Kirsten Johnstone
Secret Life of Video Game Music Composers
From the simplest binary code ditties to huge orchestral scores with complex, interactive layers, video game soundtracks are integral to the action, emotion and adrenaline levels of the gamer. Music… Audio
The Mixtape: James Moss of Jayrem Records
James Moss of Jayrem Records selects a mixtape. Audio
Stanier Black Five
Kirsten Johnstone speaks to Lyttleton-based sound artist Jo Burzynska about her work with found sound. Audio
Cool Rainbows
Cool Rainbows is the moniker of Auckland producer and songwriter Djeisan Suskov. Recorded in his Dad's Revolver Studio, 'Whale Rocket' is the first album of his own, after a busy few years producing… Audio
The Mixtape Paul McLaney
Auckland musician Paul McLaney joins Kirsten Johnstone for a mixtape. Audio
The Mixtape: Lawrence Arabia
James Milne, a.k.a. Lawrence Arabia, talks us through songs that influenced his album 'The Sparrow'. Audio
NZoA Making Tracks discussion November 2011
A year after the Caddick Report - which NZoA commissioned to review its music-related activities - and 6 months into 'Making Tracks' - the revised scheme the Govt funding body set up in response to… Audio
Gig Review 12 November 2011
Kirsten Johnstone, Sam Wicks and Emma Smith give a gig round up featuring HDU's Tristan Dingemans and reviews of Bic Runga, Portishead, HDU, and New Nun Night. Audio
Sony DADC Warehouse Fire
The biggest distribution warehouse for CDs, vinyl and DVDs in the UK and Ireland burnt to the ground in London, after being set alight by rioters. The catalogues of over 150 independent music labels… Audio
Crass - Steve Ignorant
Thatcher-era U.K. anarcho-punk band Crass - Penny Rimbaud, Steve Ignorant, and later Eve Libertine, Joy De Vivre and others - wrote songs about capitalism and consumerism, racism and feminism, public… Audio
NZ On Air's revised scheme - Making Tracks
Kirsten Johnstone gets first reactions to NZ On Air's new funding scheme. Audio
The Mixtape John Baker
Tour promoter, music history enthusiast, man in the midst presents a mixtape of rock 'n' roll obscurities. Audio
The National
The National have been together since 1999, though various members had been playing with each other for a lot longer - the band is made up of twins Bryce and Aaron Dessner, and another set of… Audio
Online NZ Music media
Kirsten Johnstone speaks to the publishers behind some of NZ's most influential music websites - undertheradar, einstein music journal and Graham Reid's Elsewhere. Audio
Nudge in Session on Music 101
Nudge joined Kirsten Johnstone for a chinwag and a few tunes in the Music 101 studio. Nudge joined Kirsten Johnstone for a chinwag and a few tunes in the Music 101 studio. Audio
So So Modern - Crude Futures
So So Modern talk about their album 'Crude Futures' and overseas exploits. Video, Audio
Campus A Low Hum 2010 Radio Special
Music 101 cruises Campus talking to punters, organiser Blink, and musicians including Ouch My Face, Thugquota, Bandicoot, Dent May, Logan from The Dodos, Dan Deacon and more... Audio