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Jefferson Belt :: Table Manners :: Round Trip Mars
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JEFFERSON BELT : TABLE MANNERS CD. Released just in time for the 2006 Xmas shopping frenzy Mr Belt showed that his stocking filling skills are quite unmatched this side of the North Pole. Pundits polished up plaudits like ‘the NZ Luke Vibert’ and other kind things. We just thought that Jeff was depositing another sparkling stereophonic jewel in RTM’s already overstuffed crown, as well as adding a veritable orchards worth of fruityness to our tuneful table. Gavin Bertram, Real Groove.
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Haunted Love :: Spirit Revival :: Round Trip Mars
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HAUNTED LOVE : SPIRIT REVIVAL CD. Deep in the the dark, Haunted Love have been looking out, waiting. The planets have aligned and now after four years of conjuring, Spirit Revival, their debut full length album, is ripe for the world. Produced and engineered by Edmund Cake (Bressa Creeting Cake, Pie Warmer) it features musicians Geoff Maddock, Ross Burge, Anna Coddington and The Sami Sisters. The cover artwork is by very highly regarded NZ artist and photographer Yvonne Todd, who is exhibited worldwide&#...
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The Vietnam War :: The Vietnam War :: Round Trip Mars
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THE VIETNAM WAR : THE VIETNAM WAR CD. Being fortunate enough to work with such a cornucopia of startlingly talented and dazzlingly original artists, it takes something pretty darned special to knock us off our perch. However that’s exactly what happened when we inveigled a copy of the freshly minted and mastered debut from this long standing, yet mysterious, Auckland five piece back at the start of 2011. With interest and appreciation snowballing, support from Radio NZ and all sorts else, it’s undo...
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James Duncan :: Mirror Minor :: Round Trip Mars
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JAMES DUNCAN : MIRROR MINOR CD. It is possible that on a cursory first listen you could overlook the unfathomable depth of James Duncan’s debut EP, but it would take cloth ears. Veering from almost jigulatory (Do U? To muchos moody, this is a record for all days, all seasons and preferably right now. With wispy Air like tendencies and electro nods, this outing is quite breezy. At it’s best when it plumbs sonic depths and where beats kick in over washes of sound. Scott Kara, NZ Herald.
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SJD :: Dayglo Spectres :: Round Trip Mars
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SJD : DAYGLO SPECTRES CD. Flipping the script Sean Donnelly linked up with long time guitarist (and so much more) James Duncan, to create this unabashedly mirror-ball lit, synth straddling mercurial monster of a fifth album. After this darkadelic adventure into the upper reaches of his beat-tacticity, who knows where SJD will end up next? If there was a way, Dayglo Spectres would get 5 and a half stars. This is modern music at its finest. 5/5 Stars, Dominion Post. Russell Baillie, NZ Herald.
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James Duncan :: The Cupboard’s Bare :: Round Trip Mars
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JAMES DUNCAN : THE CUPBOARD’S BARE 7″. The Cupboard’s Bare. Is a pop classic on the sly, rammed with smart lines, swoonsome vocals and intricate musical layers all wrapped up in melodies the size of Greenland. Of Everyone Around You. Defines shoeglazery to the nth degree as wave after wave of bleary guitar bliss combines with excavated vocals to create a sumptuous, impossible to resist (ok , we’re going to say it) My Bloody Valentine-esque musical delicacy. A) The Cupboard’s Bare.
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SJD :: Songs From A Dictaphone :: Round Trip Mars
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SJD : SONGS FROM A DICTAPHONE CD. Not that it was ever really stated as such but Songs From A Dictaphone was kinda the final piece in the triptych that began with Lost Soul Music. Bursting with vivid musical imagery and reaching into all corners of the SJD musical cupboard, tracks like Beautiful Haze and ‘I Wrote This Song For You’ etched themselves into the public’s psyche, by fair means or foul. If you’re only going to buy one Kiwi album this year, this is it. 5/5 stars Tom Cardy, Dominion Post.
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Unitone Hifi | Jefferson Belt 701 :: Round Trip Mars
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UNITONE HIFI JEFFERSON BELT : UP TO ELEVEN / GOLD DUST 7″. Originally conceived as a JA pressed promo 45 this little split 7″ grew into a proper release when water was added and batteries were inserted. Jeff’s Gold Dust is one of the many highlights of Table Manners while Up To Eleven marked the re-emergence of veteran vibes merchants and woofer worriers Unitone HiFi after a preposterous, decade long, smoko. A) Unitone Hifi Up To Eleven. B) Jefferson Belt Gold Dust.
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Scratch 22 :: Distance From View :: Round Trip Mars
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SCRATCH 22 : DISTANCE FROM VIEW CD. Distance From View is a soundscape spectacular and that modern rarity – an album you can truly lose yourself in, time and time again. Grey Lynn psychedelia of the highest order. Grant Smithies, Sunday Star Times. An engaging and multi-dimensional listen from start to finish, and one that continues to satisfy again and again. Harry Pearl, Groove Guide. Distance From View by Scratch 22. OTHER RELEASES BY SCRATCH 22 :.
