One of the projects I've been messing with lately - creating multi voice drones & swooshes by spinning wind flutes... #sounddesign

went to an auction today & got some old NFU 16mm films... including 'WORMS' - imma scratch film some! #16mm #film #nz

whoah! cdm.link/ni-insolvency/

2003 Wellington Town Hall #nz

Legendary reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, one half of Sly & Robbie, has died at 73 stereogum.com/2486631/sly-...

OK so i had done my research and was 'confident' a DeVere 507 enlarger would fit into my little 4WD... Today was find out day!

Bumped into 27 year old male #kakapo Sinbad today. He's of Fiordland descent so has important genetics, but he hasn't been a very successful breeder so far - probably because he's partially imprinted. He's in great condition this year. #conservation #parrots #birds

R.I.P. Béla Tarr (1955-2026) Read our 2019 interview with the director: thefilmstage.com/bela-tarr-on...

Sad news, Bela Tarr has died www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja... Love his films, would be in my top 5 directors of all time..

I see your leaf blower and raise you drum kit with windows open

Tomatoes in my greenhouse are just starting to clip! #nz #summer #sounddesign

Laurie Anderson - Closed Circuits ("perhaps the most exquisite of Anderson's early works--from an album released by John Giorno 1981") www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTGy...

New Year's resolution: Gonna mix it up, try something new, stunt on the skyline a little less dipshit, more cumclown

Last one.

Here's some more.

In 1989, French newspaper Libération asked 700+ filmmakers from around to answer just one question: "Why do you film?", the answers they received varied from several pages long to just a few words, here's some of them.

Best explanation of the liar's dividend that I've ever seen.

lol talk about full circle... Spotify started as a pirate site, extracted billions from the music industry & now someone has 'backed up Spotify' 256 million tracks, scraped & 'preserved' aka ready to be gobbled up by AI #slopify annas-archive.li/blog/backing...

Xmas Lillies on schedule & smelling incredible! #nz

modular synth guy about to show you the most expensive fart sound you’ve ever heard

new HISSandaROAR library released: PIANO HARP DECONSTRUCTED #sounddesign #gameaudio www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6GN...

I was interviewed for MPSE Wavelength Magazine and its just been published - have a read online: digital.copcomm.com/i/1541592-wi... The Music of Sound #sounddesign

Christchurch #nz 1974 www.youtube.com/watch?v=igJV...

Second best part of doing a 2 week road trip around South Island of Aotearoa is... getting 18 rolls of film back from the lab! First 6 rolls with the Linhof Technorama and 12 with my trsty XPAN2... Its better than Xmas!!

Before and after. Here's to 500 more issues. Thanks to all who have helped us along the way. (Cake made by Jill Tipping.)

mmm fresh rosin! Pops Bass Rosin - my Waterphone will appreciate it!

When your country's collective ability to bullshit on the internet is extensive enough to shape AI slop.

NW dusk light just now at sunset... love the long evenings - sunset is getting later every day! #nz

try to do something nice for someone and for the next 30 years, you're known as "fart walker" among all your friends

interesting #nz job opportunity: NZSO seeking Principal Audio Engineer for new recording venue in the refurbished Wellington Town Hall, NZSO Studios.... thebigidea.nz/jobs/princip... Trick question at job interview: what is the signal to noise ratio of John Cages 4'33"?

My fave style of piano music: Dremel! Now please loan me your concert grand for a weekend...

Such a wacky perspective - its not often I can frame a hand glider & two cargo ships in the same shot! from Godley Head with Canon 5D3 and EF100-400L lens

Crazy pattern on gravy stock

The road into Erewhon Station #nz #uav #aerialphotography

How much?

Last part of my #nz road trip: Haast > Ross > Murchison > Tapawera > Blenheim > Robin Hood Bay & then ferry home.. www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/south-i...

Isolated Drum & Bass tracks for jazz lovers and musicians thank you Léa Proicheva @leaproicheva www.youtube.com/@leaproichev...

Damn! Costas first feature film was also my first feature film as sound designer back in 1997 & he was so great to work with... RIP! #nz www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

"On my way (to commit crimes!)" A kea near Homer Tunnel at Te Anau #nz

weird things at auction: an offcut of Air NZ carpet!? At CentralMarkets auction in Lower Hutt on Thursday this week #nz

Got home last night from excellent two week road trip around the South Island of Aotearoa - route marked in red, travelled 2,500km/1,500 miles in 2 weeks through some of the most iconic landscapes NZ has to offer - doing lots of #fieldrecording and shooting film! love #nz

Stream the new album by Ann Kroeber & Alan Splet At The Wire website, Translation Loss Records and Pro Sound Effects share an exclusive early stream of David Lynch collaborators Ann Kroeber and Alan Splet’s I Thought I Heard A Stranger www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

new microphone fluffy has attitude!

Record store, too

cute new model of lawnmower

So great to meet Blair today, the 'Lost Gypsy' of Catlins thelostgypsy.com If you have no idea WTF I am referring to, watch this vid & then add him to your 'must visit' bucket list vimeo.com/74599830 So inspiring to meet a national treasure #nz #kinetic #sounddesign

ensemble recording, Mt Somers #nz

sheep with a view #nz