James Gardner
@jegcomposer.bsky.social
Grateful Immigrant and Manuhiri | Composer | EMS Researcher | an "individual with diverse but intertwined competencies”
Based near Tītīrangi, Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
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Based near Tītīrangi, Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
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James Gardner
@jegcomposer.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Peter Zinovieff and Electronic Music Studios
YouTube video by Computer Arts Society
youtu.be
Those of you interested in the history of electronic music may enjoy the talk I gave to the Computer Arts Society last week on Peter Zinovieff’s early work (among other things). It can be seen in all its rambling unedited glory here:
youtu.be/u6P72zPZpUo
youtu.be/u6P72zPZpUo
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Heads up, for those of you interested in this sort of thing – this book is now available:
www.routledge.com/The-Roland-x...
www.routledge.com/The-Roland-x...
The Roland x0x Series: A History of Early Roland Synthesizers and Drum Machines from SH-101 to TR-909
The Roland x0x Series: A History of Early Roland Synthesizers and Drum Machines from SH-101 to TR-909 offers an authoritative but accessible investigation of how the design of these most influential m...
www.routledge.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Heads up, for those of you interested in this sort of thing – this book is now available:
www.routledge.com/The-Roland-x...
www.routledge.com/The-Roland-x...
Heads up, for those of you interested in this sort of thing – this book is now available:
www.routledge.com/The-Roland-x...
www.routledge.com/The-Roland-x...
The Roland x0x Series: A History of Early Roland Synthesizers and Drum Machines from SH-101 to TR-909
The Roland x0x Series: A History of Early Roland Synthesizers and Drum Machines from SH-101 to TR-909 offers an authoritative but accessible investigation of how the design of these most influential m...
www.routledge.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Heads up, for those of you interested in this sort of thing – this book is now available:
www.routledge.com/The-Roland-x...
www.routledge.com/The-Roland-x...
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![Album cover. Deutsche Grammophon logo top right. Black and white photo. Batonless conductor. The presence of an orchestra is strongly suggested rather than explicit. There is a rope hung along the edge of the stage.
Caption:
PIERRE BOULEZ
Conducts
STRAVISNKY [sic]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vwshfspohzmsg3mc4ygmqt2q/bafkreickyzbhffjymwcje37fup5os4dkvdlwxj3h7vmt7lub3pkmk2ildy@jpeg)
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This LNG terminal is such a bad idea that the government literally don't want their own Bad Idea Speeding Up system to look at it www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government wants to bypass fast-track process for proposed liquefied natural gas terminal
A proposed LNG terminal will bypass even the fast-track process in order to be built in time.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 6:26 PM
This LNG terminal is such a bad idea that the government literally don't want their own Bad Idea Speeding Up system to look at it www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
A rare good news story…
Auckland secondhand bookshop owner saves store from closure finding new location www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Auckland secondhand bookshop owner saves store from closure finding new location www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Auckland secondhand bookshop owner saves store from closure finding new location
Hard to Find Books in Auckland was struggling to find a new location after the Catholic Church decided to sell the former convent where the shop had traded for eight years.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 6:43 AM
A rare good news story…
Auckland secondhand bookshop owner saves store from closure finding new location www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Auckland secondhand bookshop owner saves store from closure finding new location www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Quite.
Government must be feeling under pressure - the rolled out a surprise covid related inquiry. It’s like they use the Covid response as an excuse every chance they get to deflect from being really awful at what they do knowing at plays well with the coalition supporters.
February 11, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Quite.
FAFO, slaphead…
The UK Govt has raised concerns over New Zealand's climate action rollbacks, following the weakening of our methane target last year.
This could have major implications for our trade agreements dependent on climate ambition. #nzpol #climate
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
This could have major implications for our trade agreements dependent on climate ambition. #nzpol #climate
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Explain your climate policies to us, UK ministers asked NZ counterparts
New Zealand’s trade minister initially downplayed global interest in New Zealand’s new climate policies.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 10, 2026 at 11:08 PM
FAFO, slaphead…
🧵☹️
#nzpol I’m here at the release of the Salvation Army State of the Nation for 2026. It’s a portrait of the problems facing Aotearoa, and how we are doing in tackling them. Many of the problems we face have worsened over the past two years. A 🧵
February 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM
🧵☹️
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FYI I’ve opened this up for full public reading, listening & sharing after requests from paying subscribers. Their support allows me to do this kind of public interest journalism on Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate & poverty in public. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/why-not-sp...
Why not spend $2.7b on solar & batteries instead?
Govt to pay up to $180m/year or $2.7b over 15 years to lease LNG re-gasification plant, paid for by $15-$30 'levy' per household per year. That $2.7b would build four Benmore Dams worth of electricity
thekaka.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:59 AM
FYI I’ve opened this up for full public reading, listening & sharing after requests from paying subscribers. Their support allows me to do this kind of public interest journalism on Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate & poverty in public. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/why-not-sp...
Timely repost from @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social
Bit late to it but if you want to know the chain of events that led to us importing gas (and charging electricity users to pay for it!!), I did this deep dive for RNZ last year www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?
www.rnz.co.nz
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Timely repost from @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social
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Renting in Aotearoa NZ? Please fill in the survey; if nothing else the results will help me with council decision-making!
Own your home? Please share it widely to get max responses.
Own your home? Please share it widely to get max responses.
Aotearoa Renter's Survey 2026
This is about gathering stories and information about what it's like being a renter in Aotearoa in 2026 - to support you, your flatmates and your neighbours to advocate, organise and campaign for dece...
actionstation.typeform.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Renting in Aotearoa NZ? Please fill in the survey; if nothing else the results will help me with council decision-making!
Own your home? Please share it widely to get max responses.
Own your home? Please share it widely to get max responses.
I’m gonna go out on a limb with “Bonkers” here…
New liquified natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
New liquified natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
New liquified natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'?
The government wants taxpayers to fund a natural gas import terminal, but says lower power prices will come as a result.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I’m gonna go out on a limb with “Bonkers” here…
New liquified natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
New liquified natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Govt plans to force NZers to pay even more fossil fuel subsidies, this time via our electricity bills for an LNG import terminal. Govt wants us to pay Big Oil to make the climate crisis worse. Gross moral turpitude and economic illiteratacy www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
LNG terminal decision: Dirty, dumb and expensive - Greenpeace - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace is slamming the Luxon government’s announcement it will build a liquid natural gas (LNG) import terminal, calling it a dirty, dumb and expensive decision that will leave New Zealander...
www.greenpeace.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Govt plans to force NZers to pay even more fossil fuel subsidies, this time via our electricity bills for an LNG import terminal. Govt wants us to pay Big Oil to make the climate crisis worse. Gross moral turpitude and economic illiteratacy www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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So the disaster around my on-going employment at UOA continues, so I'm looking for other ways other making money and I'm wondering two things: A) if I were to make some video lectures/short courses on NZ music history would people be willing to pay for access to them (Patreon or similar)?
February 8, 2026 at 3:48 AM
So the disaster around my on-going employment at UOA continues, so I'm looking for other ways other making money and I'm wondering two things: A) if I were to make some video lectures/short courses on NZ music history would people be willing to pay for access to them (Patreon or similar)?
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Quelle surprise, Veolia - in it for the profit - fails the to do the basics.
“An independent report released today has found the French-owned multinational Veolia failed to carry out basic asset management, including regular maintenance.” #nzpol
They join CompassNZ on the DO NOT USE LIST.
“An independent report released today has found the French-owned multinational Veolia failed to carry out basic asset management, including regular maintenance.” #nzpol
They join CompassNZ on the DO NOT USE LIST.
Company running Wellington wastewater treatment plants failed basic asset management - report
Despite multiple failures - including untreated sewage polluting a popular swimming beach - the company running Wellington's four wastewater treatment plants is keeping its multi-million dollar contra...
www.rnz.co.nz
February 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Quelle surprise, Veolia - in it for the profit - fails the to do the basics.
“An independent report released today has found the French-owned multinational Veolia failed to carry out basic asset management, including regular maintenance.” #nzpol
They join CompassNZ on the DO NOT USE LIST.
“An independent report released today has found the French-owned multinational Veolia failed to carry out basic asset management, including regular maintenance.” #nzpol
They join CompassNZ on the DO NOT USE LIST.
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The activists who were arrested in civil disobedience actions against seabed mining can wear their convictions with honour. Everyone who attended a protest, made a submission, signed a petition, donated money, you changed the course of history.
February 5, 2026 at 8:27 AM
The activists who were arrested in civil disobedience actions against seabed mining can wear their convictions with honour. Everyone who attended a protest, made a submission, signed a petition, donated money, you changed the course of history.
At the moment, small victories like this should be celebrated!
BREAKING: Fast Track panel declines seabed mining bid.
"This is a victory for the moana, for all the people across Taranaki and Aotearoa, from Iwi and hapu and councils and everyone who loves our ocean," said KASM chairperson Cindy Baxter.
#nzpol
www.kasm.org.nz/post/breakin...
"This is a victory for the moana, for all the people across Taranaki and Aotearoa, from Iwi and hapu and councils and everyone who loves our ocean," said KASM chairperson Cindy Baxter.
#nzpol
www.kasm.org.nz/post/breakin...
BREAKING! Fast Track panel rejects seabed mining
PRESS RELEASE
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining are celebrating the Fast Track Panel's draft decision to decline Trans Tasman Resources' bid to mine the SouthTaranaki seabed. The draft decision was publis...
www.kasm.org.nz
February 5, 2026 at 7:39 AM
At the moment, small victories like this should be celebrated!
Meanwhile, on Abebooks…excited to get a notification that a book on my “wants” list is now available – and at a reasonable price. But then.. LOL shipping…
February 5, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Meanwhile, on Abebooks…excited to get a notification that a book on my “wants” list is now available – and at a reasonable price. But then.. LOL shipping…
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Allan Holdsworth (1946–2017) is not just for guitarists. Recommended:
Allan Holdsworth - The Sixteen Men Of Tain FULL ALBUM
YouTube video by gatitoslove
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Allan Holdsworth (1946–2017) is not just for guitarists. Recommended:
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Irony is…
A NZ government that gave landlords a massive tax break now campaigning saying trust us on tax & no frivolous spending
As 2 of NZ’s largest cities Christchurch/Wellington face critical wastewater infrastructure crises (& National climate risk)
if only NZ govt planned long term
#nzpol
A NZ government that gave landlords a massive tax break now campaigning saying trust us on tax & no frivolous spending
As 2 of NZ’s largest cities Christchurch/Wellington face critical wastewater infrastructure crises (& National climate risk)
if only NZ govt planned long term
#nzpol
February 5, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Irony is…
A NZ government that gave landlords a massive tax break now campaigning saying trust us on tax & no frivolous spending
As 2 of NZ’s largest cities Christchurch/Wellington face critical wastewater infrastructure crises (& National climate risk)
if only NZ govt planned long term
#nzpol
A NZ government that gave landlords a massive tax break now campaigning saying trust us on tax & no frivolous spending
As 2 of NZ’s largest cities Christchurch/Wellington face critical wastewater infrastructure crises (& National climate risk)
if only NZ govt planned long term
#nzpol
“If there is a recovery going on in the economy, it's not happening for working people.” Thread from @clrenney.bsky.social
#nzpol New unemployment data from Stats NZ today, showing the impact of an economy that isn't working. An additional 5,000 people became unemployed during the quarter, rising to levels last seen in 2015. 164,000 people are now unemployed, up 39,000 in just 2 years. A🧵
February 3, 2026 at 11:03 PM
“If there is a recovery going on in the economy, it's not happening for working people.” Thread from @clrenney.bsky.social
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Bloody hell. More people out of work.
Time to stop wittering about "green shoots" and face the reality: this government is failing New Zealanders. #nzpol
www.stats.govt.nz/indicators/u...
Time to stop wittering about "green shoots" and face the reality: this government is failing New Zealanders. #nzpol
www.stats.govt.nz/indicators/u...
February 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Bloody hell. More people out of work.
Time to stop wittering about "green shoots" and face the reality: this government is failing New Zealanders. #nzpol
www.stats.govt.nz/indicators/u...
Time to stop wittering about "green shoots" and face the reality: this government is failing New Zealanders. #nzpol
www.stats.govt.nz/indicators/u...
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Reprehensible dereliction of duty by the Government again. Risk reduction makes sense and saves lives.
“The research showed that 97% of the central government expenditure was on responding to and recovering from natural disasters, with only 3% spent on risk reduction and resilience” 1/2
#nzpol
“The research showed that 97% of the central government expenditure was on responding to and recovering from natural disasters, with only 3% spent on risk reduction and resilience” 1/2
#nzpol
Government rejects plan to prevent landslides and save hundreds of millions in Gisborne
Plan pitched as a model for other regions too.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Reprehensible dereliction of duty by the Government again. Risk reduction makes sense and saves lives.
“The research showed that 97% of the central government expenditure was on responding to and recovering from natural disasters, with only 3% spent on risk reduction and resilience” 1/2
#nzpol
“The research showed that 97% of the central government expenditure was on responding to and recovering from natural disasters, with only 3% spent on risk reduction and resilience” 1/2
#nzpol
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Today’s welcome arrival…
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Today’s welcome arrival…