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October 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Cave Circles: Apricity (ep)

Cave Circles Apricity (ep) Wonderful Noise Japan Here’s Riki Gooch working (again) under his Cave Circle alias – it’s been a busy time for releases just recently with Cave Circles’ 12”, My Heart Is A Beating Drum and then the recent cassette tape release under another of his working aliases, DJ OBOE.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Apricity, Apricity (ep), Beatmaker, Black Rainbow, Cave Circles, Cave Circles: Apricity, Dilla, DJ OBOE, EP, Garden, Housekeeping, Instrumental, Instrumentalist, Instrumentals, John Carpenter, Kiva, Leila Adu, Mirrors, My Heart Is A Beating Drum, Parks, Producer, Riki Gooch, Rocks, Seven Davis Jr, Vocal, Waves, Wonderful Noise Japan ·

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November 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Greatness of Leila Adu: Underrated, Underappreciated, One of our Greatest Talents

I always used to think that Leila Adu was the best kept secret in New Zealand music. I met her over a decade ago and one minute she’d be working with the improvisers, tinkering, make music out of noise or noise from music and then – sometimes even in the same performance – she’d stand, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Interview, Leila Adu, One of our Greatest Talents, Podcast, Scary Love Monster, The Greatness of Leila Adu, The Greatness of Leila Adu: Underrated, Underappreciated ·

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April 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Leila Adu: Scary Love Monster – EP

Leila Adu Scary Love Monster – EP Belts & Whistles After four albums Leila Adu (finally!) releases this brand new EP (I say finally, because these works, these six songs, have been waiting…on the shelf for a while). Leila makes music as artworks – makes art out of (and with) music: they can be pop […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, EP, Leila, Leila Adu, Leila Adu: Scary Love Monster - EP, Scary Love Monster, Scary Love Monster - EP ·

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February 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 15 – Leila Adu

For the 15th episode of Sweetman Podcast I got to talk to Leila Adu. Leila’s a friend, I’ve known her for a while, always been proud of her achievements – singing her own commissioned composition for Orchestra Wellington, her solo albums, and knowing she’s out there in the world making music across so many different […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Backing Vocals, Bluebeards and Monsters, Cameo, Cherry Pie, Composition Studies, Dark Joan, Dig A Hole, Discussion, Guest Singer, Interview, Leila Adu, Lord Echo, Luscious Jackson, Mindfulness, Music, Musician, Ode To The Unknown Factory Worker, Orchestra Wellington, PhD, Podcast, Princeton, Prison, Singing Teacher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 15 – Leila Adu, University, Video Premiere ·

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February 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Video Premiere: Bluebeards and Monsters by Leila Adu

Introducing the brand new video and song by Leila Adu – please share and listen. Also available to stream and purchase from Bandcamp. Leila has recorded four albums to date, including working with Steve Albini. She has a new album on the way and works across improvisation, orchestral composition and other forms of music and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Adu, Bandcamp, Bluebeards and Monsters, Leila, Leila Adu, Song, Video, Video Premiere, Vimeo ·

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June 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Orchestra Wellington 2. LITTLE RUSSIAN (June 20, Wgtn)

Orchestra Wellington with Michael Houstoun and Leila Adu: 2. LITTLE RUSSIAN MFC Saturday, June 20 For the second performance in Wellington Orchestra’s six-part series it was to Leila Adu, 2014’s emerging composer in residence. Her commissioned piece, Rain as Blessings Fall, kicked off the evening, a dose of rain – and cold – in the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Blessings as Rain Fall, Gig Review, Gig Review: Orchestra Wellington 2. LITTLE RUSSIAN (June 20, Leila Adu, Little Russian, Live Gig, Marc Taddei, MFC, Michael Houstoun, Orchestra Wellington, Piano Concert No. 3, Prokofiev, Symphony No.2, Tchaikovsky, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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November 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Lord Echo: Curiosities

Lord Echo Curiosities Bastard Jazz Recordings The second Lord Echo album sees Mike Fabulous (he of The Black Seeds, Fly My Pretties, Fabulous/Arabia and so many other musical main events and sidesteps) reprising his sorcerer role, conjuring beautiful spells of music that surge and waft through jazz and dance ideals; one minute it’s disco-tinged, the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Curiosities, Leila Adu, Lord Echo, Mike Fab, Mike Fabulous ·

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June 5, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1975

 Leila Adu, Dark Joan (2009) I listen to Leila Adu because she’s great. And one of the main reasons she’s great – and therefore worth listening to – is because her songs are surprising. In fact her songs are surprises. You can’t predict the next line. So you get odd but brilliant phrases that stick out, […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Dark Joan, Frizz Records, Leila Adu, Steve Albini, Vinyl ·

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