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Munkey Kramp
Biography Poppy Dunedin-based 4-piece featuring future Cloudboy vocalist Demarnia Lloyd. The excellent scattering of recordings bassist Pete Gorman has archived on Youtube show the…
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Heka
Heka is a New Zealand duo comprising Stephen Kilroy and Heath Te Au, who released their debut album Last Spiritual Gas Station Before The End Of Civilisation on Arclife Records in 2004.
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Mestar
Biography Mëstar are a pop/rock trio formed in 1996 in Dunedin, New Zealand. The band came together after vocalist and guitarist John White and…
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Marie and the Atom
Marie and the Atom were an experimental pop group created as a performance and song-writing vehicle for Gill Civil. The group released 3 boundary-pushing EPs in the mid 1980's and are best remembered for their song 'Isol'. #nzmusic #marieandtheatom
Record Labels
Arclife Records
Arclife Records was an excellent 'home-grown' independent label formed by the Arclife Trust, an arts organization that formed out of the Arc Cafe in central Dunedin. The label had a strong, tight-knit community of local Dunedin groups on its roster - many of whom had moved on from the by-then Auckland based Flying Nun Records. #nzmusic #arcliferecords
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Barnard’s Star
Excellent Christchurch shoegaze / electronic group with a unique, spacey sound. Released an EP and 2 7" lathe cut singles on the Beat Atlas imprint in the late 1990's before going their seperate ways. #nzmusic #barnardsstar
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Cloudboy
Excellent Dunedin dream-pop group Cloudboy are reuniting for a national tour after more than 20 years away. What better time than to revisit their band profile! Formed as a side-project by 3 members of the Dunedin art-pop collective Mink - Cloudboy put out an EP, a couple singles and a terrific album back int he late 1990's / early 2000s before vocalist Demarnia Lloyd started producing her own solo material. See UTR for tickets #nzmusic #cloudboy
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Snapper
The key group of New Zealand underground legend Peter Gutteridge (despite being a founding member of BOTH the Clean and the Chills). Snapper made driving, droning guitars-infused with synths post-punk throughout the 1980s and 1990s before Gutteridge disappeared from the public eye.
Album Reviews
Cloudboy – Down at the End of the Garden
2001, Arclife Records, ARC010 Demarnia Lloyd is something of an enigma in the Dunedin music scene. Over the past 7 years her involvement in…
Album Reviews
Demarnia Lloyd – Set Upon a Curve
2002, Arclife Records Oh how CD’s have changed the face of music! Where once a double-album ‘opus’ from the likes of Led Zeppelin barely…
Interviews
Michael J. Brassell: A Memorial [Mar 2004]
A memorial I wrote for Michael J. Brassell after he sadly passed away from pneumonia in 2004. I helped organize a music tribute wake here in Christchurch to celebrate his life, whilst a similar event was also help in his then-current home of Dunedin.
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John White
Biography As the distinctive voice of Mestar, John White has become quite a well known figure in new zealand music, particularly in his home-town…
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Demarnia Lloyd
Biography Demarnia Lloyd has been a particularly bright star in the Dunedin music scene in the mid 90s, forming her tenure performing alongside the…
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The Renderers
Biography The Renderers are New Zealand’s prime example of southern-fried country, and are indeed one of our finest ever bands. Brian Crook formed the…
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Mink
Biography Demarnia Lloyd formed Mink in the early 90s, performing an eclectic mix of pop and rock with Jamaican and other more worldly influences…