Dancehall
Dr Matt Baker: beats, bouts and bacterial biophysics
He has a doctorate from Oxford, where he studied Bacterial Flagellar Motor, a nanoscale rotary electric motor which makes bacteria swim. Currently Scientia Research Fellow in the School of… Audio
Ugandan Dancer Antonio Bukhar
Hip-hop, Dancehall, Afro-fusion and Ugandan dance - they're all in the repertoire of visiting Ugandan dance artist Antonio Bukhar and he's offering to share his moves with young Auckland dancers. The… Audio, Gallery
Colon Man by Equiknoxx Music
Nick Bollinger explores the sound worlds of Jamaican electronic duo Equiknoxx Music. Audio
Red Robin takes flight
The small settlement of Te Mata, just south of Raglan in the Waikato, is the home of new label, Red Robin Records. The label’s founders - Michael ‘Red Robin’ Robins and producer Naram - are using… Video, Audio
Coxsone's Music
Emma Smith talks with Soul Jazz Records founder Stuart Baker about Jamaican music pioneer, Sir Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd's formative recordings, collected for the first time in the new Soul Jazz… Audio
The Sampler - The Bug, Angels And Devils
Reviewer Scott Kara takes a listen to the menacing, apocalyptic sounds on Angels And Devils, the latest album from London electronic producer The Bug. Audio
The Secret Life Of Soundsystems
Nick Atkinson corrals some of the main players in Aotearoa's small, but determined community of Sound System wranglers, they who build and shift heavy bins upon which reggae of all vintages is played.
…Around The World In 80 Tunes - The New Ghanaian Underground
DJ and broadcaster Nick Dwyer travels to Accra, the national capital of Ghana, to take in the latest in Ghanaian music, from the wild dance moves of Azonto to the nation's biggest dancehall stars. Audio
Wayne Smith - Sleng Teng Riddim
Following the death of Wayne Smith, we look at how his song 'Under Me Sleng Teng', and the Sleng Teng Riddim changed the course of Jamaican music. Audio