Episodes
Episode 144: Devin Abrams
144: Devin Abrams is a music producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was a founding member of Shapeshifter, before leaving the group in 2014.
Episode 141: Andrew Manning
141: Andrew Manning is the GM of musical instrument importer Lyn McAllister Music. In 1997 he and six friends co-founded the Kog Transmissions label & studio.
Episode 140: Jason Rockpig
140: Jason ‘Rockpig’ Hall is a truck driver, broadcaster, DJ, musician, 95bFM alumni, & family man. He drives a 2019 Kenworth T610 towing a three-axle tanker.
Episode 138: Vishal Vasan
138: Vishal Vasan is a music and culture promoter, networker and connector, man about town and deejay. His latest label release is a tribute to Fredrik Lager.
Episode 135: Evan Short
135: Evan Short was one half of iconic drum & bass duo Concord Dawn. He now lives in Washington DC with his family, producing and performing as Evan Kiljoy.
Episode 130: Jane Yee
130: Jane Yee is The Spinoff’s head of podcasts. She is also known as a TV & radio presenter & producer, with credits including C4, Channel Z, & The Squeeze.
Episode 126: Israel Starr
126: Israel Starr is a recording artist, record producer, and independent retailer. In 2012 he moved from playing sport in Australia to playing music in NZ.
Episode 110: Tom Broome
110: Tom Broome is a drummer, producer, & recording engineer. His extensive performance credits include Home Brew, Tim Finn, TEEKS, Bailey Wiley & Aaradhna.
Episode 93: Tipene
93: Steven ‘Tipene’ Hamer is a rapper, music producer, grafter, youth worker, & advocate. In 2019 he was named Best Urban Artist at the Waiata Music Awards.
Episode 83: Peter Urlich
83: Peter Urlich is a musician, entertainer, & Renaissance man. He is a Dude, one ½ of Nice & Urlich, TV band manager, broadcaster & dancer with the stars.
Episode 82: Julia Deans
82: Julia Deans has been performing & making music for over 25 years, fronting Fur Patrol before forging a solo career alongside other performance projects.
Episode 80: Gene & Cian
80: Gene Jouavel & Cian O’Donnell were part of a team who in 1999 began dispensing speciality rhythms, congregations, & nocturnal health tonics on Galatos St.
Episode 79: Danny McCrum
79: Danny McCrum is a musician, entrepreneur, and co-host of podcast ‘Don’t Give up your Day Job’. His fourth album Hustle Bustle will be released shortly.
Episode 59: Andrew Spraggon
59: Andrew Spraggon is a songwriter, producer, musician, & manager who has piloted the festival-favourite musical collective Sola Rosa for nearly 20 years.
Episode 54: Dave Benge
54: Dave Benge is general manager of VIce NZ, coming from a career in music management & touring. He managed Fur Patrol, Cut Off Your Hands & Aldous Harding.
Episode 53: Andrew Boak
53: Andrew Boak formed punk band No Tag in the 1980s while working on Radio B. Now in San Fran, Andrew still plays music while working in Silicon Valley.
Episode 52: Lily Chalmers
52: Lily Chalmers is an organiser, innovator, & advocate who runs the Naenae Clubhouse, a space that encourages the creativity & ambition of Naenae youth.
Episode 24: Raiza Biza
24: Raiza Biza is a Congo-born New Zealand rapper of Rwandan heritage. He is aligned with YGB and heads a collective of artists under the banner AmmoNation.
Episode Eighteen: DJ Dubhead
18: Patrick Waller is a record collector, rhythm selector, radio presenter, musician and producer. He has hosted bFM’s The Rhythm Selection since 1990.
Episode Three: Mikee Tucker
3: Mikee Tucker founded independent label Loop Recordings, produces for Think INC & TEDxAuckland, and was campaign manager for Kim Dotcom’s Internet Party.