Eastern Sound Stories: Alisa Xayalith

Alisa Xayalith is a kiwi-born Laotian living in LA; an award-winning artist, singer & songwriter, most notably a the frontwoman, lead vocalist, guitarist & keyboardist for The Naked & Famou...

Eastern Sound Stories: Sujai

Sujai is an independent ambient producer, born in India and raised in Aotearoa, having started his musical journey as a freestyle rapper. Namnita chats to him about translating pain through music, find...

Eastern Sound Stories: Carawei

Carawei is a Kiwi-born Chinese multi-instrumentalist and music producer, best known for her solo work & as guitarist of The Venom Dolls. She is also the founder of Milky Avenue Studios, a LGBTQ+-fo...

Eastern Sound Stories: Scalper

Scalper AKA Nadeem Shafi has been a stalwart of the international trip hop & breakbeat scenes for over 2 decades, starting as MC Nad in the UK hip hop group Made In Britain (M.I.B.). Namnita chats ...

Eastern Sound Stories: Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant

Namnita chats with Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant this week, a multi-hypenate of epic proportions and one third of KITA. Te Whanganui-a-Tara based KITA bonds the folk, soul, storytelling and guitar of Nikita w...

Eastern Sound Stories: Umar Zakaria

This week, Namnita chats with Umar Zakaria, Jazz composer, double bassist-extraordinaire and Recorded Music NZ’s 2018 Jazz Artist Of The Year. They chat traditional Malay music, what it means to be a N...

Eastern Sound Stories: Ashy

Namnita chats to ASHY, self-managed popstar on the rise and one of Going Global’s featured artists of 2022. They chat the creation of "Mirror" feat. Vallé, growing up in Christchurch, the inspirational...