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.
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.
I'm bringing a brand new live show to Europe, the UK and Australia! After spending years in the studio working on an album, it's been so long since I've toured or played live, but I'm so ready! The new show is about ghosts: of colonisation, of extinct birds, of ancestors.
09.08.19 ·LONDON· The Finsbury · 8.30pm 12.08.19 ·LONDON· The Ned · 9.10pm 22.08.19 ·LONDON· Servant Jazz Quarters · 9pm 28.08.19 ·LONDON· The Social · 8.30pm 30.08.19 ·LONDON· The Constitution · 8pm 31.08.19 ·SUFFOLK· The Woodbridge Festival of Art & Music w/ Justin Robertson 15.09.19 · SOFIA· Secret Location, details TBA 26.09.19 ·LONDON· VFD · 8pm 01.10.19 ·BERLIN· Prachtwerk, w/ Danny Brady + Charlie OPI, Mike Majkowski 05.10.19 ·KIEV· Secret Location, details TBA
Keep an eye out here and on whichever social media platform offends you the least for the latest show announcements.
Today Clash is premiering the new music video for Zealandia's fourth single: Matariki! The video was created by Emile Holmewood/Blood Bros, and is a compression of millennia in a few minutes. Read more about the video at Clash, or watch the video below.
Hugely grateful to Emile, and to NZ on Air and Film Dunedin for supporting the Matariki video project.
Five artists have remixed Matariki - enjoy the work of Barbara Morgenstern, Eyeliner, KTN, Jerry Watts & Kolya on the Matariki Remix EP.
New Zealand painter Nigel Brown (ONZM) and I have collaborated on a series of six paintings based on my Zealandia album. And you can own one! Nigel has donated these watercolour-on-paper works to help cover the costs of my European tour, so head to the Shop to view and purchase an original work, at a lower-than-gallery price. Thanks so much to Nigel! {Update: Paintings have sold!}
My thanks to the tour supporters: Creative NZ, Ceres Organics, Sue McLaughlin & Nigel Brown, and The Jan Warburton Charitable Trust.
The third single from Zealandia is Cook Beleaguered, and for it my pals and I have put together a music video and remix EP.
The music video is premiering at The 405, with an interview by Martyn Pepperell - or watch below...
Aroha nui to all the people who were a part of the video project, especially artists Cat Ruka, Pati Solomona Tyrell and Nigel Brown, and DOPs Ralph Brown & Phoebe Lysbeth Kay, who also edited the video.
The Cook Beleaguered Remix EP is available digitally now, and features five phenomenal producers - Kolya, Death and the Maiden, Alcs, Embedded Figures and Cicada Ceremony.
The cover artwork (above) is by Gavin Hurley, from a photograph by Russ Flatt, and the individual remix artwork is by Matthew Galloway and I.
If you love Zealandia, show the world with a new Zealandia tote bag! Limited edition, 320gsm heavy-weight canvas cotton and screen printed in Dunedin with Zealandia symbology by album designer Matthew Galloway.
Or pick up the CD/double-vinyl/newspaper at the Shop.
Radio New Zealand premiered the third music video from Zealandia this week, Rutu. The video is a collaboration with the late photographer Russell Sheppard, of Naseby. Head to RNZ to read about how the video was made, or watch below.
Some really interesting takes on the album in the press:
Today the music video for Zealandia premieres via The Spinoff, with a feature on the making of the Zealandia album by Hussein Moses.
The Zealandia album is out on August 10th!
Below is the cover by photographer Louise Clifton & designer Matthew Galloway, and all the juicy details...
1. Papa (6.44) 2. Birth of a Nation (5.46) 3. Muscles (4.20) 4. Cook Beleaguered (4.45) 5. We Could've Been Gods (6.29) 6. Matariki (6.01) 7. Rutu (5.45) 8. Solo (5.46) 9. Opo (5.52) 10. It's Ōtepoti's Fault (4.50) 11. Séance (2.13) 12. Zealandia (9.00)
Total runtime: 68 minutes Written, produceed & mixed by Dudley Arranged by Dudley & Andrew Baldwin Engineered by Andre Upston, Lee Prebble, Mike Gibson & Dudley Mastered by Martin Korth, Black Saloon Studios, London
Zealandia is released as a limited edition CD, double 180g black vinyl in a hand-numbered edition of 200, and digitally. Each physical copy of the album is accompanied by the Zealandia newspaper: a 24-page full colour tabloid-size newspaper that shares the inspirations, research and creative processes that went into making the record.
I'm sharing lots of little Zealandia moments on my Instagram and Facebook page, if you're keen for more Z-bombs. Otherwise, thanks so much and really hope you enjoy the record on August 10th.
