A big big night

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UPDATED (2010-01-17)
Alek filmed the ESCAPE party & a 10-minute highlight reel is now online on YouTube:


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E S C A P E
EP Release Party

ESCAPE - nsu EP Release Party

You know lately it feels like whenever I write about nsu it’s about another milestone. This time it’s the release of nsu’s latest EP ‘Escape’. To celebrate the release a H-U-G-E night is planned at Rising Sun on K’rd.

Date: Saturday, December 12th 2009
Time: Doors open from 8pm, entry free before 10pm
Cost: Donation!
Location: Rising Sun, 373 K’rd, Auckland

You can expect one of the best live electronica gigs you will see in Auckland this year. Breakbeat to downbeat, tech house and drum and bass to dubstep.

Performances from:
nsu (live)
Bromide Dub (live)
Soul Science (Romantech B2B Control)
Stray Theories (live) [Timaru]
Squeezer (live)
emu (live) [Melbourne]
D.I.S.H.A

with special appearances by:
Shane Hollands (beat poetry)
Micah D Wolfe (saxophone)

To get a taste of what nsu’s set will sound like, check out:
nsu – Live @ ShortCircuit 6, Red Rock, Wanaka (part 1)
nsu – Live @ ShortCircuit 6, Red Rock, Wanaka (part 2)

If you do Facebook then add this event to your calendar:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178188915915

Should be a mad night! See you there.

Don’t Palm Us Off (Rhys Darby)

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The Back Anchor System from Keeping It Reel

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Secret sites in the USA

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I had never heard of Al-Hurra, the USA’s government-funded “public diplomacy” TV station broadcasting 24 hours to the world with Arabic sub-titles. The station is strictly prohibited by law from showing in the USA. Just one fascinating fact I took from Taryn Simon’s TED talk:

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BONUS

nsu’s first official release now out on iTunes

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I’ve been posting about & collaborating with nsu for years now so I’m stoked to be able to post that his first official single is now available from all good online music retailers.

nsu - The Juice of Life / West Coast DubPThe Juice of Life / West Coast Dub release is “…a double A-side single comprising of Juice Of Life, an uplifting old school breakbeat funk-rush, backed by West Coast Dub, an organic dub cut, a vocal piece featuring didgeridoo and a lapsteel solo by Jus8ken.”

So go grab it from iTunes now, for only USD$3.99 you get a couple of corking NZ tunes to start your southern summer off with! I have a feeling this summer is going to be a good one already.

Source: Newclear Music

Design In Crisis

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My health isn’t great lately so I can’t make the Design In Crisis exhibition. But you should! If your health is good.

My friend Joanna from We Love Inc is one of the designers and she says “It should be a goodie – it’s a group show with some really stellar contributors looking at how graphic designers respond to a time of crisis.”

The opening is Friday 18th September at 6pm at Achilles house at 47 Customs Street, Auckland city.

Design In Crisis, September 19-23, 47 Customs Street, Auckland

nsu performing live on UP FM’s Sonic Drive show, August 2009

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Setlist:
Moonrise Remix (original by Sharkweek)
Panic Bells
Pure Juice Remix (original by Squeezer Project)
Sensitivity [Nerve Dub]
Neutron Star
Discordia
Insufficient Funds Remix (original by The Great Hoax)
Incapacitate
Juice of Life


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On The Rocks Episode 1 from Keeping It Reel

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Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks

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Via Dooce.

Dude next door vs guy from around the corner

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It could be somewhere in the US of A but it’s not. It is right here in New Zealand. Watch for our famous red rubbish bins & blue recycling bins making a guest appearance.

Comes with full commentary including:
“Wo-ohh, that’s a machete!?”
“Awh you’ve just noticed?”
“Ohmigosh I thought that was just a bat!”
(said matter-of-factly) “It’s a machete”

Introducing ‘dude next door vs guy from around the corner’:


Source: YouTube

Download: http://webculture.co.nz/video/20090824/dude-next-door-vs-guy-from-around-the-corner.flv (Download VLC media player to play .flv files)

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