Blair Jollands is an Emmy & Bafta nominated sound designer and singer songwriter. He will be touring Europe & NZ this March / April promoting his latest EP Hide No More (El Hula) and his LP Holograms. Having won the admiration of both David Bowie & Boy George (who released Blair’s previous material under the name El Hula on his More Protein label), Jollands’ music communicates a paradoxical mix of melancholia and optimism that is hard to resist. Holograms is…

Jay Clarkson sits uncomfortably in the South Island indie continuum. She didn’t play the folk pop card, thump the garage rock drum or end up shaping sound or free noise. Her path was a determined and singular one. A prolific songwriter who time and time again found the players to bring her music out in bands They Were Expendable, The Expendables, Breathing Cage, The Matches, The Containers and solo, Clarkson’s songs are still revealing their worth over 30 years on.…

Paulo Santo is the alias of Sam White, well known jazz guitarist and multi instrumentalist. These songs are an internal exploration. The mind is as endless as the universe and Paulo Santo doesn’t have any space ships, but they have pens and journals and guitars and excited to share what they found. The songs are a collection of nonsensical word vomit, heart-breaking love songs and just some good ol’ rockers . Paulo Santos self titled album recorded with Thomas Isbister…

The All Clear is an evocative new work from Hester Ida and the Music (the emerging musical moniker of Hester Ullyart). Experimental, brave, unique in its sensitivity, a song/spoken word hybrid music work in collaboration with talented stronghold of Ōtautahi musicians Reuben Derrick, Hannah Everingham and Thomas Isbister. Hester Ullyart is an award winning UK born Aotearoa based multi-disciplinary artist; a poet, playwright, actress & music-maker praised for her intimate lyrical perspective, nuanced world-building and delivery. Previous works include contemporary…