We’re coming to Mussel Inn and Elsewhere 17/18 May.
Get tickets from Mussel Inn & Everyman Records in Hardy St, Nelson
Ruth gets to swap a song onstage with the one-and-only Dave Dobbyn! What will it beeeeeee………………?? Five artists mixing it up with Dave and his band.
Sat 25 May :: Bodega, Wellington
Sun 26 May :: King St, Masterton
GET TICKETS HERE
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Ruth peruses the shiny new edition that is The Fold - NZ Gig Guide. It just hit streets with pix from the Auckland Minuit show and gigs for the coming week — with Georgia Schofield
These are the kids who sing in the background of the ‘Islands’ track. And this is the orphanage in Haiti where I met them. I heard recently they moved to a place that is much worse. They live a very different life to mine. Minuit give a percent of album sales to the Kenbe La Foundation, giving Haitian kids a chance at education; which is all about giving them the chance to help themselves, their families, and their communities and break the poverty cycle they were born into. They are the future - Paul
Ryan aka Funk’n’Slocuts has remixed the track Islands off the album.
You can get it for free here……..
FREE DOWNLOAD ‘ISLANDS REMIX’
FREE DOWNLOAD ‘ISLANDS FULL DJ REMIX’
Thanks to Jaz Marshall for the pic of the boys from Pader - stunning shot!
Minuit supports the Kenbe La Foundation, and we pinched the OnePercent Collective.org idea to give 1% of our latest album sales to Kenbe La. Ruth and Paul talk about why here. And play an acoustic backyard version of Aotearoa. What’s your drop in the ocean???
Album release shows are up! Click links below for more info and direct ticket links. Go get ‘em! FACEBOOK EVENT
Ruth hand-writing 75 individual lyrics onto posters for the pledgers over multiple late night sessions. Not sure she’s gonna offer to do THAT again anytime soon………. But they looked awesome. Hope you liked ‘em.
The Vinyl is out - thankyou!
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt from getting these vinyls made, it’s that shoes from the Warehouse can suck!
One game of soccer with the nephews and they’re toast. But what was I thinking, shoes don’t cost twenty bucks. Unless they’re not really shoes.
I dunno what that has to do with making the vinyl. Maybe something about doing things quick, easy and cheap. That’s definitely not what this vinyl is.
We ran the PledgeMe back in November and it hit it’s target in under 11 hours. Massive thanks to everyone who fronted up back then and held out til February for delivery! Pressing orders were dispatched to the States, then it went through three test presses with clicks and pops appearing and redoing master stamps until we got one that was a clean cut.
I guess that’s why vinyl went out of fashion, right? Digital is less fuss. To make, to copy, to transport, to store, to sell, to share, to hear. But this isn’t a digital file. It is a handmade, delicate piece of physical art. It is tangible and handleable and there’s only 300 of them on the planet. Some of you have one.
The cover art was beautifully hand drawn by Liv McPherson and Harry Gyde in Lyall Bay. The jackets and inserts were printed at Westprint in the Waitakere. And packaged up for postage in our front room.
The retail copies were shrinkwrapped by the bro’s at APET.org.nz in Papatoetoe. If you ever need anything shrunkwrapped, hit them up - “Employment and involvement in the community for people with disabilities” - These guys treated each unit like it was the most important thing in the world. I liked that. This is all part of the hand made. And for those who pledged, Ruth hand scrawled 75 lyrics as posters over multiple late night sessions.
Find the best set of speakers you can before playing - it’s worth the effort.
- Paul
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