Tomorrowpeople

11/2005

New Track - ‘Nuclear Weapons Are Morally Indefensible’
David Lange’s 1985 Oxford Union Speech set to music.

‘Nuclear Weapons Are Morally Indefensible’, is a derivative work incorporating audio from the recording of David Lange’s speech in the 1985 Oxford Union debate, arguing in favour of the motion that “Nuclear Weapons Are Morally Indefensible.” The speech is used with the permission of David Lange, Margaret Pope and Television New Zealand.
The music was composed and produced by Tomorrowpeople.

You can download the track, find out more about it and the original speech at Public Address.

‘Nuclear Weapons Are Morally Indefesible’

New Track - '09'
A Tomorrowpeople track '09' has been completed and will be sent out to radio shortly.
The track has more of an ‘old school’ house vibe and it was made using mostly ‘vintage’ hardware
instruments including the Roland 909 drum machine and Yamaha DX7 synth.

LISTEN to a sample of Tomorrowpeople - ‘09’

7/2005

More Tracks For Sale On-Line
Two Tomorrowpeople tracks and the remastered version of ‘The George W. Bush Track’
are now available to buy on-line at Amplifier

Tomorrowpeople feat. The Earl of Kingsland ‘(Got The) Time’

Tomorrowpeople feat. KT Chambers ‘Jamoi’

Remastered version of ‘The George W. Bush Track’

‘The George W. Bush Track (Re-edit Dub Version)’

3/2005

New Website
We have reworked the website to be more user friendly, easier to update and with more content available.
Welcome!

Remix Projects
Tomorrowpeople are lining up a couple of interesting remix projects over the next few weeks.
Stay tuned for details.

More Tracks For Sale On-Line.
There will be more tracks available to purchase on-line at www.amplifier.co.nz very soon.
These include Tomorrowpeople tracks and the remastered version of ‘The George W. Bush Track’ (and the dub version).

2/2005

Take Aim - ‘The George W. Bush Track’ 12” Vinyl
Still no word on the new test pressing.
This will be released and is being bank-rolled by John Baker of Velvet Tiger (Mint Chicks, White Stripes management).
Apologies to those who are still waiting for the 12” to turn up — we are waiting too.

Tomorrowpeople - New Track
A new Tomorrowpeople track has been completed.
Working title is ‘2 -Timing’ although it is referred to as untitled for now.
The track still needs a final mix and mastering job.

LISTEN to a sample of Tomorrowpeople - ‘Untitled’ (Demo Mix)

1/2005

Pluto - ‘Dance Stamina’ Remix
The ‘Dance Stamina’ remix has been completed and was mastered by Simon Holloway at Beaver Music.
It has been played on several radio stations with good reaction.
There is no commercial release of this remix.

LISTEN to a sample of Pluto - ‘Dance Stamina’ (Tomorrowpeople Remix)

George FM
The Tomorrowpeople/Andy Diamond have done a few fill-in shows on George during January.
This included a four hour show on New Year’s Day and hosting two NZ Electronica shows
(filling in for regular host Andrew Manning).

Julia FM
Andy Diamond is no longer doing his weekly Polyphonic Mixture show on Julia FM to concentrate on other projects.

New Studio
The Tomorrowpeople have moved from their Farm music studios to a new studio called Brikhouse.
The new studio is larger and easier to work in.

10/2004

Tomorrowpeople’s ‘(Got The) Time?’ track features on the Off The Cuff CD compilation.
The compilation was put together for 2004 New Zealand Fashion week by Simon Grigg and Tim Moon for
New Zealand independent record label Antenna Records.
‘(Got The) Time?‘ was tweaked in the mix from its original 2003 version and remastered for the
compilation by Simon Holloway at Beaver Studios.

You can also hear ‘(Got The) Time?’ on the Air New Zealand NZ Fashion Week in-flight music channel,
programmed by BBC Radio One DJ Zane Lowe and as backing music on the 2004 NZ Fashion Week
broadcasts on C4 TV.

Tracklist:
1. Nathan Haines + Joost Langeveld - ‘Avenue Dreams’
2. Relaxomatic Project - ‘Every Other Sunday’
3. Trip - ‘Svenska Tanka’
4. One Million Dollars - ‘Musica na Cabeca’ (Nabatean Remix)
5. Minuit - ‘Menace’
6. Fat Freddy’s Drop - ‘Hope’ (3 Generations Walking Mix)
7. House of Downtown - ‘It’s On’
8. Soane (feat. Anthony Gold) - ‘Where Do We Go From Here’
9. Dub Asylum - ‘What The Funk’ (Rob Warner + Josh Webb Mix)
10. Headless Chickens - ‘Expecting To Fly’ (Majik J Back To 80s Mix)
11. Tomorrowpeople (Feat. The Earl of Kingsland) - ‘(Got The) Time?‘
12. Rob Salmon - ‘Delta Si’
13. Baitercell + Schumacher - ‘What’s Down Low’ (Greg Churchill Remix)
14. Concord Dawn - ‘Let it Go’

LISTEN to a sample of Tomorrowpeople feat. The Earl of Kingsland - ‘(Got The) Time’

Tomorrowpeople feat. KT Chambers - ‘Jamoi’
This track features ex-UK vocalist KT Chambers and was finished in August.
It originally started life as an instrumental track called ‘Teleporter Music’.
The final mix and mastering was done by by Simon Holloway at Beaver Studios.
‘Jamoi’ made it into the Top 10 on the Pulzar FM Hot 30 (Christchurch).

Pluto - ‘Dance Stamina’ Remix
The remix is done and is being mastered mid-October.
Stay tuned.

‘The George W. Bush Track’ 12"
Still waiting for the revised test-pressing.... :(

Website Update
We are going to revamp this site to make it easier to use, have more stuff, images and music samples.

Take Aim - ‘The Pop Idol Song’
‘The Pop Idol Song’ has had its run, making a bit of an impact on independent radio stations including a
Top 5 position on Pulzar FM in Christchurch and a bit of airplay on 95bFM and George FM.

Take Aim - ‘The George W. Bush Track’.
This track has now passed 20,000 downloads at the Amplifier website.
We have the first test pressing back of the 12" and while it sounds good it is not up to scratch.
Expert opinion from DJ Greg Churchill (who kindly dropped the test pressing into a set at Code nightclub)
means we need to get the pressing tweaked to be a bit more club-friendly.
This will delay things a bit but its better to get it right.
The good news is the 12" will be pressed in red vinyl.
‘The George W. Bush Track’ may also see a simultaneous release on CD with ‘The Pop Idol Song’ included.

Tomorrowpeople - Work In Progress
We are finishing off a re-work of ‘Teleporter Music’ with ex-UK vocalist KT Chambers,
re-mastering of ‘(Got The) Time?’ and a brand new track which can only be described as ‘dirty’.

We are also working on a remix of Pluto’s current single ‘Dance Stamina’.
Have a listen to the original version here .

You can check out Andy Diamond on Saturday afternoons 4-6pm on Julia FM 107.5FM.
The station is now live streaming on the web and features an in-studio web cam.
www.juliafm.co.nz

Following on from ‘The George W. Bush Track’ Take Aim have released ‘The Pop Idol Song’.
The track is a piss-take of the NZ Idol TV show which is New Zealand’s version of the syndicated
world-wide ‘Pop Idol’ reality TV concept.
The track features vocals by the ‘wannabe pop starlet’ Miss Priss and is an electroclash style.
This is a great way to have a laugh at the circus that is the pop idol TV format!
You can buy the track as a hi-fi MP3 from the Amplifier website.

With the release of this track Take Aim held the No.1 and No.2 positions respectively on the
Dance section of the Amplifier chart.
The track is also currently in the PulzarFM Hot 30 in Christchurch and being played on 95bFM and George FM.

Take Aim - ‘The George W. Bush Track’ To Be Available On 12” Vinyl
We are pleased to announce that ‘The George W. Bush Track’ will be release on limited 12” vinyl soon.
The Tomorrowpeople have done a 2004 ‘touch-up’ to the original mix and completed a ‘re-edit dub’ and an
acapella for the B-side.
The tracks have been mastered by Chris Chetland at Kog.
Orders for the 12” can be placed by emailing us or keep an eye on the site for news updates.

The video for the track is progressing well and should be complete at the end of March 2004.
A ‘video edit’ version of the music will accompany the video.

Tomorrowpeople
Quite a few things on the cards for this year including a video for the ‘George W. Bush Track’ —
still going strong at www.amplifier.co.nz — and a bunch of new tracks.
This includes a nice electronic pop song with guest vocalist Jo.

Take Aim
A timely new track from Take Aim is in the works which will be released to radio in the next couple of weeks.
It’s very topical and should be a bit of a laugh... stay tuned!

Tha Media Hoez
We also helped out our friends Tha Media Hoez with their track ‘One Played Message’.
The track is timely hip-hop bootleg of ‘that’ Mike King answer phone message which has been
mashed up with Scribe’s ‘Not Many’.
Listen out for it on 95bFM and George FM.

George FM
Andy Diamond has been lucky enough to do a few shows on George FM over the last month which has been fun.
Only a couple of minutes of ‘dead air’ and not one angry txt to the studio - not bad!

Julia FM
Starting the weekend of January 24th 2004 the Tomorrowpeople’s Andy Diamond will be hosting a
regular weekly two-hour show on Auckland’s newest radio station Julia FM.
The show is called The Polyphonic Mixture (Saturdays 4-6pm):
“A mixture of musical lollies from now, then and in-between. Boiled sweeties,
chocolate peanuts an fluffy marshmallows. Yum."
Julia will be broadcasting on 107.5FM in a very limited area — inner city Parnell, Grafton etc. with
a wider coverage area to come soon.
Tune in and have a listen.

3rd Party Influence
Andy Diamond from the Tomorrowpeople joined with Simon Redfern (Holiwater Project) and Torsten
to be part of 3rd Party Influence, a non-linear, ad-lib electronic act.
3rd Party Influence do not rehearse their sets - everything is played ad-lib and the members
swap instruments throughout the performance.

The live set up includes synthesizers, drum machines, on-stage mixing desk, sample play-back,
electric bass, electric guitar and noises.

The trio played a live two hour show at the Odeon Lounge in late November 2003, the bulk of
which was recorded to MiniDisc and some video footage was also taken.

Andy Diamond has been working on compiling a CD of 3rd Party Influence pieces recorded during
jam sessions and the live gig at the Odeon Lounge.

Simon and Torsten relocated to Germany so there will not be any 3rd Party Influence gigs for a while…

The New Zealand Truth
Check out NZ tabloid newspaper The Truth, 19 September edition for a large article about
Take Aim and ‘The George W. Bush Track’.
Should Be A Laugh!

Trouble!
From xplor (the creators of the Luvdup parties)...
Friday September 26th
Moth Bar – O ’Connell Street, City
Tickets $20.00

DJ Line up:
Bob Daktari (In Music)
Andy Diamond (Tomorrowpeople)
DBee and MCee (back to back)
Mark Nola

“Doing their part in creating our unique party vibe will be a group of awesome DJs who have the go ahead to play whatever they like from their RIDICULOUS record collections. Of course the vital ingredient in any of our parties is you! It just wouldn’t be the same without you so make sure you get yourself one of the strictly limited tickets for TROUBLE! as soon as possible. Tickets are with the printers now and will be available from The Oval Bar,
cnr Ponsonby Rd and Summer St, from Friday, 12 September. Make sure you don’t miss out!
Remember there won’t be any door sales... and the last two Luvdup’s sold out well before the party!”

Should be a good night of music mayhem.
Not your regular monotonous DJ wank-fest!

3rd Party Influence - Live!
Tuesday September 9th
Odeon Lounge, Mt. Eden
8.00pm
Entry is FREE!

Torsten and Simon (3rd Party Influence) will be playing 2 drum machiny / loopy / synthy sets.
It’s improvised and it gets at times spacey beaty ‘n cheesy — probably in that order.
They sometimes start with existing material e.g. Prokofiev, Kinski (spoken word).
They use synths from 80s, 90s and 00s but try not to play them too much.

VDJ is Leon.
DJs are Emma Jean (Halogen Girl) and Andy Diamond (Tomorrowpeople).

Rough timings:

(7:00 an opening of some art at the Odeon Lounge)

8:30 to 9:30 Third Party Influence - first set
9:30 to 10:15 DJ Emma Jean.
10:15 to 11:15 Third Party Influence - second set
11:15 to 12:00 DJ Andy Diamond.
12:00 Ends

(Odeon Lounge is located at 3 Mount Eden Road, at the corner of Symonds Street).

The Tomorrowpeople played a DJ set at Cube Bar, High Street, Auckland Central on Friday July 11th.

DJ line up on the night was as follows:
GREG CHURCHILL (4 Hour Set)
SNITCH
TOM WARD
MARK EMERSON
ANDY PICKERING
DJ TRACKMAN
TOMORROWPEOPLE

Here’s the track list of the set for the trainspotters:
(randomly selected form the rekkid bag at will!)

Bis - ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ (OSC)
Human League - ‘The Things That Dreams Are Made Of’ (Virgin)
Riviera - ‘International Lover’ (God Made Me Hardcore)
The Droyds - ‘Girls On Pills’ (God Made Me Hardcore)
Duran Duran - ‘Girls On Film’ (Night Version) (EMI)
FischerSpooner - ‘Sweetness’ (International DJ Gigalo Records)
Cherrelle - ‘I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On’ (Extended Mix) (Epic)
D Mobb - ‘C’mon and Get My Love’ (Keys 2 My Love Mix) (ffrr)
S-Xpress - ‘Theme From S-Xpress’ (Original 12" Version) (Rhythm King)
50 Pence - ‘In Da Pub’ (CD-R)
Sucker DJs - ‘Club Drama’ (Sucker DJs)
Gypsy - ‘Funk De Fino’ (23rd Precinct Records)
Tomorrowpeople - ‘Got The Time’ (CD-R)
Dubble D Feat. Kate Rogers - ‘Multiply’ (Joshua’s Dub 1) (20/20 Vision)
Palphi Rosario and Linda Clifford Present Strings Of Life 2 - ‘I Hear The Music’ (Original Vocal Mix) (Nite Grooves)
Marascia - ‘Shake It’ (Mutiny’s Funk Dub) (Southern Fried)
Mettle Music - ‘Catch Yourself’ (Aurura Remix) (Toko)
J-Rod - ‘Natasha Lyonne’ (Original Mix) (Squareroom)
Gus Gus - ‘Desire’ (Smitty and Davenport Remix) (Moonshine)
Onionz - ‘Fire’ (Vibernt)

Tomorrowpeople feat. The Earl Of Kingsland - ‘(Got The) Time?‘
This track featuring the Earl of Kingsland was sent to GeorgeFM and b-net radio stations as part of
NZ Music Month 2003. The track was a finalist in the Found at Thirst competition (see 4/2003 news).
The Earl of Kingsland is Earl Roberston, one-time Chills drummer (line-up #456) and now resident of Kingsland, Auckland, NZ.
Keep a listen out for the track on the radio.
Thanks for the feedback and DJs who have played it!
‘(Got The) Time?‘ Peaked at No. 5 on PulzarFM Hot 30, Christchurch.

Heineken Found at Thirst Competition
The Tomorrowpeople made the Auckland regional finals of this competition with an original track ‘Got The (Time)?‘ featuring The Earl of Kingsland - a 130bpm deep-house number with spoken and sung vocals.
The Auckland regional finals were held on Thursday March 20 at Spy Bar.
Each of the 10 finalists had their original track pressed to a dub plate and were required to DJ it into a 20 minute set.
More details on the competition go to www.heinekenmusic.com

(Here is the Tomorrowpeople set for all you ‘train spotters’):
King Britt Presents Scuba: ‘Flower’
Celvin Rotane: ‘I Believe’
Tomorrowpeople: ‘Got The (Time)?‘
Celeda: ‘Be Yourself’
Gus Gus: ‘David’ (Darren Emerson Underwater Mix)

The competitors were judged on their original composition and DJing skills.
The deserved winner was Javed Haider (Vache Project) who the went on to win the grand final in Auckland,
judged by none-other than Paul Oakenfold himself. Many Heinekens were consumed and new friends made.
A great competition and well organised.

A Tomorrowpeople production and mix of Auckland group Take Aim’s ‘The George W. Bush Track’ featuring
Tony Cavallo, has become an underground hit on NZ radio and over the internet.
It is a collection of spliced-up George W. Bush speeches set to an original electro-house track,
courtesy of the Tomorrowpeople.

If your local radio station is not playing this track or does not have a copy, email us and we’ll get a copy to them.

This track may become available for sale on CD due to the popular demand with a possible video clip.

TV3’s Nightline Programme
The Tomorrowpeople were featured on TV3’s Nightline, talking about producing ‘The George W. Bush Track’.
The article included tie-ins with censorship of music in the US due to the war in Iraq and freedom of speech.
The item also featured Carl from Radio Active in Wellington, talking about the popularity of
‘The George W. Bush Track’ on Radio Active.

S.G.N.Y.
A Tomorrowpeople remix for Auckland producer SGNY was completed in January.
Possible release as a B-side on a SGNY 12” for Statra Records out of NYC.
The remix is on the ‘electro-house’ vibe.
We are happy with the remix and have had a great reaction from those who have heard it.
Currently the track is un mastered.

The Tomorrowpeople have produced three remixes for NZ pop vocalist K ’Lee:
‘Broken Wings’, ‘1+1+1 (It Ain’t 2)’ and ‘Can You Feel Me?’.
All of these remixes are available on K’Lee’s commercial CD singles (all certified gold status in New Zealand)
and are released through Universal Music NZ.
The Tomorrowpeople remix of ‘Can You Feel Me?’ made it to No. 3 on Christchurch’s Pulzar FM Top 30.

LISTEN to a sample of K’Lee - ‘1+1+1 (It Ain‘t 2)’ (Tomorrowpeople Remix)

Other Remixes:
The Tomorrowpeople have had the opportunity to remix several ‘non-dance’ tracks.
These include Australian singer/songwriter Dan Greenwood www.dangreenwood.com and LA-based Beth Hart www.bethhart.com
Dan’s great debut album was produced by Charles Fisher (Savage Garden, Air Supply, Hoodoo Gurus)
and is worth getting hold of.
We worked on a ‘pop-dance-radio’ remix of Dan’s track ‘Only One’.
The mix remains unreleased but it was a great project to work on.

Tomorrowpeople also worked on a demo remix for Australian artist Lyndelle, for Universal Music Australia.
The original track was a 95bpm RnB number which was required to be remixed for pop radio.

LISTEN to a sample of Dan Greenwood - ‘Only One’ (Tomorrowpeople Pop-Dance Remix)

LISTEN to a sample of Lyndelle - ‘I Won’t Confess ’ (Tomorrowpeople Pop-Dance Remix)