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Interviews
16/02/2018
Unchained XL: Giving It A Good Shot
Hugh Ozumba is an artist on a mission. The Liverpool-born Nigerian New Zealander, who goes by the name Unchained XL, has recently quit his full-time job at Serato to become a full-time rapper. He has lofty goals for the local ...
Features
22/07/2016
Aaradhna: A Girl That Likes To Sing
At the 2013 Pacific Music Awards Aaradhna staged the awards’ first ever clean sweep, setting a record with six awards including Best Album for ‘Treble & Reverb’ and best song for the fantastic Wake Up. No surprise ...
Interviews
18/03/2026
IA: Forward Passing
Blending the typically subtle yet evocative voices of traditional Māori instruments with modern instrumentation, an inclusive writing style and soulful melodies, IA create indigenous soul music. The band has been ground ...
Interviews
13/03/2026
Lipstick: New Colours to New Wave
Bringing a high-energy blend of alternative indie rock to the Party in May 2024, Wellington student four-piece Lipstick delivered a debut EP, ‘Rom-Com’, just months later. Drawn from a style palette of new wave and post ...
On Foreign Soil
08/03/2026
On Foreign Soil: Anj Barton
Originally from Masterton, Anj Barton has spent much of her musical life in Wellington, just recently returning to the capital after a three year stint in the Cook Islands during which she managed to record and release songs ...
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Deep Thinking
26/06/2016
Deep Thinking: Debussy Encore
This issue is the second part of the bass arrangement I have scored of Claude Debussy's Claire de Lune. What happens after this section will require you to find three or four bass-playing mates, as the piece becomes impossible ...
Deep Thinking
26/06/2016
Deep Thinking: Bass In Your Face
In the last NZM issue, we looked at some iconic Afro-American funk bass lines that used a 'less is more' approach. We'll continue the theme here by looking at two significant bass tracks (one from the 1960s and one from the ...
Deep Thinking
26/06/2016
Deep Thinking: Funk Meets Jazz – James Jamerson (1936-’83)
As promised in the last issue, we are going to look at some of the aspects of James Jamerson's bass playing that made him an individualist who has influenced bass players since the early days of the Tamla Motown record ...
Deep Thinking
26/06/2016
Deep Thinking: Jack Bruce (1943 – 2014)
Many readers of the Deep Thinking column will be familiar with British trio Cream, one of the bands of the late 1960s that moved from blues-based improvisation to experimental progressive rock, and influenced later bands ...
Deep Thinking
26/06/2016
Deep Thinking: Arpeggios on Bass
Welcome to NZ Musician's new bass column we've badged Deep Thinking! Over the next few issues, we are going to look at aspects of bass playing at various skill levels. The idea behind this column is to make you able to create ...