Music 101 for Saturday 15 June 2024
-
DJ Vika: 'Those who dance never grow old'
1:30 PM.An 85-year-old grandmother is one of Warsaw’s most popular DJs - spinning techno at nightclubs by night and ‘70s hits at a senior citizens club by day. DJ Vika’s vibrant, self-directed approach to… Read more Video, Audio
-
NZ's DJ Messie heads to Glastonbury
2:05 PM.Wellington-based DJ Messie, aka Tessa Hills, has just been offered a spot on the stage at Glastonbury. DJ Messie, who came to NZ fame when picked by Fred Again to support his massive New Zealand… Read more Audio
-
Blonde Redhead: Learning to 'float' with finest album yet
2:30 PM.American alternative rock band Blonde Redhead are about to bring their new album to New Zealand with three shows planned. Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace formed the band in New… Read more Audio
-
Night Reign is another essential album from Arooj Aftab
3:00 PM.The Pakistani singer's follow up to her breakthrough Vulture Prince is just as stately and serene, further establishing her as a fiercely unique artist. Read more Video, Audio
-
Earth Tongue Live: Channelling the eerie depths of 80s horror
3:15 PM.Heavy psych-fuzz band Earth Tongue channel 80s horror with their powerful sound - think gore, tombstones and hands coming up through the ground. It's the band child of guitarist Gussie Larkin… Read more Video, Audio
-
The Mixtape: Sam Hunt
4:00 PM.In a 2021 conversation, New Zealand poet Sam Hunt spoke to Trevor Reekie about music, mortality and creativity while sharing some of his favourite songs. Read more Video, Audio
1:30 80-year-old DJ Vika: “Those who dance never grow old”
An 84-year-old grandmother is one of Poland’s most popular DJs.
DJ Vika is a star of Warsaw nightclubs - she is a hit with young people and also DJs at a weekly senior citizens club. Vika is on a mission to live out her senior years in a radically different way, refusing to become dependent on her family and celebrating her body publicly in fantastic fashion. Yet, even Vika is reckoning with old age.
A new documentary about Vika will screen at the Doc Edge documentary festival which launches in NZ this week.
The director Agnieszka Zwiefka speaks to Charlotte Ryan.
Doc Edge documentary festival plays in:
Christchurch 19-30 June
Auckland 3-14 July
Wellington 3-14 July
Nationwide via the virtual cinema 15-31 July
Vika, the 85-year-old DJ from Poland. Photo: Agnieszka Zwiefka
VIKA! Documentary trailer here: VIKA! Trailer – DOK Leipzig 2023 (youtube.com)
2:05 From Fred Again to the world stage: DJ Messie heads to Glastonbury
Wellington-based DJ Messie, aka Tessa Hills, has just been offered a spot on the stage at Glastonbury.
DJ Messie, who came to NZ fame when picked by Fred Again to support his massive New Zealand shows, speaks to Kara Rickard about playing their dream festival.
DJ Messie Photo: @camdoink
2.30 Blonde Redhead: Learning to 'float' with finest album yet
American alternative rock band Blonde Redhead are about to bring their new album to New Zealand with three shows planned.
Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace formed the band in New York City in 1993. Thirty years on, their new album Sit Down for Dinner has been described as their finest work.
Maggie Tweedie catches up with Simone ahead of their New Zealand shows.
Blonde Redhead New Zealand Tour 2024
Saturday 22 June - Powerstation, Auckland
Sunday 23 June - Meow, Wellington
Monday 24 June - Loons, Lyttelton
Blonde Redhead Photo: Charles Billot
3.15 Earth Tongue Live: Channelling the eerie depths of 80s horror
Earth Tongue channels 80s horror with their powerful sound - think gore, tombstones and hands coming up through the ground. It's the band child of guitarist Gussie Larkin (Mermaidens) and Ezra Simons (Soft Bait).
Earth Tongue supported Queens of the Stone Age earlier this year, and recently signed to the label In The Red Records alongside The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Ty Segall.
Photo: Supplied
3:40 Night Reign is another essential album from Arooj Aftab
The Pakistani singer's follow up to her breakthrough Vulture Prince is just as stately and serene, further establishing her as a fiercely unique artist.
Pakistani musician Arooj Aftab. Photo: Supplied / Ebru Yildiz
4pm The Mixtape - Poet Sam Hunt
Sam Hunt is a man who has never strayed from his passion for poems.
His charismatic live performances and books have earned him a reputation for the consistency and originality of his work.
Sam Hunt talks to Trevor Reekie about his enduring passion for words and rhyme and includes a tasteful selection of songs that continue to resonate with him.
Sam Hunt photographed by Luke McPike Photo: Luke McPike
Songs played on the show
1-2
Fela Kuti - Lady
Mohou Ra - Anna Coddington
Still ft charlotte day Wilson - Katrynada
Dancing in the dark - Bruce Springsteen
Motion Sickness - Phoebe Bridges
Ella Fitzgerald - A Sunday Kind of Love
Finally - Kings of Tomorrow
DJ Vika interview with film director Agnieszka Zwiefka
Sister sledge - He’s the greatest dancer
Crumb - Amama
2-3
Julian dyne and Mara TK - Layer
Learning - Jordan Rakei
Fred Again & Obongjayar - Adore U
Millionaire - Kelis
The Beths - Dying to believe
Broken Bells - Good luck
Blonde Redhead interview
Nick Cave and The Badseeds - Frogs
Reiki Ruawai - in Time
Metronomy - With Balance
3-4
Adi oasis - Get it Got it
Che Fu - Scene III (Scene 3) [Radio Edit]
Beck - Think I’m in Love
Françoise Hardy - le temps de l’amour
Sonic Youth - Reena
The Sampler - Night Reign by Arooj Aftab
Portals - Jimetta Rose
Earth Tongue Live
Phoenix Foundation - Damn the River
