Margot Wutts from the Tropical Downbeat Orchestra and the Boil up pulled this out of the archives for us. It’s an unplugged version of the famous MJ tune. she made it many years ago for a bit of fun and now we thought we would share with you.
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We have hooked up with the good folks at stones throw and are now stocking the official stones throw merch with colabs from Cold Chillin’, Parra and Brent Rollins… Check it in our shop
The first time i heard this guy i thought he was black, i was like, is this pharell? For real, i did. You can see what i mean though, especially when Mayer goes into his falsetto. Mayer Hawthorne made a big splash when he released his limited edition heart shaped 10″ of ‘It Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out’, a catchy little break up tune that is as good as they get. And with the release of his follow up 12″ “Maybe So, Maybe No” the anticipation really got me going.
Mayer Hawthorne releases his debut album “Strange Arrangement” in the coming weeks and we have been luky enough to procure a promo copy from the good people at Stones Throw and we think it’s one of the albums of 2009, we have been playing it non stop for the past week. Hawthorne has a talent for writing brilliant songs that are catchy, snappy and with production values straight from the Motown vaults. Hawthorne creates vintage throwback soul for the modern person and it’s a sound i seem to really enjoy in this not so analogue world.
we have an aroha tees promo on right now. all our custom tees are just 40 bucks. in store only so come in and get some of that good stuff.
C.R.E.A.M is an apt one for the current financial climate the world faces
Ghetto’s are the same all over the world and the ghetto i grew up in was camberley or better known as cambodia. all the streets were native bird names and my street was kiwi street.
DMC had style and he was the man that made the cazal 607‘s massive worldwide.
I’m too old for sex, drugs and rock n roll.. it’s love, hugs & hip hop soul. inspired from an album elevation from carlos nino and lil’ sci
Have been sitting on this one for a couple of years now and thought it must be time to share it. I came accross it from my man Si aka Downtown Brown. It’s the man himself, Submariner doing a nice mash of Blondie and Beyonce.
You got me trippin’.
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Here’s the latest track by Professor Dynamite. Vocals by Margot Wuts and Clarinet+Saxophone by Anton Wuts.
Lose Yourself In My World – Professor Dynamite
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The new self titled E.P. from Electric Wire Hustle has been released in Japan. It’s pretty hard to get it here in New Zealand but the guys at Conch have been trying the hardest to get a few copies for the locals. These guys are huge.. maybe the next big thing to come from Aotearoa. I want this bad. Album cover artwork by Jeffrey Docherty, a New Zealand born designer living and working in New York.
Here’s the third serving of the ‘Mashed Kumara’ courtesy of Who Dunnit. The mash tastes good when you add a bit of brown sugar aye? : ) Instrumental version on the B side. Enjoy!
A Side: So Long Sugar
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B Side: So Long Instrumental
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The next 7″ in this series comes from Papa Ra and finds International Observer hooking up with Floetry at the late night cafe and on the flip side Flying Lotus and his Tea Leaf Dancers with a blend of Clara Hill.
Side A: Getting Late
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Side B: No Tea
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This is a podcast mix by DT from the Hold Up, the first in a series of podcasts from House of Aroha. enjoy!
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New from our man Kotahi this is the first release from a label that doesn’t exist and pressed on a 7″ that doesn’t exist. Get it before we get caught.
Side A- Uptight
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Side B – Shadow Adidas
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When Mara T. K. called in on us we hit the bro up to jump in front of the computer and using the mic on the mac he recorded some vocals and harmonies for our store theme tune/soundtrack. We have produced a batch of rough cuts and here is one of them for you to hit.
Shit, we got some talent in this country. recently, as part of the winter season, two NZ labels have released NZ CD compilations that are only available as a free give away when one purchases one of the labels items.
With their first volume, MisteR present Patchwork. Patchwork is, at the core, an electronic compilation, spanning local electro soul like Ladi 6 and Parks with their Verse 2 project and a darker tune from Benny Tones with Mara TK (an Aroha favourite), to more up tempo bits form the likes of Pitch Black and Sambora from Shapeshifter. All in all it’s a nice wee compilation of good local bits.
Into their fourth volume is the new compilation from Kowtow called Cedar and Steel. As the title suggests it’s a bit of an organic folk, blues, acoustic album with some really good songwriting and a few bands that you probably haven’t come across. We have always been a 10 guitar kind of country and this is a nice departure from the expected and shows that NZ has a great folk underground movement.
Chur K1 for the link… here is a video of the Ohmz playing at Sacred Hill Winery in HB during Harvest Weekend. nice little version of Express Yo’self.
February was both the month that J Dilla was born and passed. It’s been 3 years since he passed and still his mark on music is massive and almost everyday i hear a new dilla piece i have never heard before or missed the first time round.
Suite for Ma Dukes initially began in 2007, on what would have been Dilla’s 33rd birthday, when Niño & Atwood-Ferguson recorded and released their strings, brass and reeds-only version of J Dilla & Common’s “Nag Champa” to DJs, producers and fans over the internet for free. They had written the entire piece to accompany the record as a their tribute to Dilla, feeling that the producer was still in the track not by his presence but by his absence.
The 4 tracks on Suite for Ma Dukes cover Dilla’s productions from “Antiquity” and “Nag Champa”, A Tribe Called Quest’s “Find a Way” and Slum Village’s “Fall in Love”.
here are a few links i have found about the project for you to check.
Anika Moa and Anna Coddington popped in to the store today. They are here for the Winery Tour and play Sacred Hill tonight and Black Barn on Thursday and Friday along with Dave Dobbyn and Op Shop.
the ohmz bros were in town for the harvest weekend and paid us a visit. Pictured from left; Mara TK, Sage and Iraia with Ryan Prebble make up this four peice. Mara TK from Electric Wire Hustle is killing it in Aotearoa right now. Sage and Iraia are also 2/3rd’s of the Hori Buzz. We are big fans of anything these guys do and are musically humbled by these 3 brothers. Watch out for this band, they are taking it back to the essence, stripping it bare. yeah. word! much aroha.
