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Access All Areas

Saturday afternoons during Music 101, between 2:00 and 5:00 pm.

A backstage pass to current musical issues.

Seasoned industry insider Trevor Reekie dodges past security to get to the heart of industry trends and happenings, pinning down the people with the good oil on the current state of the music biz, and where it might be going, as well as occasional glances over the shoulder to see how we got here.

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Access All Areas: The Fourmyula: Pioneering New Zealand pop band The Fourmyula - best remembered for their iconic song 'Nature' and a string of Top Ten hits - return to the stage with all original members for two rare performances in March 2010. These shows celebrate the release of The Complete Fourmyula: a definitive four-CD set which includes the legendary 'lost' LP Turn Your Back On The Wind, recorded in Britain shortly before the group disbanded in 1971. Trevor Reekie talks to Carl Evensen and Wayne Mason about all things Fornyula and the chemistry that they produced (duration: 16′52″)
Access All Areas: Casablanca Records: The 1970s saw the landscape of American culture become a banquet of hedonism and self-indulgence, and when the disco era exploded in New York Casablanca Records was at the centre of this cocaine fuelled storm. From Casablanca’s daring first signing of KISS, through the to superstardom of Donna Summer, the Village People, and funk master George Clinton and Parliament , Casablanca’s meteoric success and eventual collapse is a compelling tale of excess, marketing, payola and platform heeled shoes! For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie talks to Larry Harris, co-founder of Casablanca Records and author of a new book 'And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records'. 27 February 2010. (duration: 17′45″)
Access All Areas: Still Bill Withers: The documentary 'Still Bill' is an intimate portrait of soul legend Bill Withers, best known for his classics Ain't No Sunshine, Lean On Me, Lovely Day - songs that still resonate deeply today. Directed by Damani Baker and Alex Vlack, 'Still Bill' is the story of a man who became an icon without trying. Trevor Reekie talks to Damani Baker and Alex Vlack from New York about the evolution of Still Bill. 6 February 2010. (duration: 11′49″)
Access All Areas: Garth Cartwright - More Miles Than Money: Garth Cartwright is an ex-pat Aucklander now resident in london who has just published his second book 'MORE miles THAN Money - Journeys through American Music'. On Access All Areas this week Trevor Reekie talks to author Garth Cartwright about books bars and blues, juke-joints, grits and greyhound bus's as he follows America's musical highways. 19 December 2009. (duration: 20′27″)
Access All Areas: Def Jam 25: Def Jam Records is one of the United States most successful record labels. The 80s marked the move of hip hop from the underground to the mainstream and Def Jam was instrumental in helping the genre make that transition. As the label celebrates it's 25th anniversary Trevor Reekie talks to Oliver Wang, curator of the influential Soul-Sides web site and an assistant professor of sociology at California State University, about this iconic label. 12 December 2009. (duration: 14′58″)
Access All Areas: Big Champagne's Eric Galand: Eric Garland is the CEO and co-founder of Big Champagne, a company based in Beverly Hills that collects and sells data on file sharing - both legal and illegal. Big Champagne is kind of like the Nielsen ratings of the peer-to-peer world. Trevor Reekie talks to Eric Garland about the ever-evolving reality facing the film and music industries. 4 December 2009. (duration: 17′52″)
Mulatu Astatke: Ethiopiques a series documenting Ethiopian popular music from the 1960s and 1970s, compiled by French producer Francis Falceto, includes the catalogue of Mulatu Estatke. Mulatu is responsible for the sound and form of 'ethio-jazz' and bringing it to a global audience. Trevor Reekie reviews the astonishing body of work of Mulatu Astatke who is included in a star-packed 10 piece band, the Ethiopiques, coming to Womad in 2010, and talks to Mulatu about his recent album New York - Addis - London The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975. 26 November 2009. (duration: 10′14″)
Access All Areas: Stroke - Songs For Chris Knox: On June 11 2009 musician, artist, father, writer, film maker, cartoonist and broadcaster Chris Knox suffered a life-altering stroke at his home in Auckland. Following that musicians from NZ and around the world banded together to celebrate Chris' music and the resulting album 'STROKE - Songs For Chris Knox' is a chance for Chris' many fans and friends to contribute to his future. Trevor Reekie gathers together a bunch of Chris Knox's dedicated friends to celebrate the album, and the man behind it. 21 November 2009. (duration: 19′45″)
Access All Areas: Music Machines: In mid 2009 Auckland based-Manchester born producer Jason Fishwick had an idea about being in a room full to the ceiling with classic synths and drum machines, all plugged in and making one big funky racket. The idea grew into reality and on November 21st 2009 at Auckland's Galatos with a huge collection of classic and vintage synthesisers and drum machines as well as guest performances and workshops. For Access All Areas Trevor Reekie invades Tom Ludvigson's studio to get a taste of how synthesiser music was composed before there was midi, laptops and software. 14 November 2009. (duration: 14′57″)
Access All Areas: Bela Fleck: Trevor Reekie speaks to virtuoso Banjoist Ben Fleck. (duration: 11′24″)
Access All Areas: The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground: An Illustrated History of a Walk on the Wild Side is a new book published on the forty-fifth anniversary of the Velvet Underground's founding, curated by Jim DeRogatis. It takes a behind-the-scenes look at this iconic band in words and images. Trevor Reekie talks to author Jim DeRogatis about one of the 20th Century's most influential bands. 31 October 2009. (duration: 17′15″)