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Recent music CDs
2017: Pacific ultra sound-
Read Below for the premise of this album...
"You are about to purchase one of the last ever compact discs produced , only a few months before hand held digital devices revolutionised global music, putting the artist in full control as the maker, disseminator and controller of their art...word, sound, power, live and direct. The record industry power structure has collapsed a number of years ago and a handful of artists from Aotearoa New Zealand in the South Pacific are leading the new revolution with beat making noise shaping pacific soul. Music has become the only means of trade with artists becoming impossibly wealthy.These artists (some of who are represented on this album), have gained the ability to defy gravity and dodge accepted linguistics, liquefying the twelve-tone system and gaining the ability to dematerialise their outer sheath at will. Mainstream American culture has long been relegated to the bargain bins, and globally only conscious art survives the vibration of the time. The future is closer than ever... You have been warned." (Amplifier.co.nz)
Conscious Roots 4.- "Fifteen tracks that encapsulate the breadth of Roots Music in Aotearoa - an eclectic selection of Pacific tinged Reggae, Flax Roots, Ska alternatives, Hip Hop Fusion and local Dancehall. Includes seven previously unreleased tracks including a preview track from dDub's new 2008 studio album." (Amplifier.co.nz)
South pacific islands- Putumayo.
- (In the Putumayo World Music series.)

- Rhyme Book
- Scribe.
- "A rhyme book is something that to an MC is very personal, it can hold anything. You never know, you could turn the page and go from a summer day to Armageddon. I thought Rhymebook is a good indication of what the album is. It's something personal; it's my heart and soul on the line." (Scribe)
Freshmen- Nesian Mystik.
- "Nesian Mystik describe FRESHMEN as a feel good album, drawing influences from Old Skool, Soul, Funk, R'N'B and Hip Hop while upping the production sophistication and adding new musical flavas to the mix." (Amplifier.co.nz)
Good musik- Ill Semantics.
- "The long awaited follow up to Theory Of Meaning is over with the South Auckland groups second release, Good Musik." (Amplifier.co.nz)
- White Sunday 2: the book of mark
- Mareko.
- "Mareko is back with a follow up to his 2003 classic, White Sunday. The acclaimed producer and lyricist has crafted a soulful masterpiece big on the R'n'B content and light on the Hip Hop with his brand new album, White Sunday 2: The Book of Mark..." (Amplifier.co.nz)
Websites
- Pacific Music Awards
This site contains information about the 2008 award winners as well as news from the world of contemporary Pacific music. - Dawn Raid
News and links and information from Auckland based Pacific Hip-hop label - Urban Pacifika
Urban Pacifika is an independent Polynesian and Maori owned music production company, proud to be 100% Aotearoa/New Zealand. - Southern Cross University of Australia Pacific Archive
This site provides information about traditional music and instruments from Australasia and the Pacific.
