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Tēnā koutou to Peter McLennan, Yadana Saw & Sam Wicks for helping us update AudioCulture's profile of Chris Faiumu/DJ Mu. The first paragraph underlines how much he mattered to us all, not just because of his music, but the community which grew around him. audioculture.co.nz/profile/mu

Brand new: Wellington Heavy Metal in the 1980s. "The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, which started in the UK in 1979, finally arrived in NZ around the middle of 1980. I formed Tyrant with Paul Martin (Devilskin)... audioculture.co.nz/articles/welli…
Te Whanganui-a-Tara whānau, there is a celebration of Mu's life at Meow Nui today from 3pm - all are welcome. This will be special. And thank you to Peter McLennan, Yadana Saw, and Sam Wicks who have helped update his AudioCulture profile: audioculture.co.nz/profile/mu

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Would you like to win to win Tami Neilson's new album 'Neon Cowgirl'? (On CD or vinyl - you choose). To go in the draw, answer the question in our latest newsletter by midday tomorrow, Friday July 25th. Guests include Neil Finn, JD McPherson, and more... mailchi.mp/audioculture/w…
Would you like to win to win Tami Neilson's new album 'Neon Cowgirl'? (On CD or vinyl - you choose). To go in the draw, answer the question in our latest newsletter by midday tomorrow, Friday July 25th. Guests include Neil Finn, JD McPherson, and more... mailchi.mp/audioculture/w…
"You couldn’t find a more different place from Birmingham than Ngāruawāhia if you tried."
Heavy metal and cross burning: The day Black Sabbath played on a Waikato farm stuff.co.nz/culture/360769…
In 1958, Claude Papesch was only 16 when he was asked to put together a backing band for Johnny Devlin . He was blind, and is one of many sight-impaired musicians who have made major contributions to Aotearoa's Audio Culture. Another was Lyall Laurent... audioculture.co.nz/articles/ten-p…
Would you like to hear Black Sabbath's full set from the Great Ngāruawāhia Music Festival of 1973? You can here. They played 'Sweet Leaf', 'War Pigs', 'Paranoid' and 7 other songs in an hour-long show... audioculture.co.nz/articles/the-g…
RIP Ozzy Osbourne. This is an amazing story: In 1973 Black Sabbath played the The Great Ngāruawāhia Music Festival – you can even listen to the band's set from that night via this link. As part of the performance rider, they had ordered the construction... audioculture.co.nz/articles/the-g…
RIP Ozzy Osbourne. This is an amazing story: In 1973 Black Sabbath played the The Great Ngāruawāhia Music Festival – you can even listen to the band's set from that night via this link. As part of the performance rider, they had ordered the construction... audioculture.co.nz/articles/the-g…
Great interview with Mu from 2002. "The average length for a track at a gig is 20 minutes to half an hour – for one track. That gives me an opportunity to work out what’s probably going to work energy-wise and vibe-wise. We don’t have a set list."
"The average length for a track at a gig is 20 minutes to half an hour...That gives me an opportunity to work out what’s probably going to work energy-wise and vibe-wise" - DJ Mu. In 2002, Fat Freddy's Drop... audioculture.co.nz/articles/fat-f…