting record in the context of his previous bodies of work. It is an album which operates on distinct frequencies, distorting sounds to create melancholic feelings and psychotropic landscapes, pulling the listener through the looking glass. His diverse range of samples is encountered from the very first listen, the second track off the album ‘Veins’ samples the Beatles ‘Eleanor Rigby’ before being transmuted beyond recognition with the help of rapper Gonsafuji. Using a mixture of air-slicing percussion he creates an album that ebbs and flows through a monstrous bass with unique style and acid fueled insanity, keeping any listener on their toes. A certain unpredictability flows through songs such as ‘Dead Vets’ stringing together grand synth along a constantly changing drumline, before launching into the single off of the album ‘Flange Face’, a mad synth pierced only by the strings of Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. ‘Seven Years of Bad Luck’ gives birth to an bizarre arrangement of noise between a wobbling mandarin and dynamic chimes. The album comes to a close with ‘In the Dark’ with ambient organ sounding echoes giving way to violins, a voice in the last minute giving a sense to the melancholy built over the whole album, ‘this is the way the world ends…’
Whether or not this album will prove to be the breakthrough for the artist as implied by the title it is not certain. Never in the album is there however a point at which it could be described as either boring or predictable, often there is a sense of the absurd, the bizarre and the strange wrapped in his music. It will not be an album for everyone nor anyone, but it was never meant to be. A DJ and album with all the qualities of being loco.
The Gaslamp Killer will be dropping in New Zealand at the New Year at both Rhythm and Alps (28th and 29th) and BW Campground at Rhythm and Vines (29th, 30th, and 31st). He is widely held to acclaim for his energetic and wild performances behind the decks, one of the must see acts hitting the shores of New Zealand this year.
