Been looking round for some new music lately and decided to spend a little more time with some of the beat makers and producers I’ve found, checkin their tracks and not bein so “twitter” about the whole thing. Between twitter and RSS feeds and Facebook and the high rate of info. flying round it’s just to easy to not really engage with what’s comin out the speakers. I’m making a conscious decision to change that so here goes, a few of my fav little local joints bouncing round at the moment. I hate to use the word “scene” but Wellingtons really got some serious new beat makers at the moment who are pushing the edge and making some next level tracks.
Wellington based Benny Tones is one of NZ’s deepest producers and artists and is currently on tour with the formidable EWH on their European tour. Benny produced the EWH album and has been working on his own album which is due for release, well, when it’s finished. Here’s his Souncloud page which contains a few tasters from the album and really shows a new level to the sounds coming out of Wellington and NZ.
Another beat maker coming out of Wellington and pushing the sound is Lord Jackson, this track features my good friend LP on the vocal, tasty work and another one to keep an eye on.
Pull Back Ft: LP by LordJackson
The final track comes from Skylab, another beat maker coming out of Wellington, heard a couple of demo’s from him last week and they’re real nice, deep beat styles.
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Kowtow Music Volume V by kowtow music
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Hey
My Name is Joanna Diamond , I am a relative of Sidney Diamond “Young Sid”.
I am a student of James Cook High School and am writing music , I have written four song and am on to my 5th I really am wanting to make a dream of music and be a Young Maori wahine that brings New Zealand’s Hip Hop and RnB music to the top , I Have big dreams in the music industry and am writing in regard to apply for a funding , koha or sponsorship from yous Any thing I am given will be so muchly appreciated and longed-for.
Thank you so much for reading my email
Arohanui ki a whanau
Kind Regards
Joanna Diamond
Hi Joanna and thanks for the comment, i’ll send you an email with some information on where you might start looking for advice and funding. J
hey thank you heaps !
Look forward to hearing from you soon !!
xo