Fresh from SOM Music, is the 2nd full length album by TREi, kiwi producer of the highest calibre - titled 'Satellites'. Once again, this album is full of sick colaborations with leading vocalists and producers from within this country. You can purchase the album from iTunes or, you can download the lower quality version for a listen from SOM Musics website.

Upbeats have come correct with yet another epic music video for their upcoming Album on Vision - Primitive Technique

Geoff 'Presha' Wright is the reason many of us in New Zealand know what Drum and Bass is. 

Now he is overseas and continuing to run his pride and joy label, Samurai Music. Pumping out quality release after quality release, he spoke to DnB Arena about running the label - including the top 10 Do's and Don'ts.

Teknik, who I personally rate as one of New Zealand's tightest DJs, has a recent mix featured on Knowledge Mag. Check it out, it has loads of fresh bits. OOeer. http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/blogs/drum_and_bass/introducing-teknik

Check out the next upcoming release on Uprising by Trei and Dose - available @ Samurai Store

Info about upcoming album 'Form in Motion' by Organikismness, aka Harry Brethren, is to be found here at Knowledge Mag.

Stay tuned for an upcoming interview on Bassdrop.co.nz with the man, but for now, check out his sweet mix, containing plenty of organikismness tunes.





Organikismness _ Knowledge mag mix by organikismness

In the space of what counts as four short years behind the consoles as a DJ and a producer, TREi has risen to the upper echelon of drum and bass in his home country New Zealand. Resultantly, TREi’s music production and DJ skills are now raising eyebrows in all the right places across the globe.

INNUENDO, Trei’s debut album with divergent sonic landscape stays grounded through the common threads of decidedly futurist synthetic soundscapes and chest pounding, subwoofer rupturing low-slung bass lines.

Working with the likes of vocalists Lisa Tomlins and Thomas Oliver (of the Thomas Oliver Band) and fellow producer’s State of Mind, Dose, Teknik and Southern Soul, TREi has crafted a cohesive twelve song deep full-listening experience as much driven by hooks and general musicality as explosive drum and bass pressure.

As smooth in the studio as he is in the mix, TREi’s music often features in the playlists of scene leading luminaries such as State of Mind, Bailey, Marky, Andy C, Klute and Friction.  So make sure you catch the album release tour and check out the new force to be reckoned with emerging from drum and bass!

www.myspace.com/tr3i

Joachim has completed a review of the new State of Mind LP, 'Faster than Light' - which is in stores now. Head to the TVNZ site to check the review. 

Organik _ism_ness; aka Alison Harley and Harry Bretherton, is one of NewZealands most versatile drum and bass outfits having been based in Nelson, Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch throughout the last 5 years, producing many forms of drum and bass and dub their sound is distinct but ever changing.

One of New Zealands hardest working producers, Teknik, has started up a podcast, and you know its bound to be filled with tasty tech treats and smatterings of New Zealand drum and bass. Read on for tracklist and link.