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ANNOUNCEMENT: Decknology 2016 champion LXTZ will be back to defend the title this Thursday. Get all the updates and info from the Decknology 2017 Facebook event.

And the finalists from the Semi Finals are: Corruptio, Pepe le Pew, RYDR & Wilton. They are in to win a pair of Reloop – Solutions for DJs DJM-8000 turntables, Serato prizes and their name on the Decknology trophy! See you at Winnie Bagoes City on Thursday 16 November for the GRAND FINAL. Remember, the next day is a holiday so LET’S […]

Check out the video from the first Decknology Semi Final at Winnie Bagoes City. Next Semi is Thursday 9 November at Winnies!     Daaaaayum. Sik sets from the first Semi Final last night 🔥🎧🔥 Posted by RDU 98.5 FM on Thursday, 2 November 2017

It’s here! The line up for Nostalgia Festival 2018. Nostalgia Festival are so excited to announce our line up for 2018….. featuring Connan Mockasin, The Chills,Estère, Glass Vaults, The Swan Sisters, Lisa Tomlins & the Presidents of Funk and more! Early Bird tickets are also now available. To get yours at the special rate, head to: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/nostalgia-festival-2018-tickets-37445568704

We are looking for an Engagement Manager for SoundsGood.Guide. SoundsGood.Guide aims to be a comprehensive Christchurch gig guide to showcase all the musical events happening around the 03. We want to mobilise Christchurch to get in to town and get people out to gigs! SoundsGood.Guide Engagement Manager – 8 Hours per week (fixed term) Overall responsibility for […]

YOUR DECKNOLOGY 2017 SEMI FINALISTS. Thursday 2 November: M9, Corruptio, Wilton, RYDR, Subminimal Jim Thursday 9 November: Breakr, Pepe le Pew, Loom, Unstable State – DJ, Acen See you at Winnie Bagoes City!! Looking forward to the visuals by Emerson. HUGE THANKS to Rockshop NZ, MAINZ (Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand), Serato and […]

Watch what went down at the final of RDU98.5FM’s RoundUp band competition 2017! Big ups to all the Finalists who competed this year, and MASSIVE congrats to Nervous Jerk who took out the title. Nervous Jerk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rzF2wDexL8 Sunset Synth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv3eTr_0FcI  EgoValve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9dT6RFXIOY Contact Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2JVtde7yjU Mako Road: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlejdh5eArA Check out the Bandcamp compilation of all the finalists here:  https://rdu985fm.bandcamp.com/album/round-up-2017-finalists […]

At the time of writing, the preliminary results are in, and Winston Peters is making up his mind about whether he should go with National or Labour and the Greens to form a government. Broadly, the result is both better and worse for each side than they might have hoped. National has brought in a […]

  nacoa makes a track live on RDU98.5FM’s Friday Drive with Ian Jorgensen. www.synthstrom.com www.facebook.com/synthstromaudible

There are a couple of other electorates that skirt Christchurch that we’re going to feature in this series.. Selwyn and Waimakariri are rural electorates on the fringes of the city that have become more and more tied to Christchurch since the quakes. Both electorates absorbed a large number of people displaced by the quakes, being […]