today’s the day! 🎉🎉🎉
huge shout out to
@bewithrecords who have reissued my album SIX DEGREES on 2LP vinyl, celebrating the 25 year anniversary of its release. to say that this album represents a turning point in my life would be an understatement - a soundtrack to a year spent traveling the world, exploring music and befriending incredible creative community worldwide, most notably in what would soon after become my home for a decade - west london. phil asher r.i.p. (restless soul), bugz in the attic, ig culture, dego, gilles peterson, patrick forge,
@jazzrefreshed and so many more who invited me into and shared a whole world of creative possibility and inspiration with me.
first released in my homeland of NZ on kog transmissions before being picked up for global release via universal jazz uk thanks to the keen A&R ear of
@nathanggraves , this album introduced me to ears all over the planet and kickstarted a world tour that 25 years and so many more albums later, is still on-going. the 2LP vinyl reissue is complete with cynthia nge’s original artwork and new liner notes i wrote to share the story behind the album. out now on limited edition remastered double vinyl!
huge love to all the musicians who collaborated with me on the record and supported my vision for what i imagined it could be… manuel bundy, submariner, joel haines, lance bentley, juan muzzio, matt gruebner, lewis mccallum, joost langeveld, chris chetland and vocalists cherie mathieson, teremoana rapley and king kapisi. composed, recorded and produced in aotearoa 🇳🇿 - a moment of musical history preserved for all time. love!
✈️ i’ll be performing two exclusive shows celebrating the 25 year anniversary - SIX DEGREES LIVE:
🇬🇧 july 23 @ jazz cafe, london
🇫🇷 july 24 @ new morning, paris
📻 big thanks to
@gillespeterson for sharing the opening cut of the album ‘roundtrip’ on bbc radio 6 this week too!
