Tana Tupai is a member of the self managed independent reggae band Tomorrow People. In the eight years they have been together, the band have successfully toured regularly and extensively in New Zealand and overseas. Their album releases have earned them multiple music awards, platinum & gold certificates, and No 1 debuts.
Anthonie Tonnon - Songwriter & Performer
Anthonie Tonnon is a songwriter and performer originally from Ōtepoti. In the last two years, he has focused his work around two conceptual live shows, A Synthesized Universe - an immersive show for planetariums, and Rail Land - a summer tour of New Zealand where audiences travel to a far flung venue by train.
Liz Stokes - The Beths
The Beths—aka lead vocalist/guitarist Elizabeth Stokes, guitarist Jonathan Pearce, bassist Benjamin Sinclair and drummer Tristan Deck—hail from the vibrant and deeply collaborative music community of Auckland, New Zealand. Their blend of propulsive, sing-along choruses, four-part vocal arrangements, and wry, introspective lyrics has earned them fans around the world.
Paul Martin - Devilskin
Sarah Thompson - Buy Local Moderator
If it released in the last fifteen years, there’s a middling chance that someone within New Zealand media may have allowed Sarah to: programme the music video; introduce the live-to-air; write inches about the album; playlist the single; and/or interview the bass player. Sarah is currently the Programme Director of New Zealand’s largest independent alternative radio station, 95bFM.