Diesel Jenny and Synthetic Children announce ‘Backroom Smooches’ tour
Two of Aotearoa’s most rungle hardware acts are joining forces for a mid-winter tour across the country this July. Armed with new releases and a reckless lack of MIDI cables, longtime pals Synthetic Children and Diesel Jenny are packing gear into the whip for a trip up and down the motu.
The six-date tour will see the pair serve up their respective dishes in Ōtautahi, Ōtepoti, Tāmaki Makaurau, Pōneke, Te Papaioea, and Whanganui. Joined by local favourites, the tour will bring the sounds of provincial Aotearoa to the big smoke. To pair will also make a special stop in at the legendary Tūrangi dairy ‘Sanjay’s Selection’, to spin some tunes through the most bass boosted speakers in the Waikato.
Via hardware synths and drum machines, Synthetic Children (Te Papaioea’s Celina Goacher) is bringing bubbly synths, auto-tuned vulnerabilities, and sub-rattling beats. Her latest Smooch EP, and appearance on the Big Fresh Collective’s Footmahi compilation, show an emerging fun side to her dancefloor arsenal, following the murky weight of 2023’s Everything’s Perpetual. Donnys worldwide have heralded the new release as a “freshly cooked 3 course meal, served up by Palmy’s premier snack pack herself”. Think wonky hyperpop with plenty of low end.
Diesel Jenny’s (Pōneke’s Josh Finegan) live set will blend brain-breaking breaks with sugar-rush synths and 3D club energy years. This tour will celebrate the inaugural release of Diesel Jenny’s white label series with a rock-solid RUC-exempt two-tracker. With multiple releases on underground mainstays Big Fresh Collective and Bankrupt Records as ABG, this isn’t the first time Diesel Jenny’s revved the engine.
Diesel Jenny and Synthetic Children ‘Backroom Smooches’ Tour:
4 July – Ōtautahi – Flux* (with BWD)
5 July – Ōtepoti – Yours (supports TBA)
11 July - Tūrangi – Sanjay’s Selection (DJ sets b2b Skymning)
12 July – Tāmaki Makaurau – Audio Foundation (with Baby Zionov)
17 July – Pōneke – Valhalla (with Ekho Lahlia)
18 July – Te Papaioea – Snails (with Club Tremaine, Cradle)
19 July – Whanganui – Porridge Watson (with Alphabethead, Club Tremaine)
Tickets available from undertheradar.co.nz *Tickets from flicket.co.nz
