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SUMMARY:Alphabethead\, Displeasure\, Birdparty & Desire Path at Lyttelton Coffee Co.
DESCRIPTION:Please join Alphabethead\, Displeasure and Birdparty this December as they traverse Aotearoa on a journey to present genre-expanding music that seeks to stimulate the brain\, and move the body! These three acts differ widely from one another but are unified in friendship and the shared pursuit of life-affirming\, body-moving combinations of rhythms\, bass and formidable sound design. \nAlphabethead is celebrating the release of “My Name Is David”\, his debut album of electronic music on Sunreturn. Displeasure release “Billionaire Death Drive”\, their second album of anarcho-dance-punk and Birdparty\, having already played some incredible festival shows and gigged in China\, tour Aotearoa for the very first time. \nALPHABETHEAD finds himself adrift in the musical cosmos\, somewhere between the constellations of Hip Hop\, Electronica and Experimental Rock. As a teenager he won the New Zealand DMC DJ Championship and this title sent him performing across the globe. Over the next twenty years he’d go on to make six albums as Alphabethead\, five albums as one third of cult genre-shredders All Seeing Hand and two records as half of the psychedelic Hip Hop duo Bad Taste alongside Young Gho$t. He also contributed production or turntable scratching to Home Brew\, Tourettes\, Death & The Maiden\, The Etymologists (featuring Richard Nunns and David Long (The Mutton Birds) and The Village Of The Idiots (a modern jazz ensemble led by Anthony Donaldson (The Front Lawn\, Primitive Art Group)). His musical prowess and singular approach to playing the turntable like a musical instrument has led to tours through Aotearoa\, Australia\, UK and China and performances at festivals like WOMAD\, Splore\, Laneway and Camp A Low Hum. \nNow signed to Sunreturn\, Alphabethead’s new music is explorative and driving electronica stemming from sound design and synthesis with touches of turntablism and vinyl sampling. \nhttps://alphabethead.bandcamp.com/ \nDISPLEASURE is the digital subsidiary of Unsanitary Napkin. Their music deals with the swirling mess of scaremongering bullshit rearing its increasingly ugly head in political discourse in Aotearoa. In the year 2025\, things have reached the point where disgruntled science-denying farmers are teaming up with perverse public toilet-obsessed transphobes\, raging anti-vaxxxers and evangelical megachurch despots in a horrific whirlpool of shit ideas manipulated by white supremacists and alt-right trolls – with all of their delusional social media outrage pumped by cynical algorithms to swell the profits of hypercapitalist billionaires and their colonial space-fantasies. Displeasure highlight the absurdity of this dystopian trajectory\, and stresses the urgency of solidarity in dismantling the extractive capitalist core driving the whole enterprise. \nhttps://unsanitarynapkin.bandcamp.com/ \nBIRDPARTY is the unlikely merger of extreme metal musician William Barrett (Heresiarch) and ambient/electronic dance producer Emma Bernard (Ludus). Constructed with sample-based textures\, trippy vocals and drums\, the duo build scintillating sci-fi soundtracks for the adventurous listener. Undefinable and unmissable\, BIRDPARTY’s live show explores the realms between ambience and uproar — delivering a cathartically noisy spread of cinematic\, semi-industrial goods & services. \nSince emerging in 2023\, BIRDPARTY have established themselves as one of the most exciting live acts in New Zealand\, captivating crowds at festivals such as Twisted Frequency\, Newtown Festival\, Camp A Low Hum and Welcome to Nowhere\, as well as the City Gallery of Wellington.\nhttps://birdpartynz.bandcamp.com/ \n
URL:https://soundsgood.guide/gig/alphabethead-displeasure-birdparty-desire-path-at-lyttelton-coffee-co/
LOCATION:Lyttelton Coffee Company.\, Christchurch\, NZ
CATEGORIES:Art,Dance,Music
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SUMMARY:Cream presents: Conducta (UK)
DESCRIPTION:CONDUCTA \,CONDUCTA. \n  \nUKG heavyweight\, hitmaker\, and one of dance music’s most respected trailblazers. From the double-platinum “Ladbroke Grove” to the inescapable “Whippet”\, Conducta’s sound has shaped modern garage and pushed it to new heights worldwide. Get ready for unstoppable energy\, future classics\, and pure UKG heat. Christchurch – this is one night you don’t want to miss. Hide Club Friday 28th November\, 10:00 pm – 3:00 am Support: Emilie\, Rothy Reds\, Neutze \n  \nAbout Conducta: One of the world’s most respected dance music trailblazers\, Conducta has been setting pace for close to a decade now. Breaking through in the mid-2010s\, it was in the latter half of that decade when the Bristol-born artist came into his own\, releasing his most successful run of singles to date. As well as a succession of celebrated solo hits\, there was also ‘Whippet’\, his inescapable collaboration with Sammy Virji\, and ‘Ladbroke Grove’\, a production for AJ Tracey that not only went double platinum in the UK charts\, but officially now stands as the best-selling UK garage record in history. As a DJ\, Conducta’s stock also sky-rocketed\, with a packed worldwide diary and a regular schedule of acclaimed DJ mixes\, including a contribution to the BBC’s flagship Essential Mix series and his Kiwi Krush mixtape – the latter chosen as Resident Advisor’s number one mix of 2019. Subsequent years would see him star on the cover of both DJ Mag and Mixmag\, establishing himself at the top table of UK dance music talent. Of course\, Conducta’s story is not complete without mentioning the label he formerly ran\, Kiwi Rekords. Launched in 2019\, Kiwi not only became synonymous with the cutting edge of modern UK Garage\, championing the most exciting talent from the then-burgeoning scene\, but also allowed Conducta full control of his own musical narrative and messaging. Although he closed Kiwi in 2023\, having completed the label’s mission\, it is widely lauded as one of the most important and exciting dance labels of recent times\, winning Record Label of the Year at the 2020 DJ Mag awards. Conducta has continued his upward trajectory into 2024\, expanding what he does in pretty much every direction and introducing a more diverse musical palette – as exhibited on his genre-spanning ‘In Transit’ EP\, a flagship five-track release that draws from all corners of UK soundsystem culture\, and on a recent North American tour which saw him play extended back-to-back sets with both modern club pioneer Swisha and dance music royalty in Todd Edwards. As comfortable performing at New York’s most respected underground spots like Nowadays (which he sold out this last May\, selling 1000+ tickets) and Sustain Release as he is bringing down the house night after night on a sold-out UK tour\, Conducta has carved out an incomparable niche – and done it on his own terms. \n
URL:https://soundsgood.guide/gig/cream-presents-conducta-uk/
LOCATION:Hide\, 172 St Asaph Street\, Christchurch\, 8011\, NZ
CATEGORIES:Gig
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SUMMARY:Tom Cunliffe & Ali Whitton
DESCRIPTION:Come get some folk songs! Laugh\, cry\, dance\, drink\, gasp\, dream and go home with a belly full of music. \nTom Cunliffe returns with ‘Spit Out Your Gum’ – his fourth album and most intimate release to date. Vivid\, offbeat\, and full of heart\, the record captures Cunliffe at his most direct\, delivering a collection of songs that glow with warmth and humanity. \nAcross its tracks\, Cunliffe takes listeners on a journey from the streets of London to the bright lights of Karangahape Road\, and out into the cold green waves of the Irish Sea. Each song feels alive – steeped in imagery\, character\, and a quiet intensity that rewards deep listening. \nRecorded live-to-tape at Roundhead Studios\, ‘Spit Out Your Gum’ carries the unmistakable warmth of that hallowed room and the people within it. With Paddy Hill engineering\, Cunliffe was joined by Dave Khan (violin\, piano) and Cass Basil (bass\, clarinet). \nTogether\, they captured performances that unfold in real time – no edits\, no digital polish\, just songs recorded in single takes\, preserving the intimacy\, imperfection\, and energy of the moment. \n—————–\nAli Whitton is a New Zealand-based singer-songwriter. Born in Aotearoa and raised in rural North Yorkshire\, his music blends introspective folk\, alt-country\, and acoustic storytelling\, drawing inspiration from artists like Nick Drake\, Bright Eyes\, Johnny Cash\, and Bob Dylan. \nWith poetic lyrics rooted in nature and emotional honesty\, his songs explore themes of longing\, resilience\, and cosmic wonder. After an early career touring the UK and France – including sharing stages with Ed Sheeran – Ali settled in Aotearoa New Zealand\, where salty sea winds and bush covered landscapes continue to shape his sound. \n
URL:https://soundsgood.guide/gig/tom-cunliffe-ali-whitton/
LOCATION:Space Academy\, 371 St Asaph St\, Christchurch\, 8011\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Concert,Music
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