v/a- KIWI ANIMALS: FUTURE / PRIMITIVE AOTEAROA LP

Highly recommended.

New compilation unearthing gems from NZ's DIY underground in the '80s and early '90s.

Shining a spotlight on the creative cross-pollination resulting from increased accessibility of electronic music technology in the '80s, Kiwi Animals presents eleven little-heard, genre-spanning cuts often with a minimal edge.

Featuring such key figures as Headless Chickens, Blam Blam Blam, Roger Knox aka Chris Knox, alongside startlingly fresh-sounding tracks by Bellare and Tom Ludvigson and Graeme Gash, the collection reconfigures once again our ideas of what New Zealand music is and could be.