Links
Bruce Russell, responsible for
the legendary (and now defunct) Xpressway label, has built a fine catalogue
documenting the New Zealand "free" music scene. He began Corpus
Hermeticum in 1993 as a means to release material from his band, A Handful
Of Dust. Since then, he's released over 30 products, many of which are, quite
possibly, some of the most significant releases in todays avant-guarde.
Crawlspace Records are responsible for the rescent
collection of 7" singles by local artists. They have a shop in Auckland
City as well, one of the only shops in Auckland that stock hard-to-find New
Zealand music. They also import releases by overseas artists that other shops
wouldn't even think of stocking. Basically a fine record label and the best
record store in Auckland.