AUM NYE Festival 2017
AUM NYE Festival 2017 – New Zealand’s
Friendliest Festival is Back for Its Third Year – South
Head, Auckland, 30 Dec 2017 – 01 Dec
2018
Auckland’s
New Year’s Eve Family Camping Music & Arts Festival – www.aum.co.nz
South
Head, 30 December 2017 – 01 December 2018.
Auckland’s creative community have got together to present what promises to be yet another standout fantasy-themed, three-day festival adventure. AUM is family-focused, colourful, unique, diverse, inclusive, friendly, safe, fun and affordable. Featuring an incredible selection of music, art and activities, AUM NYE FESTIVAL 2017 represents the cutting-edge in contemporary boutique festivals.
This first lineup announcement features PUSH PUSH, YOUNG KIM, DJ T., BEN RAMA, SCALPER, MIHIRANGI, SPOONHEAD, AMANDA WRIGHT, FRANKO HEKE, BOY + MORE. With a strong focus on artistry, diversity and quality, AUM has taken another step forward with their musical lineup selection for this year’s event. You can expect beautifully flowing programming on all stages with incredible music from all round Aotearoa and the world. You will be treated to more than 70 artists and a myriad of styles including live bands, psytrance, techno, house, world music, hip hop, DnB, spoken word, dub, glitch, progressive and much more. This is the alternative. This is the underground.
Just 45 minutes’ drive from Auckland City, AUM NYE FESTIVAL 2017 is held in the beautiful lush surroundings of one of the most comfortable, shaded, best-appointed festival sites in Aotearoa. AUM features three stages and multiple zones with an incredible array of music, art, performance, workshops, healing, yoga, delicious food, chill areas, artisan markets, costume parades, bush walks, freshwater lakes, active learning, luxurious camping and an unrivalled loving vibe. AUM also features mind-blowing production across all stages with stunning decor throughout, art stages, massive projection mapping, epic lasers and lighting and as always the best sound quality you can imagine.
The costume ideas are endless for this year’s theme `The Wizard of Aum’, which will be expressed throughout the festival and programming plus things most festivals charge you more for that AUM doesn’t: camping, parking (right at your campsite!), hot showers, fresh drinking water, all workshops and activities, art zone, healing and yoga. Also, they have a mixture of flushing and other comfortable toilets. No disgusting portaloos!
Aum Productions is fully New Zealand owned and operated. Whilst AUM has many international artists, their immediate focus is providing an active platform for the talented local musicians and artists from around Aotearoa. AUM is a zero-waste sustainable event and they care for the land as much as they care for their guests. AUM NYE FESTIVAL 2017 is also BYO – no queuing for drinks at this event!
“A place where
there isn’t any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a
place, Toto?”
- Dorothy from The Wizard of
Oz.
FEATURED IN THE FIRST
LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT
PUSH
PUSH
The band released their debut album A
Trillion Shades of Happy in 1992. Their first single
"Trippin'" was recorded at Airforce Studios (Auckland), with
the drum track done in one take. The song went to #1 in New
Zealand. Now, fast-forward 25 odd years or so and the band
is back performing on stage together, shooting music videos
and releasing new music. Well, kind of. While the four
previously unreleased tracks on their new EP are all either
a quarter of a century old, or reworked songs from the same
era, Push Push aren’t ruling out the possibility of
releasing fresh material in the days ahead. They’ve
performed with The Darkness on a three-date tour in 2017 and
have several shows lined up for the upcoming summer too, so
look out, Push Push are back!
YOUNG
KIM
Korean-Italian Young Kim began DJing
professionally in the late 90s during his university years
in London, where thanks to his residencies for two of the
top psytrance events (Chichime and Fairy Tales), he enjoyed
a major presence during the psychedelic renaissance of
London’s early noughties. Since then, for well over a
decade, Young has consistently performed across the planet
for the world’s most prestigious, as well as truly
underground dancefloors, as Etnicanet Records’ musician,
DJ, and label manager, showcasing a unique blend of Eastern
charisma and Mediterranean waywardness.
DJ
T.
In today’s electronic music world there are
not many artists who can lay claim to a legacy like that of
DJ T. (real name Thomas Koch). Born in Dusseldorf, his
parents’ record collection inspired DJ T.’s love affair
with the hypnotic grooves of disco during his formative
years. He began an obsessive quest to collect music,
feeding his soul with everything from disco and hi-nrg,
through to early hip hop and electro, soul, funk and RnB.
The groovy, infectious rhythms of all those genres continues
to permeate into the music he makes and plays today. DJ
T.’s reputation for being a master selector has been
cemented by his superlative collection of music. A
highly-skilled DJ, producer and an A&R rep with an uncanny
ability to discover new talent, DJ T. is a master selector
and one of the industry’s most influential figures.
SCALPER
Appearing as MC Nad, Scalper
began his musical career performing in the underground hip
hop crew Made In Britain (MIB). Their track ‘Break The
Crunch’ took the group to number five in the Kiss 100FM
(UK) underground rap charts in 1991. Later in the decade
Scalper as a live vocalist in the British-based multi-ethnic
hip hop world fusion music group Fun-Da-Mental. The group
were well known for their heavily political attitude, strong
Islamic affiliation and energetic fusion of Eastern and
Western musical forms. Multiple releases and tours later,
Scalper is one of the must see artists of this festival.
MIHIRANGI
Famed for being one of the
world’s first international touring female loop artists,
Mihirangi has inspired audiences around the globe. There
isn’t much this songstress doesn’t have in her toolbox
of musical magic – weaving live loops of vocals, intricate
harmonies, taonga puoro (traditional Maori instruments),
guitar, keyboards, world percussion with beatboxing, drums
and earth-shaking basslines. A born entertainer and an
artist-activist, Mihirangi’s essential ingredients are her
naturalness, her infectious laughter and the ease with which
she shares her authenticity.
FRANKO HEKE
Franko Heke is
on a mission to raise consciousness through his music and
workshops. Drawing on ancient mantra in combination with
his own cultural roots, Franko’s devotional sessions are
bound to coax your own divine voice into the open with his
distinct fresh sounds for today. With years of touring rock
music under his belt, Franko’s compass has drawn him north
towards a movement, which brings people together,
celebrating our unique gifts, our connection to one another
and to mother earth. "It is time that we bridge the
division between artist and audience to become one".
OTHER ARTISTS PERFORMING
Abby Smith,
A.D. Geist, Akasha, Bing, Brave The World, Cymtics, Dank,
DiCE, DJ Belleville, DJ Frogmman, DJ Kimba Jade, EnemyMC,
Ferksta, Halo, Herman Saiz, Hi Supreme Vibes, Jeevan, Logan
Baker, Mickey Velvet, Milky, Miss Mixtape, Munter, Nila,
Pieter Borgh, Protocol, Rachael Sabin, Terra Nine, The Aidan
Kelly Project, The Drunken Apaches + many more still to be
announced
Please visit new website for further
details and tickets to this very special event.
www.aum.co.nz