Upper Hutt Posse “Dread On A Mission”
“Babylon, stop your murdering!” Upper Hutt Posse are dreads on a mission with this politically charged reggae number. The video is directed by Chris Graham and it visits a number of landmarks including Parliament, Wellington railway station and with an axe on One Tree Hill (ha!). But there are also scenes on a beach, in...
Missing videos for August 1995
There’s a Barry Saunders song called “Little Things”. I can’t even figure out what album it was on. It’s so… little. Another sweet Emma Paki song, but “Don’t Give It Up” is another one that’s not as beloved as “System Virtue” and so misses out on being digitised. Another of Ermehn‘s early tracks is “Nuttin...
Missing songs from February 1995
Greg Johnson threatens to make a video comeback with “You Stay Out of Your Life”, but the internet cannot provide the twin scooter adventures of Greg and Boh Runga. More Pacific pop from Igelese with “Groovalation”. A slight hint of New Jack Swing, some boy-band harmonies and Pacific drumming make for a sound that can...
Upper Hutt Posse “Stormy Weather”
Let’s go back to April 1991, the very first NZ On Air music video funding round. When I started 5000 Ways, I could only find two of the three videos in this found. But it turns out that four days after I posted the entry saying the “Stormy Weather” video wasn’t online, it was uploaded...
Upper Hutt Posse “Ragga Girl”
Girls of the world, do you love the ragga? Upper Hutt Posse like girls who like the ragga and have gone on a musical mission to inform the world of this. The video takes part at an impromptu performance by la Posse down a graffiti-covered alley. The MC and his trio of backup singers have...
Missing videos from April 1991
Update: The video for “Stormy Weather” is now online. But let’s still revisit some old UHP. Here’s the dilemma – not all of these old music videos are online. There’s no sign of Upper Hutt Posse’s “Stormy Weather” music video online, nor does the Posse’s official website have it. But from memory, it was a...
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