Musician... I make music as Dub Asylum listen to some over here on Bandcamp. There's even a few songs to download for free. Previously I was in a band called Hallelujah Picassos, you can listen to us here on Bandcamp. Read our history here. We've got a retrospective release out late October 2011. My other current musical project is called Kilodee - listen here. I release my music thru my own label, Fruity Loop Recordings.
DJ... I do a radio show called Ring The Alarm on BaseFM on Saturday 10am til midday NZT (stream online here or listen via Freeview) and have been DJing on this wicked independent station since 2004.
Previously I hosted a NZ reggae/downtempo show called High Noon Tea on KiwiFM, for 3 and a half years, til June 2011. I also presented a version of High Noon Tea for Air New Zealand's inflight entertainment. I co-hosted a magazine-style arts show called The Culture Bunker on Radio 95 BFM for 6 years (1996-2002).
Writer... Before I started this blog in 2003, I had various freelance writing gigs for Pavement, Rip It Up, Real Groove, NZ Musician, North and South, Lava, Planet and Stamp, and other magazines. I won an award for my writing at the Media Peace Awards in 1998, and was presented with a certificate by Noam Chomsky. He had a firm handshake. I was impressed. I am currently working on several long-form writing projects.
Film maker... I've also directed and shot several music videos (for Dub Asylum, Hallelujah Picassos, Trip to the moon, The Weather) and documentary shorts (on Chris Knox, White Zombie, BDO 1997). I've also worked on about 30 music videos for the likes of Dam Native, Splitter, D-Faction, Greg Johnson, and HLAH (all directed by Jonathan King).
I began playing music when I was at high school - my first band was called The Worst. The name was apt. Other members of the band were Jim Abbott (Ghost Club) and Troy Ferguson (BFM's Rock N Roll Wire). Oh my god, you're still reading this? Want me to make up some more stuff, just to keep you amused? Not gonna happen. Bye bye now. Run along.
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| Photo by Jason Fishwick, for Laidback music blog |
