Fat Freddys Hang In at #1 On IMNZ Chart

February 2006

Rank	Artist	Title	Label/Distributor
1	Fat Freddy’s Drop	Based On A True Story	Rhythmethod
2	Fly My Pretties	The Return of...	Border
3	Kora	EP Volume	Border
4	Fat Freddy’s Drop	Live at the Matterhorn	Rhythmethod
5	Various	Conscious Roots 2	A Moving Production
6	Phoenix Foundation	Horsepower	Capitalrecordings/Rhythmethod
7	Hollie Smith	The Hollie Smith EP	Rhythmethod
8	Katchafire	Revival/Slow-Burning Double Pack	Mai Music
9	TrinityRoots	Home, Land and Sea	Border
10	Various	Dub Conspiracy	Rhythmethod
11	Various	Select 007: We Are Here	Border
12	Module	Remarkable Engines	Border
13	Fly My Pretties	Live At Bats	Border
14	Shapeshifter	Riddim Wise LP	Truetone/Rhythmethod
15	Pitch Black	Halfway: Between Ape and Angel	Rhythmethod
16	Recloose	Hiatus on the Horizon	Border
17	Deva Mahal	Live At Hope Bros.	Rhythmethod
18	TrinityRoots	True	Border
19	Rhombus	Bass Player	MOKO
20	Sinate	Beyond Human	MGS/Global Routes

 Shows sales from 1 - 31 January 2005.

Compiled from outbound sales registered at selected music retailers by Media Sauce Ltd. for IMNZ.
Eligibility requires IMNZ membership or by registration fee.

February news...

IMNZ has been ratified as a member of WIN - the Worldwide Independent Music Network - made up of 27 member countries, with Board members including the heads of the Tommy Boy, Beggars Group, Cooking Vinyl, and K7 labels. IMNZ also took part in an AIM (Association of Independent Music in the UK) Trade Mission to Australia.

At MIDEM, Jayrem secured licenses for at least four of their New Zealand titles into European territories. Chris Chetland, representing the producers from Handmade/Kog, was offered over a half a dozen remixes for various international labels. Following on from their recent deal with SonyBMG for LOOP North America, LOOP Recordings are to work directly with Apple iTunes USA for Europe, Australia, America, Japan and Canada.  They are the first NZ label to have a direct presence and the deal enables them to work as an aggregator for other labels. Elite had interest from Canadian companies for The Dukes and Warren Love.

IMNZ bands invited to play SXSW 2006 in Austin, Texas this March are the Brunettes, Die! Die! Die!, the Bats, Ryan McPhun and the Ruby Suns and Coco Solid (who is now being distributed by Global Routes).

Yay to those in the IMNZ family who received grants from the inaugural round of Outward Sound funding: the Brunettes, Sugarlicks Records, Concord Dawn, Arch Hill Recordings, Die! Die! Die!, Mai Music and Tardus Music.  And thumbs up to Damien Binder and Robert Shepheard who are finalists in the 2005 International Songwriting Competition.

Mai Music's new Hawaiian distributor, Pacific Hawaiian Distribution, will this week ship 10,000 CDs into the retail trade of Katchafire's debut album 'Revival'. This gives them inroads into the likes of Borders, Virgin, Tower, Best Buy, Cost Co and Walmart. The band are currently preparing for Orientation dates.

The Mt. Vaea Band album 'Mama' (King Music) won Best Polynesian Album at the 9th Annual Hawaiian Music Awards, joining 2003 winners Pacific Soul. Planet Woman (Out There Distribution) are doing an impressive 20+ dates in Australia from March to May. Te Vaka are playing several shows as part of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

one million dollars'  album 'Energy State' was included in a gift bag given to Charlize Theron and Warner Bros. movie executives here for the NZ premiere of Niki Caro's North Country.  Also the band have had the Manuel Bundy mix of their track Get Off included on a Polish compilation 'Miedzy Nami Café Vol. 4' alongside artists such as Thievery Corporation, Herbaliser and Handsome Boy Modelling School.

Intergalactic Records have new licensing partners in Hong Kong and the Philippines. Joining the Intergalactic roster are all-girl Vegas rockers Jaggedy Ann, who are coming to NZ to record their debut album with AC/DC drummer and NZ resident Phil Rudd producing.

The first two Arch Hill releases for the year are a solo album from Luke Buda of the Phoenix Foundation, and Punches' debut EP is also out now. The soundtrack for Sione's Wedding will be available through DawnRaid early March.

Ardijah have embarked on their 'Timeless' Theatre Tour. Death metallers Sinate are on the South Island leg of their 'Beyond Human' nationwide tour to promote their CD of the same name. Cobra Khan are supporting the Misfits at their Auckland show on March 21.

Rattle Records in March is releasing albums from the Chris Mason-Battley Group and Johnathon Besser & Bravura. Recording continues with 'View From Olympus', the album of concertos by Olympics composer John Psathas.

Powertool's Indie Club is on every Friday and Saturday at Auckland's St James Grand Circle. Breakin Wreckwordz have released the second video from Tourettes, Happy Place, taken from the album 'The Misadventures of Johnny Favourite'.

Rap poet Billy Wilson's debut LP 'The Great Divide' has hit record sales and radio play for She'll Be Right in Australia and is to be released in NZ early March, as is Lindon Puffin's documentary 'Figure 8000' DVD. Also a Puffins offshoot band, Le Mot Cafe, have signed to She'll Be Right.

The new Chong Nee album 'Around the Way' is nearly finished and has a fan in, amongst others, John Wayne, president of respected US hip hop label Down Low Records. Wayne said it was some of the best-sounding stuff he's heard to come from outside of the States.

Tours:

New and Forthcoming Releases:

Billy Wilson 'The Great Divide', Bridget Douglas and Rachel Thomson 'Taurangi', Chris Mason-Battley Group 'Two Tides', Concord Dawn 'Chaos By Design', dDub 'Awake At Dawn', Johnathon Besser & Bravura 'Turn', Luke Buda 'Special Surprise', Minuit 'The Guards Themselves', Punches EP.

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