Flying Nun Records Music News — Independent Music New Zealand

The Coin that Broke the Fountain Floor is a pivotal album in the creative evolution of sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon. It finds them leaning further than ever before into collaboration, folklore, poetry, and power. 

Flying Nun Records and Huh! are delighted to announce the reissue of Proud: An Urban-Pacific Streetsoul Compilation — the landmark 1994 album, conceived and produced by Alan Jansson — to be released on Friday 26th May on extended double vinyl for the very first time.Originally released on CD and cassette in 1994, and briefly available again in 2000, Proud has been unavailable in its physical form for the past 23 years — although the album has never really left Aotearoa’s collective psyche — being named Independent Music New Zealand’s ‘Classic Record’ in May 2022, as well as being listed in Nick Bollinger’s 2009 book 100 Essential New Zealand Albums.    Remastered over 12 months by Alan Jansson, this Proud vinyl reissue includes iconic tracks from Sisters Underground (‘In The Neighbourhood'), Otara Millionaires Club (‘We R The...

It's that time of the year already! Independent Music NZ have announced their finalists this morning for both the Taite Music Prize 2023 and the Independent Debut award — and are thrilled to see that both shortlists include some of our fantastic Flying Nun whānau; Aldous Harding, Fazerdaze and one of our latest signees Erny Belle. Read on for the full list. 

Erny Belle returns before the end of the year for the release of a very special Christmas song, ‘Meri Kirihimete’. Equal parts elegant and tongue-in-cheek, Erny Belle welcomes us to her world of an Aotearoa Christmas.