Clarke Gayford bunkered down with the Shapeshifter crew while they took over a sweet spot in Raglan to record their new album, ‘The System is a Vampire’ with DnB maestro Evan Short from Concord Dawn and Tiki Taane.
They’ve got a hectic Summer tour Schedule lined up and the album is out now.
Stay posted for their kick ass videos.
http://www.shapeshifter.co.nz/
Shot by Clarke Gayford http://twitter.com/NZClarke
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TREi is a genuine composer and artist. An individual capable of easily dispelling the knob-twiddling computer programmer connotations far too often associated with the more throwaway aspects of dance music.
In the space of what counts as four short years behind the consoles as a DJ and a producer, TREi has risen to the upper echelon of drum and bass in New Zealand. His music production and DJ skills are now raising eyebrows in all the right places across the globe.
Taken from TREI’s Debut album ‘INNUENDO’ on New Zealands own premiere Drum’n'Bass Label Samurai Music
http://www.myspace.com/tr3i
www.facebook.com/treimusic
www.myspace.com/samuraimusicnz
Lead Me On
State Of Mind, hosts of internationally successful 95BFM drum n bass show ‘Next Level’ Saturday 9-11pm NZ time, at www.95bfm.com
This song taken from the album ‘Faster Than Light’ on SOM Music.
PNC (aka Sam Hansen) is todays most talked about up & coming artist in Aotearoa Hip-hop. His fluid flow has drawn comparisons to legends like Jay-Z and Notorious BIG but, don’t get it twisted, his brand of Hip-hop is distinctly Aotearoa.
http://www.myspace.com/stateofmindnz
http://www.myspace.com/pncmusic
City On Fire Ft. PNC
Antiform’s latest single ‘Crash’ featuring MC Twincam, released only a week has already placed in the Amplifier.co.nz charts and been play listed on radio in New Zealand.
Antiform have traveled a vast distance since their conception in the 2002 where brothers Josh and Luke Purcell met Brendon Spain on the national DJ circuit and their combined talents have taken them from a local festival CD to the Hardcore Beats 3 compilation and being nominated for Best Breakthrough DJ at the Breakspoll 2008 awards in the UK, making them the first Kiwis ever to be nominated for this huge accolade.
A hugely anticipated debut album is on the cards for early 2009 with collaborations with some of NZ’s finest artists. In addition, Antiform is set to embark on an Australasian tour to promote their forthcoming album which will no doubt drive new and old fans crazy. After they’ve finished conquering Australia the trio will be winning over Europe and playing alongside some of their massively successful contemporaries.
www.myspace.com/thisisantiform
Crash
Founded in 2004, State of Mind is the Drum and Bass duo from New Zealand of Patrick Hawkins and Stu Maxwell
Initially signed to Total Science’s CIA label in 2005, the State of Mind discography has rapidly expanded to include labels such as, Teebee’s Subtitles Records, Friction’s Shogun with the massive Back to the Jungle EP, Futurebounds Viper label, Doc Scotts 31 Records, Bad Company, Obsessions & BSE Recordings, plus more.
In 2007 the lads decided to launch their own record label, SOM MUSIC. Representative of their own unique sound, the label has grown into a force within DnB. Recording artists include Black Sun Empire, Chris.Su, Axiom, Spinline, SOM, Sigma, Mindscape, & Dose.
State of Minds debut full length album TAKE CONTROL was released in 2006, available with in NZ and Australia through Uprising Records. For those of you overseas, it can be ordered from http://www.smokecds.com. It is also available from ITUNES NZ. The 2nd album “FASTER THAN LIGHT” is due for release in March 2009.
This video, Sunking is Directed by Aleks Sakowski. Director of photography – Craig Smith
