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Indi is the solo moniker of musician and composer Indira Force, formerly co-writer and lead vocalist of Christchurch neo-trip-hop duo Doprah. Following Doprah’s disbandment in 2016, she relocated to Berlin and released her debut album Precipice (2018, Flying Nun Records), fusing electronic production with orchestral arrangements of trombone, violin, saxophone, and flute. Force has since released music as Aridni Orca.
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Dunedin noise-rock/post-rock trio formed in 1994. Signed to Flying Nun Records through manager Natasha Griffiths, HDU built a fearsome reputation with their intense, dynamic soundscapes blending dense noise with atmospheric beauty. BBC presenter John Peel once called them "one of the 10 best bands in the world you've never heard of."
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Cripple Mr Onion were a progressive metal band from Christchurch, New Zealand, formed in 1996 by Mike 'Fud' Fudakowski and Andy Woodd. Their name was borrowed — with Terry Pratchett's blessing — from the fictional card game in the Discworld novels. Active until 2016, they were known for a sound described as spellbindingly beautiful one moment and violently cataclysmic the next.
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Hard-working blues muso, heavily chronicled in the (brilliant) ‘Stranded in Paradise‘ book on kiwi music. Gamble was an English Immigrant who settled in Whangerei…
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Auckland noise-rock trio God Bows to Math formed in 2008 and quickly became one of the most active bands on the Auckland underground circuit, releasing two albums and multiple EPs on Muzai Records.
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Auckland satirical country and western outfit whose one album, Adrenal Glandy (Flying Nun, FN048), was recorded live in 1986 with a baked-beans-recruited audience. Featuring the young Don McGlashan performing under a pseudonym, it sold approximately 40 copies.
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Vaporwave solo project of Luke Rowell (Disasteradio) from Lower Hutt, Wellington. The 2015 album Buy Now is regarded as a classic of the global vaporwave movement, and became the subject of a 33⅓ Oceania book in 2025.
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Biography England-based trio of well-known ex-pats Dave Mitchell, Liz Matthews and Rod McLellan (aka Roddy Pain). Members Discography
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Solo project of Tony Doe, former vocalist and drummer of Auckland new wave band The Wait. After releasing a solo LP on Ode Records, Doe travelled to Japan and the UK before returning to New Zealand and forming The Reactions.
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Wellington garage punk duo Andrew Tolley and Brendan Moran, active 1997–2002 on Flying Nun Records.
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Wellington psychedelic rock trio formed in 2005 by Will Rattray (guitar, vocals) and Danny Brady (bass, synth), with drummer Peter Copeland. Released four records across 2005–2018 including debut LP Teleport Palace (2008) and Ocean Dream (2018, Fantasy Fiction Records), recorded in the hull of Wellington's iconic Tug Boat.
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Biography Coolade (not to be confused with later group Kool-Aid) were a young trio from Christchurch who performed in and around the local All-Ages…
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Auckland emo/pop-punk duo Nicole Gaffney and James Stuteley toured seventeen times around New Zealand and fifteen times through Australia over twelve years, releasing three LPs of mathy, heartfelt punk before calling it a day in 2024.
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New Zealand band active in the mid-1980s, releasing two EPs on Ode Records including the radio-played 'The Burma Road'. Members went on to form the Dough Boys and The Reactions.
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Dunedin school punk group formed over Labour Weekend 1978 by Martin Phillips (The Chills), Jeff Batts, Craig Easton (The Verlaines) and Alistair Dunn. Three songs written by Phillips for The Same became The Chills's contribution to the famed Dunedin Double compilation.
