Opensouls reunite

Opensouls reunite to play at Nixon Park, Kingsland, on March 22nd (source). They're playing both their albums (2006's Kaleidoscope, and 2009's Standing In The Rain) in full and Tyra Hammond sings some rare funk and soul too. Lineup includes Julien Dyne, Chip Matthews (Homebrew, Anika Moa) and Jeremy Toy (She's So Rad).

The performance is part of the Kingsland Karnival, details here. Also on March 22, @peace are having their album release party at Nectar Bar in Kingsland.

Adi Dick: Reworks

Some cool reworks from Adi Dick, check the tracklist below... "A collection of mashups and re-edits I’ve made over the years for Djing, some dating back nearly 10 years ago now… grab it while you can."

Download (320 kbps mp3)

Julien Dyne - 'December' is coming

Third album from Julien Dyne (Opensouls, Ladi6) drops late next month thru Japanese label Wonderful Noise, take a listen. Julien is touring Japan from October 11 -19.

Release dates: vinyl 30th Sep / CD 23rd.Oct

Track listing
1. Fools
2. December feat.Parks
3. Slider
4. Clearing Fog Newnew
5. Real Life feat.She's So Rad
6. Limes
7. Dirty Cristal feat.Mara TK
8. Wood and Brick
9. Tonight feat.DALZIEL
10. Spanlye (interlude)
11. Cron Melody
12. Smilings Skies
13. Kingawesome
14.Thinking Shorter

Here's a great backgrounder on Wonderful Noise and their NZ associations, by NZHerald's Alan Perrott.