New Zealand Music Chart

Yellow Eye Records

Independent record label based out of Dunedin that currently has a dozen titles in its catalogue with a leaning towards jazz and pop rock material.

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Artists

Brouhaha

Semi-acoustic four-piece group from Wellington fronted by Aaron Watson (vocals/guitar). Their sole albums was 1997's Livelong. More

C. L. BOB

A C.L.BOB show is a complete guerrilla musical experience that takes you on a tour of duty through beautiful composed ballads, raw intense free jazz and back, rollicking and laughing,... More

Cilla McQueen

Cilla McQueen is a poet, born in Birmingham, England, who arrived to live in New Zealand in 1953. More

Cynthia Should

Cynthia Should formed mid 1989 and rocked in a rather relaxed way for a number of years, releasing their first solo album "Mutton" in 1997. Lead singer Chris Muir was... More

David Eggleton

David Eggleton's exuberant language, sense of humour, and skilful way with rhythms and rhymes, mark him out as one of New Zealand's more colourful and dynamic poets. His startling, and... More

Drone

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Freddy Fudd Pucker

The self proclaimed "profanity folk" singer has been playing around Aotearoa for about 5 years. In 2006 he released his debut effort: a 15 track, self titled album of songs... More

Funhouse

In the mid nineties this Dunedin four piece played solid indie pop music and released one album in 1995 entitled Roy. More

Gerard Masters Trio

Gerard Masters began studying piano, violin and voice at age ten. More

King Leo & The Growling Dogs

King Leo and The Growling Dogs are a four piece blues band based in Dunedin, New Zealand. More

Laura Collins

Laura Collins cut her teeth in the late 80s Wellington folk scene playing with Robbie Duncan and Alan Quinn, then went the electric route with rock/blues band Wild Blue in... More

Love Consort

An exceedingly interesting blend of groove and dance music. Producer/musician Wallace Chapman joined forces with various Dunedin musos and released 1995's Enter Ariel. More

Reg McTaggart

His relaxed laid back style of singing, has won Reg McTaggart many fans throughout New Zealand and Australia. More

She's Insane

From out of nowhere, well New Brighton to be exact came "She's Insane" led by the twin vocal harmonies of sisters Tasha French (drums) and Maria Due (rhythm guitar, backed... More

Syzygy

Free form jazz based quintet led by the prodigious sax and compositional talent of Jeff Henderson. More

The Chaps

Based in Dunedin, The Chaps are not your typical Dunedin sound. Better known to followers of folk & roots music, expect to hear four voices in tight harmony backed by guitar,... More

The Norman Meehan Quintet

New Zealand's Premier Piano Jazz Quartet More

Releases

A Wind Harp

A Wind Harp brings together work from twenty years of performance and publication, with poems selected from three of McQueen's books: Axis (2001), Markings (2000), and Soundings (2002). More

Beyond The Reason

On Reg McTaggart's fifth album, he has included five originals from prominent New Zealand songwriters including Ginny Peters, Eddie O'Strange and Alan Barron. More

C.L. BOB

First album from Wellington jazz heads C.L. BOB More

Cast A Line

Cast A Line moves between darkness and light, intimate and upbeat, casting lines, uncovering beauty in the debris and learning to love our 'bag of bones'. More

Corporate Moronic

Following in the tradition of Potboiler (i.e. giving a record a title that it clearly isn't), The Verlaines proudly present for your difficult digestion Corporate Moronic. More

Dont Worry 'Bout Your Age

The new album by The Chaps, a collection
of original songs with a few obscure gems by other writers.

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Enter Ariel

Inspired by a Dunedin production of Shakespeare's "The Tempest", musician/producer Wallace Chapman gathered together a group of Dunedin musos in order to release Love Consort's debut, Enter Ariel. More

Freddy Fudd Pucker

Freddy Fudd Pucker released a full length album in the year 2006 full of songs about booze, music, drug taking, sex and other bodily functions. All songs were written, played... More

Intensive Care Unit

CD compilation from Germany originally released in 1989 of this groundbreaking NZ act. More

Island Life

In 2003 the Gerard Masters Trio recorded Island Life at Paradise Studios with Richard Belkner at the helm. More

Livelong

Based around the hyperactive ability of main singer songwriter Aaron Watson, whose sharp clever lyrics match the fast paced musical accompaniment. Think Violent Femmes meet Ska meet an eclectic college... More

Mad Love

This two-cd package includes one CD of all original music and one CD of great tunes from some of King Leo's
favourite Blues artists, including Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Guitar...

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Mutton

Always drawn to music titles involving food, I see a direct co relation between these vital sustenances. Sprung from Dunedin this debut album is the work of some self-proclaimed 'uncool... More

Out Of The Yellow Eye (Dunedin Compilation)

The exciting first release from Yellow Eye Music features four guitar based bands; funky popsters CYNTHIA SHOULD; post punk skiffle band THE WEETBIX BOYS; the dynamic brooding MY DEVIANT DAUGHTER... More

Porcupine

MESTAR comprises John White (vocals, guitar) , Stefan Bray (vocals, bass) and Ian Wilson (vocals,drums). It's a classic framework, a guitar based three piece, with a guest cast including HDU's... More

Radio Swampy

Swampy is a range of hills behind Flagstaff, mist-enshrouded and bush-covered, the perfect testament to the South Swampy is also Grant Ramsays musical Vehicle a great Vauxhall Viva of an... More

Roy

The debut and only album from Funhouse recorded in three different locations between September 1994 and May 1995. More

She's Insane

1999 debut release for Christchurch's She's Insane. Fifteen tracks of infectious, energetic power pop that you can put on, turn up and dance around your bedroom singing into your hairbrush... More

Stereoscope

Winner of the Jazz Album of the Year at the 2002 New Zealand Music Awards, Stereoscope was recorded between November 2000 and March 2001 at Massey University Conservatorium of Music... More

The Bells

From 2004, Yellow Eye Records presents Norman Meehan's The Bells. More

The Dress-Up Box (Series 1)

The Dress-Up Box was one of New Zealand's favourite and highest rating children's television programmes and screened for over five years on TV3. More

The Dress-Up Box (Series 2)

The Dress-Up Box was one of New Zealand's favourite and highest rating children's television programmes and screened for over five years on TV3. More

The Dress-Up Box (Series 3)

The Dress-Up Box was one of New Zealand's favourite and highest rating children's television programmes and screened for over five years on TV3. More

The Dress-Up Box (Series 4)

The Dress-Up Box was one of New Zealand's favourite and highest rating children's television programmes and screened for over five years on TV3. More

The Fat Controller

Recorded and mixed in Auckland 1990. More

The Fetals  - Fetalmania

This CD compilation includes the most of the album Fetalmania (1983) (tracks 1-5), and other Fetus Productions tracks taken from various recordings plus a track by FP predecessors The Features... More

The Great Flash

From 2005, The Great Flash marked the 10th Anniversary of the band and stands as a tribute to experimental New Zealand film maker, Len Lye. More

Tongue Grooves

Originally released in 1997, Tongue Grooves was recorded at Wellington's Plan 9 studio on July 27, 1996. More

Trans Tasman (A Journey Into New Zealand Jazz)

Beautiful, seductive, outstanding - this compilation is NZ jazz at it's best.

"...NZ musicians have, and continue to become integral parts of jazz scenes all over the world. This compilation...

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Trees (Yellow Eye Jazz Sampler)

"This release...proves that music in the rebirthed cool jazz mode is alive and well in Godzone Antipodes. The groups represented here are Tardis, Spook, Apollo Ten, The C.L.Bob Quintet, Syzygy,... More

Versifier

VERSIFIER is an album of diversity and versatility, rapping and riffing on the 101 agendas into which New Zealand society has fragmented in the past decade. More

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