COVID Colab is a fundraising compilation album featuring 33 of New Zealand's finest musicians who worked on it together [but apart] during Levels 4 and 3 of NZ's Covid-19 lockdown.
It was funded by Wellington Museum and put together by Wellington Museum's Programme Developer, Benjamin James during his own working lockdown.
To get each track started, an initial handful of Pōneke-based musicians were selected by James and given a simple set of guidelines. In the spirit of a good old-fashioned pass-the-parcel colab, each musician added their bit and forwarded it to the next musician to develop it further.
The end result is a gender-balanced 7-track LP featuring musicians from many of our favourite bands including — Trinity Roots, The Phoenix Foundation, Bachelorette, The Nudge, Electric Wire Hustle, Orchestra of Spheres, French for Rabits, Stef Animal, Dawn Diver, Estére, Nikita Tu-Bryant, Spartacus R, The Pyramid Scheme — and oh so many more.
It was mixed and mastered at The Surgery by the legendary 'Doctor' Lee Prebble.
All funds generated from the album sales will be given back to the venues and record stores that have supported our musicians over the years — testament to the inspirational good spirit of New Zealand's music community.
Holiday Records assisted with a discounted pressing to get the ball rolling and keep it local!
So go on — support the local music scene by buying this epic little nugget of New Zealand music history — or hit covidcolab.bandcamp.com to have a listen and buy yourself [or a friend] a digital download!
Label: Holiday Records (14) – none
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: New Zealand
Released: 2020
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Pop
Style: Abstract, Synth-pop, Vocal
Tracklist
A1 Borne Aloft 5:47
A2 Defy 5:25
A3 Glass Mountain 4:20
B1 Counting Down The Days 3:17
B2 The Phone Call 3:35
B3 Disguise 5:02
B4 Precipice 3:58
Credits
Bass – Caroline Bay (tracks: B2), Erika Grant (tracks: B1), Peter Hamilton (2) (tracks: B3)
Bass, Organ – Johnny Lawrence (4) (tracks: A2)
Bass, Vocals, Synth – Caroline Bay (tracks: A3)
Cello, Voice – Ruby Mae Hinepunui Solly* (tracks: A1)
Drums – Benjamin James (3) (tracks: A3), Maz Hermon (tracks: A2), Ryan Prebble (tracks: B1)
Drums, Bass, Synth – Anna Edgington (tracks: B4)
Drums, Percussion, Cover [Design] – David Randall Peters (tracks: B3)
Drums, Vocals – Stef Animal (tracks: B2)
Effects, Sampler – Milo Meldrum (tracks: A1), Nikau Te Huki (tracks: A1)
Flute – Rachelle Eastwood (tracks: B3)
Guitar – Estere Dalton (tracks: B1), Tom Watson (4) (tracks: A3)
Guitar, Percussion, Synth, Voice – Jonathan Nott (2) (tracks: A2)
Guitar, Synth – Samuel Scott (4) (tracks: B2)
Guitar, Synth, Vocals, Percussion – Grayson Gilmour (tracks: B4)
Harp – Michelle Velvin (tracks: A1)
Keyboards – Ayrton Foote (tracks: B3)
Mixed By, Mastered By – Lee Prebble
Presenter – Wellington Museum
Synth [Mix] – Samuel Scott (4) (tracks: A3)
Synth, Directed By – Benjamin James (3) (tracks: B2)
Synth, Keyboards – Brooke Singer (tracks: B4)
Synth, Percussion – Ben Lemi (tracks: B1, B4)
Synth, Sampler [Vocal] – Annabel Alpers (tracks: A3)
Synth, Vocals – Deanne Kreig (tracks: A2)
Violin – Anita Clark (tracks: B2)
Vocals – Letitia Mackenzie (tracks: B3), Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant* (tracks: A2)
Vocals [Drone] – Flo Wilson (3) (tracks: B1)
Vocals, Synth – Cass Basil (tracks: B1)
Vocals, Synth, Guitar – Deanne Kreig (tracks: B4)
Notes
Not found in database:
Ayrton Foote
Caroline Bay
David Randall Peters
Deanne Kreig
Estere Dalton
Johnny Lawrence (4)
Letitia Mackenzie
Milo Meldrum
Nikau Te Huki
Rachelle Eastwood
Ruby Mae Hinepunui Solly
Samuel Scott (4)
Wellington Museum
