Music 101

13:15 Backstage at the Aotearoa Music Awards with Tony Stamp

Tony Stamp catches up with the winners of the Aotearoa Music Awards, including Lorde, Mokotron and Fazerdaze.

14:15 Live on Music 101: Michael Llewellyn’s Gorgeous Return

Pōneke-based musician Michael Llewellyn returns with I’m Gorgeous – a sophomore record of gravelly grace and lyrical weight. It’s a work that reveals a maturing songwriter, unafraid to dig deeper and reach wider. 

Joining Maggie Tweedie in the RNZ studios for Music 101, Llewellyn brings some of these new, storied songs to life. Alongside his bandmate Arran Cargill-Brown, he performs ‘Home Sometime’, a track from the new record, recorded live by RNZ studio engineer André Upston. 

Michael Llewellyn shows 

• 19 June – Pearl Diver – Ōtepoti | Dunedin (trio) 

• 26 June – Dawn – Ōakura | Taranaki (band) 

• 27 June – The Yard – Raglan (band) 

With French for Rabbits (full band) 

• 21 June – Space Academy – Ōtautahi | Christchurch 

• 28 June – RSC Grey Lynn – Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland 

• 3 July – Meow – Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington 

• 4 July – Small Hall Sessions – Te Matau-a-Māui | Hawke’s Bay 

• 5 July – The Dome Cinema – Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa | Gisborne

14:40 Japanese singer-songwriter Ichiko Aoba draws inspiration from dreams

Japanese singer-songwriter Ichiko Aoba is set to play Aotearoa this June, following the release of her latest album, Luminscent Creatures (Hermine), in February.

She had a kōrero with Tony Stamp about writing songs based on dreams ahead of her first NZ performance.

See Ichiko Aoba live this June:

• 3 June – The Bruce Mason Centre | Auckland

15:15 Electronic London musician Rival Consoles to release new album

London-based electronic musician Rival Consoles’ forthcoming album, Landscape from Memory, is set to release via Erased Tapes this July.

The album is preceded by EP Known Shape, comprised of five tracks from the album that glimmer and fizz with movement.

Rival Consoles chatted to Tony Stamp about the new album and making music.

Catch River Consoles’s show tomorrow:

• 31 May – Neck of the Woods | Auckland

16:05 The Mixtape: Frank Booker

Dance and electronic DJ Chrix Cox, aka Frank Booker, joined Maggie Tweedie for The Mixtape.

Booker grew up in Ōtautahi Christchurch, where a formative love of jazz and funk informed his lifelong passion for DJing.

He recently added the support slot for Chaka Khan at the Civic to his DJ credentials, amongst others including playing a private party for Prince.

He runs event promotion company Music First with his friend Sam Harman. He recently returned from touring Australia and is set to play Auckland’s Double Whammy on June 13th.

Songs Played:

1pm-2pm

• New Tomorrows – Sola Rosa
• The Heater – The Mutton Birds
• Waerea – Mokotron
• Raleigh Arena – Jim Nothing
• Blue Dreams – Holly Arrowsmith
• Paradise – Dartz
• Beyond the Stars – Tami Neilson and Willy Nelson
• All Gas – David Dallas
• How Will I Know – Corrella
• Die For Someone – 9Lives
• Mango TreeAaradhna – Aaradhna
• Girl, so confusing – Charli xcx featuring Lorde
• Cherry Pie – Fazerdaze
• Brick by Brick – Mel Parsons
• danger i – Vera Ellen, Oli Devlin
• Del Ray – Sola Rosa

2pm-3pm

• Picture Window – Japanese Breakfast
• Home Sometime – Michael Llewellyn
• Marmalade Honey – Michael Llewellyn
• I’m Gorgeous – Michael Llewellyn
• North Poles – Samia
• Adventures in Paradise – Minnie Riperton
• Ohayashi – Ichika Aoba
• Aurora – Ichika Aoba
• Mazamun – Ichika Aoba
• Luciférine – Ichika Aoba
• Happy Bear – DJ DSL

3pm-4pm

• 1000 Mile Dub – Pitch Black
• Rise – Harry Charles
• Catherine – Rival Consoles
• Gaivotas – Rival Consoles
• If Not Now – Rival Consoles
• Known Shape – Rival Consoles
• Guru – Ladi6
• Lungs – Serebii
• You’re Immortal – The Chills
• We’re So Lost – Voom

4pm-5pm

• It’s Your World – Brian Jackson  
• Music of the Mind – Jamiroquai 
• I.O.U. – Freeez 
• Live in Me – Rufus & Chaka Khan  
• As – Stevie Wonder 
• Music Is My Way of Life – Patti Labelle