Congratulations to Beaver client Maisey Rika and producer Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper who were finalists for the 2009 APRA Maioha Award at this year's Silver Scrolls in Christchurch. Launched in 2003 the APRA Maioha Award seeks to recognise excellence in contemporary Maori music and to acknowledge waiata in, or strongly featuring, Te Reo Maori. Past winners include Ruia Aperahama, Ngahiwi Apanui, Bennett and Whirimako Black and Antituatua Black. Full story here.
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Producer Simon Holloway joined fellow judges Don McGlashan and Juice TV's PD Stuart Seagar to choose the winner of the inaugural University of Auckland Songwriter of the Year at Auckland's Maidment Theatre on September 29. Competition was of an exceptional standard and showed the depth of talent being developed in the University's Popular Music program, for which Beaver arranger Godfrey de Grut lectures. Eventually under guidance of panel chair Professor Robert Constable, Head of the School of Music, the judges awarded first prize to second year student Jocee Tuck. Jocee will record a single with Beaver Studios as part of her prize which included gear from Music Works and television coverage by Juice TV. One of the finalists, Janine Foster, is also recording with Beaver Studios. Read more here.
Dane Rumble is the latest Beaver client to go to #1 on the NZ Airplay charts. Don't Know What To Do, the second single Dane has recorded with Beaver, is currently at #2 on the NZ Airplay Top 40 after spending a few weeks at #1. Congratulations to Dane and Jonathan Campbell who produced and mixed the track.
Congratulations to Beaver clients Nesian Mystic who were announced as having the fourth and fifth biggest selling NZ singles for 2009 at the RIANZ NZMA at Vector Arena on October 8th. Mista Mista, the third single from the album Elevator Musiq came in at #5 on the year's chart and come-back single Nesian 101 was the year's fourth best selling release. Both tracks were mixed and mastered at Beaver Studios.
Congratulations to client Nesian Mystik who have become the first NZ act to have ten NZ Top 10 singles, with their latest single RSVP.
Their latest album Elevator Musiq was mixed and mastered by Simon Holloway and continues a successful relationship with Beaver going back to debut single Nesian Style, which was the first of their singles to go Top 10 in 2001.
Full story from TV3 news as follows -
'The Auckland hip hop group Nesian Mystik’s latest single RSVP may have fallen off the Top 10 chart today, but it stayed up there long enough to cement their place as the first home-grown act to achieve 10 Top 10 hits. The boys of Nesian Mystik are understandably ecstatic – they have achieved something no other New Zealand band ever has.
Their latest song RSVP hit the Top Ten charts last week, making it the band’s tenth single to do so. “Personally it’s still hard to gauge that, seeing Crowded House and us, it’s like, ‘ummmm,’ cause they’re still up there!” says group member Heath Manukau. Nesian Mystik have achieved more Top Ten singles than their icon Crowded House’s six, and more than the Exponents four.
Since coming out with their multi-platinum selling album Polysaturated in 2002, their three albums have kept them at the top of the charts. They say having fun together is the key to their continued success. “When we come together, it’s beyond words,” says group member Feleti Strickson-Pua.
“If people saw what is happening when we are writing the music, I think they would be shocked. They’d think we were nuts or something.” While RSVP fell to 15th place in the charts today, the boys say they are not concerned - they have proven they are not one-hit wonder.'
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