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Stellar the hits Violent Part Of Me Every Girl Undone What You Do All It Takes One More Day the list goes on and on Their 1999 debut album Mix set New Zealands radio waves alight and Stellar quickly became Sony Musics biggest selling kiwi band The acclaim wasnt just sales based with Stellar securing eight Tui Awards for Mix and its 2001 follow up Magic Line
After Magic Line the band took some time out for expansion singer Boh Runga went to live in Los Angeles to hone her skills as a songwriter
The opportunity came up to base myself in LA My publisher introduced me to working songwriters over there people who were writing for artists like Christina Aguilera Meatloaf and Ricky Martin
It was an amazing experience being thrown into a situation where I would be in a room with a complete stranger with amazing musical credentials and hold my own By the end of the day we would normally have a great pop song or at least the basis of a great pop song
I got to sit down with Wendy Melvoin Prince and the Revolution and record our song in Frank Sinatras old studio I wrote Miracles with Kevin Savigar Rod Stewarts song writer And I penned Whiplash with Shelly Peiken whos written major hits like Meredith Brooks Bitch and Christina Aguileras Genie In A Bottle
Meanwhile drummer Andrew Maclaren and guitarist Chris Van De Geer both concentrated on building a stateoftheart recording studio while simultaneously producing albums for other artists Bassist Kurt Shanks took time out in Sydney
The band swapped ideas via the internet to keep the songwriting process flowing with Kurt and Boh returning to NZ for recording stints
Boh admits to some nerves the first time the band got together again Weve always been our own harshest critics she says Id written what I truly believe are about the best batch of songs Ive every come up with but didnt know how theyd be received until I sat down and played them to the boys She neednt have worried
The band then set about unifying the songs into a cohesive album New contenders arose as the band fed off each other Asked what listeners should expect Andrew says Weve stripped it back so the essence of these songs can clearly speak Weve made our strongest album to date
Band Members
Boh Runga vocals guitar
Andrew Maclaren drums programming
Chris Van de Geer guitar
Kurt Shanks bass
httpwwwstellarconz
httpwwwmuzicnetnzartists23html
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Added: 25th November 2008
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Stellar the hits Violent Part Of Me Every Girl Undone What You Do All It Takes One More Day the list goes on and on Their 1999 debut album Mix set New Zealands radio waves alight and Stellar quickly became Sony Musics biggest selling kiwi band The acclaim wasnt just sales based with Stellar securing eight Tui Awards for Mix and its 2001 follow up Magic Line
After Magic Line the band took some time out for expansion singer Boh Runga went to live in Los Angeles to hone her skills as a songwriter
The opportunity came up to base myself in LA My publisher introduced me to working songwriters over there people who were writing for artists like Christina Aguilera Meatloaf and Ricky Martin
It was an amazing experience being thrown into a situation where I would be in a room with a complete stranger with amazing musical credentials and hold my own By the end of the day we would normally have a great pop song or at least the basis of a great pop song
I got to sit down with Wendy Melvoin Prince and the Revolution and record our song in Frank Sinatras old studio I wrote Miracles with Kevin Savigar Rod Stewarts song writer And I penned Whiplash with Shelly Peiken whos written major hits like Meredith Brooks Bitch and Christina Aguileras Genie In A Bottle
Meanwhile drummer Andrew Maclaren and guitarist Chris Van De Geer both concentrated on building a stateoftheart recording studio while simultaneously producing albums for other artists Bassist Kurt Shanks took time out in Sydney
The band swapped ideas via the internet to keep the songwriting process flowing with Kurt and Boh returning to NZ for recording stints
Boh admits to some nerves the first time the band got together again Weve always been our own harshest critics she says Id written what I truly believe are about the best batch of songs Ive every come up with but didnt know how theyd be received until I sat down and played them to the boys She neednt have worried
The band then set about unifying the songs into a cohesive album New contenders arose as the band fed off each other Asked what listeners should expect Andrew says Weve stripped it back so the essence of these songs can clearly speak Weve made our strongest album to date
Band Members
Boh Runga vocals guitar
Andrew Maclaren drums programming
Chris Van de Geer guitar
Kurt Shanks bass
httpwwwstellarconz
httpwwwmuzicnetnzartists23html
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Stellar
Kiwi
Music
NZ
Zealand
New
Music
Music
Added: 25th November 2008
Views: 71
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If you dont quite know what Im getting at here anyone who could help me disprove prayer could help Wow that sounds kind of sick But it doesnt matter cause prayer has been proven through yes no or wait so its already one sided and this is to even it out
So just help me disprove yes no or wait Itll be a blast
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Added: 26th December 2008
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