Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Richard Nunns ensemble 22/2/05

Richard Nunns is NZ's foremost practitioner and expert o Taonga Puoro, traditional Maori instruments....this is the first set from Tues 22 feb 2005..., Mike Cooper (guitar, electronics), Gerard Crewdson (brass, voice), Ant Donaldson (drums), Misha Marks (acoustic guitar)...http://rapidshare.com/files/274646327/02_Richard_Nunns_Mike_Cooper_gerard_Crewdson_Misha_Marks_Ant_Donaldson.mp3

Monday, August 31, 2009

Delete! 14/01/05

as requested here is some more Delete! this one is the lost no. 1 all time best seller that sold nothing and probably nobody was even at the gig...early January in Wellington is notoriously dead and from memory pretty much no Delete! gigs had an audience of more than about 5 people...http://rapidshare.com/files/274078226/01_Delete__14_1_05.mp3

Pogan 16/7/05

Pogan does The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe...Pogan had a run of astounding gigs and then disbanded due to members leaving the country...featuring the magnificent Gerard Crewdson (vocals, brass), Jonny Marks (vocals, perc, electronics) Alphabethead (turntables) and Misha Marks (guitar)... http://rapidshare.com/files/273745119/01_Pogan.mp3

Sunday, August 30, 2009

No San Pedro 2/10/04

No San Pedro were the coolest psychrock band in Wellington...they were awesome...sadly no longer since guitarist, singer Eva Collins departed for the Penal Colony...this gig was classic...don't think they ever released anything, so this might be the first...Eva Collins (gt/vox) britta Bear (drums) Blair Moose (bass).... bath in their glory here... http://rapidshare.com/files/273701815/01_No_San_Pedro_1.mp3

Julian Taylor 13/2/07

Here is a short solo set from Julian Taylor on household objects and noise makers...from the Asia Pacific festival.
recorded at Happy on the same night as Akio Suzuki and Makigami Koichi..13 Feb 2007... http://rapidshare.com/files/273647278/02_Julian_Taylor.mp3.html

Flower Orphans 22/10/04

The Flower Orphans were one of Grandmaster Anthony Donaldsons bands which played a lot around Wellington in 2004/2005...they formed the core of what was to become the Village Idiots. This was recorded at the 2004 Wellington Jazz festival at Happy and features Jonny Marks (vocals, percussion) Alphabethead (turntables) Maree Thom (electric bass) Deane Hunter (guitar) Nigel Patterson (organ) Anthony Donaldson (drums), Chris Palmer (guitar) and Steve Roche (trumpet, euphonium)...
listen here... http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WQ2HX1D9

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Delete! with Mike Cooper

Legendary unpopular electronicspazzrap band Delete! teamed up with Rome based UK guitarist,electronics whizz Mike Cooper for two sets of madness...featuring Jdelete 1, Leideleteadu and Judelete on all manner of casios, drums machines, synths and bits and pieces...perhaps the greatest electro band ever...perhaps not..make up your own mind!
Recorded at Happy, Wellington on Fri 18 Feb 2005....
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GASQH7LQ

Akio Suzuki 13/2/07

Another set from the Asia Pacific festival, Akio Suzuki is a unique instrument maker and musician / sound artist from Japan...here he plays a small glass glockenspiel, not sure what he calls it but it is small tubes of glass played with mallets....
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T6K7YE9L

Suarasama 9/2/07

Suarasama are an ensemble from Sumatra who came to Wellington as part of the Asia Pacific Festival in 2007. Suarasama is led by composer Irwansyah Harahap. Many of the songs feature female singer Rianthony Hutajulu. This group performed a number of times around Wellington. The band consisted of Harahap and Hutajulu who are Indonesian ethnomusicologists, a number of students who played the cymbals , and three absolutely remarkable older musicians...the flute and reed player was an incredible musician, as were the kacapi players. This was recorded at Happy Fri 9 Feb 2007....joyous stuff...http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GOAULU2M

Simon O'Rorke solo gong

Here is the legendary Wellington percussionist Simon O'Rorke playing a gong solo at the opening of the Frederick Street Sound and Light Exploration Society (Freds) on Sat 6 June 2009. Simon is a pivotal and unique musician in Wellington and this solo is, how they say in Australia, a killer.... find it here.. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QBI9INQM

Friday, August 28, 2009

Punctured Lung 9/5/07

Another Punctured Lung to kick things off...3 members of the Mr Sterile Assembly improvising...
Kieran monaghan (drums) David Michael (guitar) Jeff Henderson (winds)...download at http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VW24I35W

Punctured Lung 11/4/07

Punctured Lung was a group that performed pretty much every Wednesday night at Happy, Wellington. The lineup was usually a sax/bass/drums trio. This is the second set from 11/4/07 and features Jeff Henderson, saxophones, Rick Cranson, drums and David Donaldson, bass.
donload at http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZIOM2F89

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Welcome to the National Centre for Cosmic Sound Energy Research

Over the next few months we will be posting links to recordings of live performances in
Wellington, New Zealand, and other centres as the blog develops. Most of the music is recorded at the venues Happy and Freds and will range from recent recordings to gems of the 80's, 90's and 00's. Any requests let us know......