If you ever feel like you're wasting time, rotting away, not achieving stuff: same! Here's the first ever official Dudley Benson tee, to celebrate how it takes ages to do anything. 
Designed by Ōtepoti artist Veronica Grace Brett, the tee is a limited edition of 50. Printed by The Print Room on black AS Colour Classic heavyweight 100% cotton. Sizes S-2XL. 
Head to the Shop to buy yours, $34 + $6 postage (NZ). Sales help me finish my next record, within the next 8 years. Thanks!
Dudley
To accompany the music video for It's Ōtepoti's Fault (watch below), six artists have remixed the song, for this final remix collection from the Zealandia album. There are a couple of club bangers from Totems & Jerry Watts, some bouncy pop from ALCS & Kolya, and thoughtful, downtempo approaches from Mike Majkowski and Death & The Maiden. Love to all the remixers, and to Ayesha Green for her cover painting.
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Tonight at 8pm (NZT), I'm chuffed to share with you the premiere of my new music video: It's Ōtepoti's Fault. I'm grateful that NZ on Screen and AudioCulture are presenting this with me. Watch the premiere here or below.
This is the last of the six videos I made for the Zealandia album. Though it wasn't one of the more challenging to make on a technical level, it was by far the most difficult emotionally. The video is built around Super 8 footage of my family - specifically my Mum Adrianne, who suicided when I was 15. It was so hard to edit together the footage of Mum in her 20s and 30s, with all the promise and dreams she had. Pets were a strange marker in time too, and in some scenes, I realised everyone in them has passed.
To me, this video is a story of part of my Mum's life, but also a reflection of how memory can have such a powerful grip over our lives - especially when they take the form of photographs and moving images.
I did love our filming and editing process, and I'd like to acknowledge the team that helped me make this with such care and sensitivity: DOP Miranda Bellamy, editor Phoebe Lysbeth Kay, and the Regent Theatre Dunedin projectionists Nelson Miles & Russell Campbell. And a special thanks to my siblings, who were so supportive and understanding in my sharing these images of our mother, Adrianne.
I hope you enjoy the video.
Dudley
My mother Adrianne Mora on her wedding day at Sign of the Takahe, 1980, with her father Maurice Mora.
I'm beyond proud to share this very special remix of It's Ōtepoti's Fault by Aotearoa producer Totems (AKA Reuben Samuel Winter, Milk). Reuben was one of the most energetic, loved, prolific and charismatic musicians I knew, and I'd wanted to work on something together for quite a while. I'm grateful he took on a remix of It's Ōtepoti's Fault - and brought out the light, the sun, and the sky in it. Despite the sadness many of us feel having lost Reuben, his work still brings so much joy to me.
Thank you to Reuben, and to his Mum Iona Winter, who supported me in sharing Totems' remix.
Check out UnderTheRadar's premiere, listen to the remix below, or on Spotify / Apple Music.
Artwork by Ayesha Green
Reuben Samuel Winter, AKA Totems. Photographer unknown.
We Could've Been Gods is the fifth single and video from Zealandia, and a deeply collaborative project with Aotearoa dance artists val smith & Tru Paraha. So proud to share this with you...
My hugest thanks and aroha to val and Tru, the heart of this video. It was shot by DOPs Solomon Mortimer and Miranda Bellamy, and assistant DOP and performance direction by Zahra Killeen-Chance. The VFX are by Simon Ward and Luke Rowell. I feel so lucky to have worked with these generous artists.
Check out the We Could've Been Gods Remix EP, too. Again, my love to these forward-thinking Aotearoa producers who've taken apart and reassembled the song.
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Just announced! Two final shows as part of my European tour: London & Berlin! Both are going to be the last chance to see my European show, so nudge your London and Berlin pals! Click the posters below to book tickets.
