Synths
RIP Ikutaro Kakehashi: founder of Roland and inventor of the TR-808
Tony Stamp picks through the legacy of Roland founder Ikotaru Kakehashi, who died on April 1st. Video, Audio
Live: The Phoenix Foundation
Wellington band The Phoenix Foundation play a set of songs from their album 'Give Up Your Dreams' alongside some old favourites. Video, Audio
Julianna Barwick - The spaces in-between
Julianna Barwick creates one-woman choral soundscapes that sit somewhere in-between ambient Eno and Enya. The Brooklyn NY resident is heading to NZ with her looper and moog synthesisers next week. Video, Audio
Eva Prowse - Humid Nights
Wellington songwriter Eva Prowse has made a move from violin infused country folk to midi driven synth pop with her latest album Humid Nights. Kirsten Johnstone gets the stories behind the songs. Audio
The Sampler - Sachi, October, Suren Unka and Levi Patel
Kirsten Johnstone takes a listen to a trio of recent local electronic EP releases: Lunch With Bianca by Sachi; Switchblade by October; and 5/8 by Suren Unka and Levi Patel Audio
The Sampler: Sly Stone
Nick Bollinger reviews a compilation of Sly Stone's minimal electro-funk experimentations entitled I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-1970. Audio
Little Bark
By day Sophie Burbery is a mild mannered synthesiser enthusiast; by night she is Little Bark, otherworldly purveyor of electronic pop. Matthew Crawley speaks with Burbery about the forthcoming Little… Audio
The Sampler - Matthias Jordan, Sounds Of Asia
Nick Bollinger reviews a set of synth-pop from former Pluto keyboard player Matthias Jordan. Audio
Kraus Synth Workshop
Melody Thomas heads along to a synthesiser-building workshop with Auckland-based musician and electronic music device-maker Pat Kraus (aka Kraus). As well as learning fantastic new terms like… Audio
Suren Unka
22 Year old Suren Unka is an Auckland based electronic producer who became infatuated with the drums at his church when he was a young'un, eventually joining his big brother's metalcore band. Aged… Audio
Music Tech Fest 2014
This week musicians and tech heads came together for Music Tech Fest- a good old fashioned hackathon organised by Andrew Dubber, professor of Music Industry Innovation at Birmingham City University… Audio