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September 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Yann Tiersen: Kerber

Yann Tiersen Kerber Mute Yann Tiersen might be one of the most successful film composers without ever actually being a film composer. The French musician makes piano-based albums that reach out to tranquility, take a wee trimming and propagate new minimalist seedlings. But tracks from his first three albums were compiled to form the spine […]
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December 5, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Kina Sai

Kina Sai is an Auckland musician who goes under the moniker Sinatra Frank. Here are, ahem, “five films” that say with her… I’ve realised through this exercise I don’t watch movies. The last time I was seriously watching movies was when I was a teenager and when I was a teenager it was the nineties. […]
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August 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Tim Beatson

Tim Beatson is one of the Staff behind the Counter at Videon, Auckland’s 35 year-running Independent Video Library, where he dispenses recommendations and sarcasm in equal measure, in between adding to the Library’s catalogue and ordering more toner for the printer. Here are five films that have stayed with him… Lists are not a strong […]
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