Muzai Year One

Weve finally pulled our socks up, double checked a date at our favorite venue (as if you have to ask where), and assembled the MUZAI Gundam to meet at the same place at the same time. Some call it a gig. Other calls it a “happening”. Were going to call it a gig none the less.

For one whole year, weve managed to keep afloat and helped out a number of musicians along the way; you all know Bandicoot, right' Some of you probably try and croon along to god bows to math or TFF, or get kinda spazzy with Kittyhawk, were guessing. You probably also spend some time in your room listening to the melancholy Nice Birds or Cat Venom, playing air guitar to Sherpa or secretly have been bootlegging Kitsunegari or FATANGRYMAN shows when theyve played live.

Weve wanted to get everyone humanly possible with the label under one roof for one big show for a while, with people asking about these crazy combinations of bands that could work together. So with a lot of love, support and help from MusicHy.pe, were heading to our “home”, The Basement on Friday May 28th 2010 for a birthday party – were going to have a petting zoo, a clown, a bouncy castle and sausage sizzle. Cake! Oh so much cake also!

Actually, as cool as all that sounds, the thought of a petting zoo, a bouncy castle and a large wad of cake is beginning to sound like one of the worst clean up jobs ever.

Instead the night will be littered with performances from “the gang”; Bandicoot, god bows to math, Sherpa, Kittyhawk, Cat Venom, FATANGRYMAN and Kistunegari all under one roof, while our good friends 1995 will be DJing throughout the night in the main theater part. Meanwhile elsewhere, we drag all the merchandise we can find and put it for sale in the bar area while poster artwork and even one offs from some of the artists who have helped shape the “look”of the label; Paul Walsh, Ben Metge, Jessica Dew amongst others.

All the while, the entire event will be broadcast live over the world wide web for those who cant make it, or simply dont want to travel to Auckland. For whatever reason you may have you can catch it on www.musichype.com.

Plus the guys at MusicHy.pe will be hyping the hype out of us with interviews, tweets, Facebook “liking” and MUZAI catalog downloads for your iTunes or tape players, whatever youre using as of late which is cool by all of us.