MsB's 2005 Highlights
2005 has been a fun filled year, starting off with an outdoor dance party in the South Island of New Zealand. The Full Circle was Extreme Partying to say the least, but as Billy Connelly says, there is no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothing. The people we met more than made up for the wet, and some amazing things came from our Full Circle experience. Like a chance meeting on a muddy dance floor which led to our first NZ TV appearances. A campfire produced the talented Beatnick, who is now doing a live set once a month on our radio show.

May brought the Twisted Birthday Bash celebrating a year of Twisted Radio, and their third year as an online community. It was a great chance to meet with Twisties old and new, and it's always fun to put a face to an online persona. In June I went on a Rororua roadtrip where I got to fly over White Island, and visit the Wai-o-tapu thermal area with it's boiling mud and geysers. In August we launched our live VJ Show with an 8 hour set for DV8 at The Studio. I've wanted to VJ that space for over four years, so it was wonderful to finally realise that dream. It was also an honour to meet the irrepressible Bob Harvey the mayor of Waitakere City. 2006 is going to be a great year for Waitakere creatives and you can hear all about it in my podcast interview with Bob Harvey [3.6 MB].

September's fun kicked off with the Mohawk Media crew at Kiss VJing for Yoji Biomehanika. This was followed by a small flurry of TV appearances. When you're normally behind the camera it's strange to be suddenly in the spotlight, but it was fun for a change of perspective. Chelfyn popped up on TV3 News and Campbell Live before we both appeared live on SKY TV. October's highlight for me was the interview I did with Liz Barry on Radio New Zealand. It was a chance to reflect on how talented the TMet producer team is and it was great hear music off our label on New Zealand's National radio station. It kind of validates our crazy ideas when people outside of the scene notice what we are doing.

One of the best things to come out of 2005 is being able to do our Twisted Radio shows remotely. We're going to be doing more live to air broadcasts with LIVE NZ dance & electronica acts next year, so watch this space for details. Listen out for a TMet Special on Twisted Radio on New Year's Eve. Until then Happy Holidays from TMet Recordings.

Lots of love,

MsB XX