As the name suggests, the Kōpūtai People’s Party are a Port Chalmers-based band who play a mixture of funky, original tunes, with the odd bit of reggae for good measure.
The band has a new self-titled seven-track EP which they recorded at Sublime Studios in Kurow in July and you should get along to the launch at Moons Venue on Saturday, November 16, at 8pm. Popular new local quartet Mea Culpa are playing the same venue the night before.
You can stream the EP at: https://soundcloud.com/kpp-668240542
Waitati Mini Music Festival is coming up on November 23 and, even if you’re not a local, I strongly recommend you catch a ride out there.
This event will be a fundraiser for next year’s Waitati Music Festival which will be the 11th major festival held in the village and all proceeds from the mini-festival will go towards subsidising ticket costs for the local community for the big event.
The focus for the mini music festival will be on both live and electronic Dunedin music including indie, reggae, rock, funk, punk, D&B, techno, jungle, dubstep, hiphop and house with back to back bands and DJs over 12 invigorating hours from noon till midnight.
The mini music festival is at an amazing venue if you haven’t been before!
The bands are Skulldubbery, Tiny Pieces of Eight, Tali JOY, King Toad, Pesk, PKD, Dougie & The Moonrocks, MSG, Spectrum and IVY.
The DJs are Ruinz, Evo, Lady D, Sarahtonen, TNUC, Bent Coppa, KTB, Ektopik, Bisto and ODC.
The hustle is a multi-disciplinary weekend-long arts festival held annually in Ōtepoti (Dunedin) which showcases local graffiti art, MCs, breaking DJs and workshops for local young people interested in getting more involved in the scene.
This year the feature musical artist is KOMMI Me Ana Taipō — a non-binary artist, writer, poet and lecturer in Māori and indigenous studies and te reo, based in Ōhinehou (Lyttelton).
They are well known for their "discombobulating stage shows", which feature unreal onstage supernatural beings.
KOMMI’s music retains a unique indigenous Kāi Tahu world view in which they explore kaupapa such as being haunted, whaiwhaiā (witchcraft) and tūrehu (faerie-like people) and also frightening visions of death and escapism, as well as cautionary tales to not be careless with words!
Their new EP TAUWHENUA, a collaborative effort with acclaimed producer Infectiouss, is a special introduction into the rich world of te reo Māori rap music.
KOMMI will be supported by a very special guest
