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Otepoti, and uh, it'll all come up, and you'll find it, and we'll also be sharing some stuff on our Instagram at Radio One 91FM, so you can find it there too.

Thank you very much.

This next track-

Sweet.

[upbeat music] That was a Radio One 91FM podcast.

You can find more of them at r1.co.nz/podcasts.

whatever that looks like totally and i think it's

more and more important and people are being more and more drawn to it and the age of artificiality like we talk about it a lot here on radio one but doing something with your hands and i'm a creative person and i've found like you miss it so much and it's a very feels almost like a primal thing you know especially when you're crafting without any necessarily like borders or you're having to make this certain thing and you're Just experimenting makes your brain feel like a vast open space instead of a little cube, you know?

So true.

Yeah, it kind of takes our monkey mind out of the way a bit and lets us feel things and stuff.

You're listening to Almost Radio, a show focusing on new Aotearoa and Australian music releases.

I'm Dave Borey, and I've just come back to Oz after a weekend away in NZ, where I achieved an incredible amount.

I went to a wonderful wedding, I drank a Spates Gold Medal Pale Ale, got a speeding ticket, and saw my good friend Spike.

I'm talking wide main roads, deep gutters and architecture straight from the 80s dripping with nostalgia.

I didn't realise this was something that I was missing until driving the Wellington to Rotorua road over the weekend.

Today's interview on Almost Radio features a band hailing from a small Aotearoa city with many of these features, but more notably known for its gothic architecture and proudly being host to the steepest street of the world.

I'm of course talking about Dunedin, a town that holds a special place in my heart as I studied there and lived there for 10 years.

Dunedin is a location that is internationally renowned for the Dunedin sound.

Wind the clock back, back to 2016 while I was studying at the University of Otago doing a Master's of Geography, which as a sidebar, I never really used in a professional sense, but I'm still glad I did it.

I volunteered as a DJ at the local student radio station, Radio One 91FM.

I hosted a few shows there, primarily the Thursday drive, but I really cut my teeth, uh, in a short-lived music program called The Two Hour Smoker, which is a name that I was very, very proud of.

This really let me h- dive headfirst into the world of broadcasting and journalism.

Five-three-nine-five is the number if you've just tuned in.

Olivia mentioned they're a Radio One guy usually, but when in Rome.

Well, our general manager's ex Radio One, did you know that? All student radio network people are good ones.

We play swapsies sometime.

You're on BFM.

Radioactive 105mm.

Yes, it's time for Parakuihi Pals, and I should have Lily from Radio One on the line.

Morena.

Do- indeed.