Local Eyes: NZ Music Videos
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This week’s Local eyes is the latest from Unchained XL and was filmed over in the UK, in Liverpool, Leeds, and Cardiff. Describing the track as “Afrofunk Meets Grime” The song depicts Unchained XL confronting an unnamed friend/associate about their persistent failure to follow up on their promises and resolutions. ‘What You Said‘ is taken from Unchained XL’s debut […]
Born in New Zealand but now based in Berlin, singer and multi-instrumentalist Noah Slee released his debut album Otherland last year, to considerable acclaim. Now he’s back with the video for the album’s latest single, “Stayed”, directed and filmed by Adam Sait. The track itself makes clever use of rousing, minimalist chords for a piece of pop music with huge hit […]
Psych-rockers Unknown Mortal Orchestra has unveiled the new video for “Hunnybee” named after the middle name of frontman Ruban Nielson’s daughter. The week’s Local Eyes video follows in the same vein as Sex and Food‘s previously released animated videos for “Not in Love We’re Just High” and “American Guilt.” The video is directed & animated by Greg Sharp […]
Aotearoa hip-hop stars IllBaz, MELODOWNZ and Raiza Biza have joined forces for this week’s Local eyes, a new project called High Beams. The seven track project is due out in July, but the first single from the collective was shared on Friday. ‘Live Stream‘ featuring Taite-nominated soul artist TEEKS is a politically-charged track with a video directed by Connor Pritchard. The amazing lineup for High Beams doesn’t stop with ‘Live […]
As the winter takes hold, lets warm things up with some summery South American vibes courtesy of Latinaotearoa. This week’s Local Eyes is ‘Jazzy Samba’ feat. Team Dynamite. Whether you’re talking about the commercial success of Long Beach rap trio Ugly Duckling with ‘A Little Samba,’ or Californian beatmaker Madlib’s storied underground relationship with Brazilian music, hip-hop […]
New Zealand songwriter Louis Baker returned in May with his outstanding new single ‘Black Crow’ Accompanying the release is a stunning video from award-winning director, Chris Graham (Scribe, Smashproof, Bic Runga, TrinityRoots) as he returns to make his first music video in three years. ‘I’ve been wanting to work with Louis Baker for years, so when I heard Black […]
New Zealand singer and producer VILLETTE has teamed up with longtime partner Red Bull Music and released a 360° VR music video for her track ‘Money’. The video for ‘Money’ lets viewers experience the singer’s personal and inspiring world through taking on the perspective of an ex-lover haunted by dreamlike visions. Check out the interactive video […]
Former Northern Mystics player JessB goes back to her netball roots for her latest video for ‘Set It Off’, taken from her debut EP Bloom. The visual sees JessB fuse her creative and athletic talents into one dynamic force field, as she raps while tearing up the netball court with her sisters. The ‘Set It Off’ music video […]
Grey Lynn rapper Diggy Dupé’s ‘Midnight Cruise’ finally gets visuals, the track is taken from K.O.T.I.C which was originally released in 2017. This video was filmed & edited by Jordan Cherrington (Clip Tease) Download the album for free here: https://renaissancemusicnz.bandcamp.com/album/k-o-t-i-c Find out more about Diggy Dupé : TWITTER | SOUNDCLOUD|FACEBOOK Local Eyes is a weekly segment on BaseFM focusing on […]
This week’s Local Eyes video is Unchained XL ‘But Do They Know’ which features guest vocals by JessB and Nuel Nonso. Directed by Phodiso Dintwe, filmed by Abe Mora and produced and edited by Monax Sanei. This visually fun, house party inspired video was funded by NZ On Air Music and released just in time for NZ music month. This Fela-Kuti […]