Links
Other artists
Instrumental surf/punk/exotica trio featuring Ascension Band conductor Captain Hammondhead.
Theatrical cabaret/punk troupe with a political edge - their album Hulagu features Francesca Mountfort on cello.
Gypsy guitar/cello/violin/mandolin ensemble featuring Francesca Mountfort.
Free improvising percussionist, plays on The Marion Flow, Mantis Shaped and Worrying and in the Ascension Band and does a lot more besides.
Wellington based electronica artist - also onboard as a member of the Ascension Band.
Other labels
Wellington-based label for noise & miscellaneous. Original home of the first Winter album.
The home of Tangent Precipitate, Voodoo T Savage, Rick Jensen, and the Incredible Rhinestone Cowboy... our spiritual second cousins.
Wellington label specialising in tape releases of surf, punk & sleaze rock. Rock'n'Roll should be about havin enough fun with your mates that someone else can't help but notice!
Proof that there is intelligent life up in Auckland
American label based in Oklahoma, covering a wide range of territory. Big fans of the Wellington scene if their enthusiastic emails are anything to go by...
Noted mail order outlet based in Arizona, US, specialising in drone & psychedelic music. And also selling Dave Edwards material.
Music venues
From September '99 to April '03 The Space was the best music venue in Wellington, nay the country. Happy continues where the Space left off - bigger venue, better mixing desk, complete with bar license.
For all yr photographic needs, exhibitions, and occasionally a great performance venue.
Music press
Online NZ music directory, picks up on a few gems the bigger sites neglect. And they've got my chapter on the Space.
UK-based music monthly - as close as you'll get to a definitive regular publication on the important sounds of the past fifty years.