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NEW ZEALAND ICONS ​L.A.B RELEASE NEW ALBUM ​L.A.B VI

Today, New Zealand icons L.A.B return with their new album L.A.B VI, the latest addition to their ever-expanding catalogue. After recording and releasing their first five albums in a five-year span, L.A.B ​ return after an almost two-year long period of writing, recording, tweaking and finessing what is their strongest album to date.

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SOMBER HILLS SHARES NEW SINGLE 'DON'T NEED'

Today, Sydney-based, New Zealand-born artist Somber Hills shares his dynamic new single 'Don't Need'. With influences spanning across rock, hip-hop and trap, ‘Don’t Need’ bridges the sonic gaps between genres, with its lyrical angst and raw vocal delivery at the forefront. Exploring the artist's conflicted feelings of guilt in pursuing music as a career, the track's darker tones are evident in it's melancholic production style. Enlisting producer Sadie (Lil Skies) and mixing from Simon Lam (Kllo), the track is moody yet finessed, arriving alongside a lyric visualiser which perfectly captures its tone.

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DEVILSKIN ANNOUNCE FEB 2021 TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS SHEPARDS REIGN

DEVILSKIN have garnered a formidable reputation and a solid fan-base worldwide from their relentless touring schedule. A swathe of brilliant live reviews from Europe to USA to Australia are testament to the groundswell of support for this hard-working and focused New Zealand act. 

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AUCKLAND R&B/HIP-HOP ARTIST REI UNVEILS BRIGHT NEW SINGLE, ‘BORDERLINE’

Hailing from New Zealand’s North Island, rising hip-hop star Rei has long been flying the flag for a fusion of hip-hop and contemporary R&B music coming out of Aotearoa. With three studio albums to his name, Rei is at home when creating music that is unashamedly honest and individual in its crafting and delivery. As 2020 winds its way towards its (long-awaited) completion, Rei gears up for his new chapter, kick-started by the release of his new single, ‘Borderline’.

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BENEE REVEALS VIDEO FOR 'SNAIL,’ LAUNCHES RECORD LABEL 'OLIVE,’ PERFORMS ON LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS, ANNOUNCES LIVESTREAM SHOW

NZ superstar BENEE today reveals the lively new video for her current single ‘Snail’. Reflective of her personality, it pops off as her biggest and boldest video to date. For the visual, BENEE and director Anita Fontaine deliver a lush and larger-than-life fantasy befitting of the track

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