Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Hip Hop Voices 2: Chip Matthews -- a hip hop testament

LIISA

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:32:21 +1200

I'm late to this lovely & important social/cultural history, thanks RB (&CM).
if you're interested, Nick Atkinson's Radio NZ National music feature about a day in the life of Chip Matthews was a finalist in the recent NZ Radio Awards. Have a listen if you like!

Simon Grigg

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:16:53 +1200

Really, that's f**king outrageous. Not only did Murray essentially give the band a recording career (although Pagan did the first EP) but also supported them financially.

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 08:41:35 +1200

I loved that album [UHP Against the Flow ] when it first arrived (and still do). Stormy Weather had top ten written all over it...
+1
– it was way ahead of its time (and mass audience), maybe a rerelease is merited?
...Southside Records is another of Murray Cammick's vast…

Matthew Littlewood

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:02:41 +1200

I hate to excerpt such a small bit from such an excellent interview, but Chip Matthews' comments that:

Sitting in the room as DLT and Che listened to ‘Chains’, I had no idea that this song was gonna blow up so huge.

...really made me smile, because, for this guy,…

Simon Grigg

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:53:34 +1200

Against The Flow from UHP was the first NZ music I bought myself

That's a pretty decent claim :)

I loved that album when it first arrived (and still do). Stormy Weather had top ten written all over it – but it wasn't to be sadly.

We're finally coming to…

Chip Matthews

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:42:43 +1200

Glad you enjoyed the read Chris! Thanks to Russell for giving a damn about us bass players ha ha. Can't believe I forgot to list Scribe's "Crusader" album in the list. Doh!

Thanks again Russell.

chris

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:10:23 +1200

That blew my mind, you don't often hear about the bass player. I had no idea all that playing was one person, that's the Midas touch, what a phenomenal body of work. How many of these are you going to post Russell?

chris

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:04:09 +1200

Woohoo!

Public Address

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:04:09 +1200

Discussion from blog post.