Our friends Spartacus R are putting the finishing touches on their 2nd album at the moment and are doing a little NZ tour.  To celebrate they are offering up a nice 4 track download for free. Something old, something new, something borrowed and something purple.  One new track of the up coming album, one old rare track from the 2007 Octophonic performance, and 2 new remix’s from guest artists of songs from their 2009 album When The Fever Takes Hold.   Cluck on the picture below for some nice freeness.

I was lucky enough to see a show by Mulatu Astatke at the Melbourne Jazz Festival on Sunday.  It was quite stunning.  Here’s a really lovely video I found over the weekend.  Have a geez.

Below is a new video from unzed reggae funk legends The Blackseeds.  Its classic Blackseeds style, I especially appreciate the video that has been edited and produced by the very talented Nektar Productions also from Wellington. The video uses what I assume is public domain footage, making a beautiful and moving sequence of unrelated films clips feed together into the narrative of the song.  Its slightly subversive, its moving and beautiful.  Reminds me of the bit of graffiti I saw the other day.  “The future is bleak, uncertain, and beautiful.”