Beautiful
A DJ mix of '90s/2000s house, garage/2-step and broken beat from Aotearoa New Zealand
Selected Works is a weekly (usually) newsletter by the Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa (Wellington, New Zealand) based freelance music journalist, broadcaster, copywriter and sometimes DJ Martyn Pepperell, aka Yours Truly. Most weeks, Selected Works consists of a recap of what I’ve been doing lately and some of what I’ve been listening to and reading, paired with film photographs I’ve taken + some bonuses. All of that said, sometimes it takes completely different forms.
Last week, the homies at Mouthfull Radio (Est. 2017), an independent non-profit online radio station broadcasting from Aotearoa and beyond, were kind enough to host my latest DJ mix, Beautiful. As I noted above, Beautiful is a mix of '90s/2000s house, garage/2-step and broken beat from Aotearoa New Zealand. You can listen to it below via Soundcloud, or on Mixcloud here.
I’m planning to do some more writing on this topic, most likely via Mixmag ANZ. I’ll keep you updated on that.
For those interested in getting into the reeds, here’s the tracklist.
Mesh - Dragonfly (Sugarlicks Records, 2001)
Anthony Ioasa - Baby You Know (Pacific Round House Remix) (Deepgrooves Entertainment, 1993)
Thisinformation - Galaxy Blues (Pinacolada Records, 2002)
Cuffy & Leon D - 19c Trumpet (Reliable, 2002)
Toni Huata - The Millennium (Dance Mix) (Self-Released, 2000)
Pacific Heights - Ghost Dream (Reserve Recordings, 2003)
Subware - Into feat. Sandy Mill (Shaboom Recordings, 2003)
Rob Salmon & Rob Rives - Running Towards A Dream (Rob Rives Remix) (Yoshitoshi Recordings, 2001)
Soulboy - Summer Tune (Radio Active 89 FM, 2002)
Soane - Where Do We Go From Here feat Anthony Gold (Propeller, 2004)
Phully - Phat Pheet (Reliable, 200?)
Pacific Heights - Eye The Sky (Reserve Recordings, 2003)
Magik J & Soane - Saxy Beast (Paper Recordings, 2002)
Reactor Music - Calibre98 (Reliable, 2000)
Aaria - Kei A Wai Ra Te Kupu (Maori 2-Step Garage Mix) (Urban Pasifika Records, 2001)
Phully - Beautiful Woman feat Teremoana Rapley (Lovefunk Records, 2005)
Rockwood - Kung Fu Philosophy (Pinacolada Records, 2001)
Pierre Omar - Dsko Program 79 (????, 2007)
[Not online]
READING:
Here’s some additional reading material relating to the history and background of house music in Aoteraoa, New Zealand.
RNZ: Joost Langeveld resurrects his pioneering house music label (Un)Reliable Recordings. Read/listen here.
Audio Culture: Rob Salmon. Read here.
NZ Herald: Greg Churchill - One night out spinning. Read here.
Stuff: A treasure trove of Kiwi dance music is available to a new generation for the first time. Read here.
Simon Grigg on Cause Celebre. Read here.
BONUS:
Four times a year, I write a column for Dazed Digital about 10 great albums and EPs from the previous three months. For the first edition of this quarterly roundup for 2025, I’m continuing to work with Dazed to reflect and acknowledge musicians, artists, producers and DJs from across the globe, all with strong communities, real visions, and important statements to make. Read more here.
FIN.