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Found videos from 1995

Let it rain 1995! There’s Supergroove on bikes, funk at the Civic, Lionel’s disappearing act, mean streets, tropical lolz, music with a message, wide lapels and an Auckland story.

The Exiles “Hear The People”

The Exiles were the next project of Sean Strum after Eye TV called it a day. The band were described as “indie electro/rock” and had a harder sound than the popstastic Eye TV. The video is a mix of animated backgrounds with live action people moving within them. Specifically, the Exiles are toiling in a … Continue reading The Exiles “Hear The People”

Lost and found

When I first created this page, it seemed like there were hundreds of missing videos and it was all looking pretty bleak. But in reality, things are much rosier. Some listed titles never had videos made The databases I’m working from are based on songs that were funded and are less likely to note if a video wasn’t … Continue reading Lost and found

The Relaxomatic Project “Every Day There’s Something New”

The Relaxomatic Project was a cool jazz-rock collaboration between Dan Sperber, Luke Casey (Eye TV) and Justyn Pilbrow (future Elemeno P) and “Every Day There’s Something New” is the first of their two NZOA funded videos. The track is a cool instrumental number, and the video goes along with that vibe. The vid starts with … Continue reading The Relaxomatic Project “Every Day There’s Something New”

Aotearoa Music Awards

Since 1983, an award for Best Video has been presented at the annual Aotearoa Music Awards (formerly the New Zealand Music Awards). When the music video funding scheme started, for the first 15 years or so, the best video nominees were pretty much all NZ On Air funded. That changed in 2007 when non-funded videos … Continue reading Aotearoa Music Awards

NZ Music Video Awards

The New Zealand Music Video Awards were an annual awards presentation held as part of the Wellington Fringe Film Festival. The awards were initially sponsored by production company Flying Fish and later by Kodak. The Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has a collection of compilation tapes that seem to include all the videos entered each … Continue reading NZ Music Video Awards

King Kapisi “Screems from da Old Plantation”

This video feels like Samoa. The cloudy skies laden with moisture, the packed buses, cute kids, majestic waterfalls and coconuts to show you. It’s directed by Joe Lonie and it’s easily one of the best videos he’s directed, rightly winning Best Video at the 2001 bNet Music Awards. While there are traces of the trademark … Continue reading King Kapisi “Screems from da Old Plantation”

Missing videos from 1998

February 1998 Bike “Take In The Sun” Bike have the rather Fits-esque sounding “Take In The Sun”. The video was shot on Super 8 film in Mexico. Director: Jonathan King Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Coelacanth “Never” Coelacanth return with “Never”. The Kiwi Hit Disc likened this song to Bailter Space and quoted Tearaway magazine … Continue reading Missing videos from 1998

Missing videos from 1997

February 1997 AKA Brown “Tonight Is Yours” AKA Brown was Sam Feo of the Semi MCs teamed with the mighty Chong-Nee. Annie Crummer “I Come Alive” Annie Crummer has “I Come Alive”, another single off her Seventh Wave album. It’s a sweet, uplifting track. Future Stupid “Rock Star” My theory is any band who writes … Continue reading Missing videos from 1997