New Zealand Music Acts

Batucada Sound Machine

Batucada Sound Machine

Loosely translated, 'batucada' means percussive samba jam, which aptly summarises BSM's musical roots. BSM began in 2003 when five passionate drummers met once a month in the dimly lit lounge bar of Galatos nightclub in Auckland to experiment fusing batucada with more local beats and influences. Before long, a talented group of diverse musicians had joined in and the band had grown to 13 members.

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Pacific Curls

Pacific Curls

Pacific Curls never set out to be a trio. But when they found themselves in an Auckland studio, recording an album with two others, they had little idea that after two European tours, countless Australian dates, several New Zealand and a knock out Canadian Festival run, they would be the last three standing!

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Tahuana Breaks

Tahuna Breaks

Dubbed as "One of the most promising acts to breakthrough the NZ music scene in recent years", Tahuna Breaks' unique combination of funk fuelled grooves, reggae, and live energy has become a favourite amongst party goers and music connoisseurs across New Zealand. On their rise to greatness, they have been fortunate enough to share the stage with such top Kiwi bands as Fat Freddy's Drop, Salmonella Dub, Tiki Live, Katchafire, Kora, and The Blacks Seeds.

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Tama Waipara

Tama Waipara

Tama Waipara is a soulful sophisticate, whose vocal career began when a head injury temporarily interrupted his clarinet studies at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music in New York. This pause gave birth to a soul filled vocal talent and equally thoughtful songwriting, and shortly after graduating with a Masters degree in clarinet, he was signed by New York label, ObliqSound as its premiere recording artist.

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Sons of Zion

Sons of Zion

With their fusion of Reggae, Rock, Metal, Dub and Roots, the SONS OF ZION are a six piece crew hailing from various locations around New Zealand.
Their live stage presence has captivated audiences all over the country and their infectious sound is a mixture of reggae groove with melodic vocals, phat dubby base lines and metal inspired guitar rifts...there's definitely something for every musical taste within their original set!

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Phil Edwards Band

Phil Edwards Band

Hailing from Hawke's bay the Phil Edwards band has a distinctive summer feel to their soulful songs which range from warm acoustic ballads reminiscent of Jack Johnson through to blues numbers with a John Mayer / Ben Harper feel.
The unique honesty and feeling captivated in Phils lyrics separates the band from others in the genre with a prominent theme of love and good times. The songs naturally have a strong commercial appeal with catchy sing along melodies allowing for a wide target audience.

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