Bruce Russell is the Night and Overnight Host at NZME based in Auckland, Auckland. The key track is a near freeform Krautrocker that ebbs and flows with spaced sound and percussion and captures their live sound well. Email: newsroomau@yahoonews.com. He passed away shortly before he was due on air to host Newstalk ZB's overnight show. The first thing that struck was the dual guitar sound. The conversations he had on-air brought him loyalty from listeners young and old both throughout the night and on his Saturday night show. Get more of the radio, music and podcasts you love with the FREE You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter and download the Yahoo News app from the App Store or Google Play. Frustrated and diminished by Flying Nun Records narrowed commercial focus, Bruce Russell had teamed up with Peter Jefferies, Alastair Galbraith and Peter Gutteridge to establish the new Port Chalmers based independent label Xpressway at the end of 1987. Best Two on air, EVER!! Bruce Russell, in his early 70s, died suddenly on Sunday (April 24, 2022) night, working right up until his death - as an overnight host, newsreader and host of the popular In My Day show. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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CALLER: Its these flaming left liberals, Bruce! Shipping was a big part of the NZ based labels costs so a lighter and thinner sleeve made sense. RUSSELL: Im afraid Im still very condemning of the sort of lifestyleof people like Macsyna King. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Contact | Privacy, The recently uploaded video of Sue on The Twos Facebook page (. He knew every customer by their name. I am a regular listener and love seeing the photos of the 'regulars'. He passed away shortly before he was due on air to host Newstalk ZB's overnight show. "What I loved about what he did on the radio was the companionship for the listeners. By Dickson Ofori Siaw April 25, 2022. According to NewstalkZBs own website Bruce Russell likes to bringhis sense of humour to his overnight talk show, but the serious issuesare also tackled. It also claims that Russell is widely read, andcan talk with people on just about any subject they raisehttp://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/featdetailnew.asp?recnumber=2&menu=3&menuitem=2. That means that its often two or three months since Ive touched a guitar. I do not believe that is Mikey!!! We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. I know this news will be very upsetting for many of our listeners, especially those who have been loyal to Bruce over so many years and there are so many of you," Dower said. Flying Nun Records collected up the early Dead C recordings in 1999 for a greatest hits Perform DR 503C CD. M.P. He baulks at the description lo fi. He is survived by his wife Lorna and son Andrew. Bruce Russellattacks the guitar, Arc Caf 2005. Ken Knight, a former radio host at Nga Iwi FM in Paeroa in the early 2000s, said the station would take the ZB news feed and 99 per cent of the time it was Bruce reading the news. Noisy - Olive Russell on her Dad, Erewhon Calling: Experimental Sound in New Zealand at The Sound Foundation, Bruce Russell at PerfectSoundForever, 2000, Bruce Russell interviewed at The Volcanic Tongue, 21st Century Field Hollers and Prison Songs, Bruce Russell at the Wunderbar, Lyttelton 1997, Bruce Russell - Doctors Blues for Philip Samartzis. To be told: This next piece will be called The Kabbalah of the Horse Pegasus. To make a live-to-two-track album with stringed instruments, where the only concept is Dont touch the strings! and have the other half of your duo rush off to vomit, when the reels keep spinning! Burny Mattinson cause of death: How did Burny Mattinson die? He came to the massive city of Auckland and was offered an evening shift, which he accepted like a duck to water and has been working there ever since. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Several coworkers have paid tribute to Russell including colleague Tim Dower who announced the news of his death on air this morning. It was a surprise at the time, but I think it did genuinely strike a nerve with people who were interested in that side of New Zealand music, which by that stage had just begun to be out of the Flying Nun orbit, Bruce Russell told Brendon Fitzgibbon in the January 1992 issue of Stamp. Whether it was reading the news or creating the character Freddy on Timaru's Radio Caroline in the 1980s, he was loved for his devilish sense of humour, gargantuan general knowledge and storytelling. The packaging itself was distinct and deliberate and constantly evolving. Ive spent quite a lot of time with keyboards and various things. The Dead C had been busy as well. The statisticsshow that 54 per cent of bashed kids are Maori! "Bruce was one of a kind and a colleague for over 20 years. SHIPMAN: There is a lot talk they are looking at older candidates, candidates with gravitas. He always wanted to give it the very best he could, he was an absolute professional. READ MORE: * Mike Hosking is 'the king of radio', but Magic Talk is planning a revolt * Newstalk ZB's Marcus Lush locked out of studio mid-broadcast * Radio personality Merv Smith dies. The broadcaster, who was in his early 70s, died abruptly on Sunday night while working as an overnight presenter, newsreader, and host of the famous In My Day show. April 25, 2022 by Alice Danquah. Theres a $10,000 sound system paid for by the establishing grant and accommodation for visiting musicians with secure storage available on the premises. Such namby-pamby liberal claptrapinfuriates this widely read host. The A Handful of Dust Topography of a Phantom City cassette collected two long pieces from a pair of shows at Dunedins Public Art Gallery in August 1996 and was reissued as Jerusalem, Street of Graves with an additional recording from The Lumiere Cinema in Christchurch in August 1997. Russell died . You can sum it up in one word: stature. With New Zealands record pressing plant now disassembled for shipping to Australia and the CD format on the rise, the defiant act created a sense of continuity with the post-punk explosion of the early to mid-decade. 19 years ago. "The conversations he had on-air brought him loyalty from listeners young and old both throughout the night and on his Saturday night show. Sports broadcaster Miles Davis also paid tribute to his one of a kind former colleague. "The conversations he had on-air brought him loyalty from listeners young and old both throughout the night and on his Saturday night show. The second grab was inspired by Xpressways exciting emergence although we looked back with interest at New Zealands punk pioneers and indie labels, and Flying Nuns early years as well. "Bruce was a wonderful team member and a talented host and newsreader who brought joy to our audiences for many years. KERREY: Ive gotta strengthen it in some fashion. His death's reason is not revealed yet. "That was all down to Bruce's ability to take anything, no matter how normal or absurd it might be, and bring it to life. He is a beautiful person and so is his mother Marie in Scotland!!! Just how busy the Lyttelton one-man industry had become was even more apparent in a full page Corpus Hermeticum ad on the back page of the now glossy covered Opprobrium in December 1997. LOVE love the photo of Pam. Id later read that there was yet another reason for the media reticence. I genuinely thought he'd be on the air until he was at least 100. He passed away shortly. No one else wanted to do it and we signed a deal with him in September 1989 that secured its release some months after. The double LP Harsh 70s Reality and Clyma Est Mort followed in 1992. Scan the QR code to download now. May god his family and loved ones have enough strength to deal with the great loss. Russell leaves behind his wife Lorna and son Andrew. "senator" Mikaere Mc Carty Is Back ! Newstalk ZB's Bruce Russell, in his early 70s, was working right up until his death - as an overnight host, newsreader and host of the popular In My Day show on Saturday night. Theyre lazy! Winding down Corpus Hermeticum in 2004 (after a diverse run of releases from Sandoz Lab Technicians, Matt De Gennaro with Alastair Galbraith, RST, Lovely Midget, Marchetti/ Noetinger/ Werchowski, Kjetil D. Brandsdal, Birchville Cat Motel, Greg Malcolm, Ralf Wehowsky and Tetuzi Akiyama), Bruce Russell again left the release of his sound to overseas record labels. With Peter Jefferies handling the sound side, Bruce Russell was free to mould the labels image and ethos and establish contacts with fanzines, like minded bands and labels, promoters and distributors in NZ and overseas through international phone calls and letters. He bundled up live recordings from two solo shows in May 1999 in Melbourne at The Public Bar and Punters Club for 2000s Painting The Passports Brown. Bruce was a wonderful team member and a talented host and newsreader who brought joy to our audiences for many years. Hi there to Bruce and Jim. Russells writing and thought was often published in the new millennium. Its late March 1987 in Dunedins co-operative arts venue Chippendale House, where a rough circle of the citys indie musicians has gathered in the middle of the vast open warehouse hall. The veteran radio presenter passed away suddenly on Sunday evening while at work before he was due to start his on-air shift. Bruce Russell, one of our long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully last night, the statement read. Russell is survived by his wife Lorna and son Andrew. Bruce Russell's 2012 Flying Nun compilation Time To Go: The SouthernPsychedelic Moment, 1981-1986 was hailed as a landmark collection of early 1980s independent music from the South Island. Hes concerned about the circular banner that partly encloses and confines the jester that is their symbol. The mix of re-accessed music and contemporary sound would be typical of the labels output. Listen: Tim Dower announces Bruce Russell's death. The veteran radio presenter passed away suddenly on Sunday evening while at work before he was due to start his on-air shift. I am astounded at your broad knowledge of music, Tim. "I am devastated," sports broadcaster Miles Davis wrote. GREENFIELD: If the question about Governor Bush was one of the weight, or to use the favorite phrase of the moment, gravitas. "Radio Transcripts Ltd." Has Already Shown Himself To Favour That Rare Term: " Gravitas ". " 1991 brought a revisit of mid-1980s Christchurch group Scorched Earth Policy (Foaming Out), Angelheads Eat, Sandra Bells Dreams of Falling, Chris Heazlewoods Hellmouth 66 and The Terminals Disease, all on tape. He always wanted to give it the very best he could, he was an absolute professional. At the time we were just another fringe group of cult nutters outside the mainstream of New Zealand music. He is as always intelligent, articulate, subversive, funny and eager to communicate. Often the tune coming from Morley was supplied with a drum rhythm in broken or counter-timings with Russells guitar holding the true timing of the piece with precise atonal slashes placed where the snare drum would usually be played. The rhetoric and the racism that comes from that joker isappalling! Newstalk ZB radio host Bruce Russell is being remembered as a talented broadcaster with an "inimitable personality" after he died over the weekend. Asked in December 2013 about the reappearance of many classic New Zealand indie songs and albums on vinyl, Russell replied, Im having a single malt in triumph. "I didn't want to give him a fright so crept in, and gently touched his arm. Get more of the radio, music and podcasts you love with the FREE WILLIAMS: Now we look and we see the son, who is seeking some gravitas, to say to people that he is an intelligent man. "Bruce had a gargantuan general knowledge. Who else would nap in the kitchen between overnight talk and a newsreading shift? After a short stint, he moved to Taumarunui to manage a radio station before joining Newstalk ZB in Auckland in about 2000. From there on out, improvisation would be the centre. FAZIO: I really believe that George W. Bush needed that perhaps more than anyone in recent memory because, if there is a rap about him, it may go to the gravitas issue. Bruce was a wonderful team member and a talented host and. Bruce Russell Collection, Bruce Russellin Sydney at the What is Music? Trust me IT'S THE REAL MIKEY!! His death has left a hole in many people's lives, including his treasured listeners, for whom he was not just a talkback host, but also a friend, counsellor and companion.". Tom Laxs new Philadelphia indie Siltbreeze Records became The Dead Cs primary label for the next six years and helped gain them a foothold in the United States. Please bring back Pam. All the best for this Xmas if we ever end up being able to celebrate it. Always made me laugh with his dry sense of humour and helped me a lot with his advice. Details will be published soon on Ghanafuo. I use it a lot. Press Esc to cancel. Bruce Russell of Newstalk ZB died unexpectedly, but his cause of death has yet to be revealed. He is a founder member and guitarist for the noise rock trio The Dead C, as well as the free noise ensemble A Handful of Dust. Not content with rescuing tapes from a dodgy rep, Xpressway Records buffed up what was thought to be another dying medium and released The Dead Cs The Sun Stabbed seven inch EP on vinyl in 1988. The heartbreaking news was confirmed in a statement released on Newstalk ZBs website, reading, Bruce Russell, one of our long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully last night., The statement added, Bruce was a wonderful team member and a talented host and newsreader who brought joy to our audiences for many years. They fill that oversized warehouse up with songs coming out of songs. With some others, they make up Pink Plastic Gods and Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos. In other words two thirds of The Dead C were already creating together. Ireland Hendry-Tennent. I hope they truly value you as much as we all do, and yes please bring back Pam you are wonderful together. Years passed and they both ended up at ZB together. Wellingtons Surface of the Earth, Blenheims Omit, Alan Licht (The Evan Dando of Noise?) He knew where every item was, was always smiling and passing time of day. 2023 Ghanafuo.com & DM Network. Xpressway people. In a statement on Newstalk ZB's website, the station said: "Bruce Russell, one of our long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully last night. When DR503 finally drops on Flying Nun Records in April 1988, it is a wilful anarchistic record like no other the label has released. The page will be updated as worthy photos come in. One of the most important and interesting in phases in New Zealands independent music history had now begun. Obviously I listen too much! It feels like living in the moment, and like transcending that moment, and like leaping into the sea.. Masonic Inborn parts II & III on Killing Capitalism with Kindness 3xEP compilation for Belgiums Turbulence Records soon followed. May god his family and loved ones have enough strength to deal with the great loss. S.E.P Haunted Spirits was ostensibly a review of Scorched Earth Policys Dust To Dust EP although the full-page piece takes in the groups pre-history in The Pin Group and Victor Dimisich Band complete with discography. ______________________________________________________, You do not have permission to delete messages in this group, Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message, http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/featdetailnew.asp?recnumber=2&menu=3&menuitem=2, http://www.exorcist.org.nz/bounty_dog_ugly_longpig, http://www.exorcist.org.nz/deep_roots_music_2011_1.wav. The new imprints name was taken from Sonic Youths Expressway to Yr Skull on 1986s Evol, a song Russell saw the band perform in London. Dead C vs Sebadoh EP and The Operation of the Sonne LP emerged on Siltbreeze in 1993 with World Peace Hope Et Al and the Metal Heart following in 1994 and The White House LP in 1995. Saturday nights and nighttime to crack of dawn will NEVER be the identical. The broadcaster, in his early 70s, died suddenly on Sunday night, working right up until his death as an overnight host, newsreader and host of the popular In My Day show. You both doing a great job, and cant help but say to you that I cannot for the life of me, get to sleep without having you both beside me just a little bit of fun ,but its true. He used looped analogue samples from A Handful of Dusts Anabase LP to back those pieces. iHeartRadio app. Do miss her very much. Bruce Russell, one of our long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully last night. The third design stage resulted in a standard cruciform shape with folded card cover, printed spine and a couple of postcards in an envelope inside that could fit into the same space in shops as jewel cases. There he found the traces of indie networks in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and France. Russell went on to work as a weekend newsreader and also hosted the Saturday night show In My Day. The Dead C used Lilburns Poem In Time of War as the underlying inspiration of the full side Driver U.F.O on Harsh 70s Reality. Has visited us twice and he fits in as though we've known him forever. I havent reached the limit of unorthodox things that I can do with a guitar. Despite being in the media, Bruce Russell has never revealed anything about his wife. Relocating reinvigorated Russell and The Dead C, the new jazz and free noise centred New Zealand fanzine Opprobrium believed. 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Hed been resident in Dunedin for most of the previous 15 years, having shifted south for university in 1979. Our thoughts and love are with Bruce's family at this sad time., Sad to hear the passing of Bruce Russell. Its got that import cachet, the hard to find, real gold, collector scum mentality, Russell told Philip Matthews in The Wire, June 1999. His cause of death was not revealed. Bruce Russell, one of our long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully last night, the statement said. RUSSELL: Ive got quite a few e-mails here, all about the topic underdiscussion tonight. In order to improve our community experience, we are temporarily suspending article commenting. Monique Samuels Divorce Rumors From Chris After 10 Years! "My favourite Bruce story is when he fell asleep on air. Russel had a net worth of 3 to 6 million as of 2022. Thereby Proving To Everyone That Senator Joe Mc Carthy's Assertion That A Whole Network Of Fellow Travelers To The Comintern Soviet Block Of Marxist Communist Propagandists In The U.S. And World, Is Well Established, Through Literal Transmission Belts ! By New Zealand broadcaster & writer Tim Roxborogh. Freddy was a bit of a deprived child, his mum was on a social welfare benefit. What songs there are Morley keeps going with a simple open chord riff under and over which Russell shows his faith in drone, discord and looping repetition. Tim you are the best Host ZB has!!!!! "Bruce Russell, one of our long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully last night," the statement read. In response to the first new issues piece on Christchurch underground acts Bill Direen, The Pin Group and Victor Dimisich Band, Bruce fired off a list of corrections. He then changed course and went on to pursue a musical career which has spanned more than 20 years in a multitude of roles including promoter, producer, conductor and singer. We recorded the album in March 1989, and by September, Roger [Shepherd] had come around to a position of wanting to do it. Last year, a former colleague called Russells ZB show and reminisced about his portrayal of a young character he played Freddy on Radio Caroline in Timaru. I go to bed every night with ZB talkback. Newstalk ZB's Bruce Russell spent a lifetime being a companion to his treasured listeners. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. He got his start in the industry as an ad writer before gaining experience as an announcer, and later as a programmer in Timaru. He eventually moved to Auckland where he started working overnight shifts. He kicked off writing commercials and in that time he started doing some announcing and was posted to different community stations, doing every shift under the sun, based on his ZB bio. From the very beginning the labels catalogues, ads and posters project a distinctive aesthetic. I'll miss him enormously," said Roxborogh. Totally devastated! Bruce Russell is a New Zealand experimental musician and writer. Parts of that performance and another June show in Christchurch made up 1997s Repent, which Opprobrium described as guitar squeals, fragments of riffs, sustained hypnotic patterns and a powerful rhythmic undertow held together by some force of collective will.. Musica Humana gathered up all of A Handful of Dusts released music from 1990 to 1993. Bruce, meanwhile, checked out The Terminals Disconnect LP, Skeptics Amalgam and The Renderers and Cyclops live. Saturday nights and midnight to dawn will NEVER be the same. Heres an old montage featuring an unusual word: gravitas. Bruce Russell of Newstalk ZB passed away in April 2022. Outside of The Lonesome Death of Albert Ayler by A Handful of Dust on Drag City Records I Hear The Devil Calling Me compilation EP single of less than one-minute songs available in 1990, hed only released the A Little Aesthetic Discourse single in 1992 for Cambridge, Massachusetts Twisted Village Records. Love them both!!! Russell quickly realised that the fanzine writers and radio show hosts who supported Flying Nun groups were equally supportive of his labels efforts. Hello, Diane. "Bruce was a wonderful team member and a talented host and newsreader who brought joy to our audiences for many years. David Mitchell and Denise Roughans Dead Dog In Port Chalmers 7 EP followed. If Lilburns generation was the first to assert an independent New Zealand cultural voice, mine is the first to go beyond a self conscious preoccupation with whether or not we have an autonomous voice, and take that fact for granted as a starting point, Bruce Russell wrote. The Port Chalmers-based indie usually did a deal with record companies where they usually got twenty percent of the released records and imported them back to NZ for sale to generate a royalty for the bands. It surprises me though that most of the callers are male, and some cant string a sentence together, (just saying).Thats my only bugbearI really miss Brucie as he had such an interesting life. You know I'm a VERY regular listener and sometimes caller. They are who they are, and that montage is a good illustration. My thoughts with family. Russell was in his early 70s at the time of his death. Last Glass then showcased improvisational work from Kim Pieters, Peter Stapleton and Bruce Russell. My favorite newstalk an host for many many years Bruce Russell has died unexpectedly in a single day. Mikey is soooo gorgeous and a beuatiful person, he's unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/GUzbzQ78WZ. Flicking through old copies of NZ Listener in the University of Waikato library, a photograph of the University of Otagos winning 1980 University Challenge (a TV quiz show that pitted students from the countrys tertiary institutions against each other) team caught my eye. Thats absolutely true, but Ive never found that to be the case. Burial site and Find a Grave details, Ricou Browning funeral, burial service, pictures, date, time, venue. Having returned North to Paeroa then university in Hamilton, brother Stu and I were early subscribers to Xpressways mail order, eagerly awaiting the catalogues (minor pieces of art in themselves I wish Id kept the Hocken Library in Dunedin has copies) and NZ and US records they sold. L to R: Bruce Russell, Peter Jefferies, Peter Gutteridge, and Alastair Galbraith outside Peter's house, Opoho, early 1989, Bruce Russell on his current projects, 2008, Bruce Russellmanipulates the input jack, University of Canterbury, 2007. Ill learn soon enough that hes Bruce Russell and he has a new group called The Dead C. Still, I cant shake the feeling Ive seen him somewhere before. It would later be covered by Yo La Tengo and was still in their set as an encore in May 2000 at Irving Plaza in New York. There are many rumors about New Zealands longest-serving and beloved broadcasters Bruce Russells cause of death after he suddenly passed away last night (April 24, 2022) in his early 70s. And why the hell arethe police showing bloody cultural sensitivity to Maori? While at Timaru, he turned to program and eventually worked as a manager at a tiny radio station in the middle of North Island. From The Internet (below), As Proof Of My Assertions, For I HeardThe Same Montage On Rush Limbaugh's Show --->, -------------------(start of quote)-----------------------------------------. I shall miss him as will his audience. Hopelessnessis not a reason to bash your kids! Required fields are marked *. Newstalk ZB radio host Bruce Russell is being remembered as a talented broadcaster with an "inimitable personality" after he died over the weekend. This was an area of interest for him already. Newstalk ZB confirmed his death in a statement on Monday morning. Rest easy my old friend.. I can export to Europe, America and Japan and my products are seen as exotic wherever they go. Left Handed Blows: Writing on Sound 1993 2009 reprinted pieces from three issues of Logopandocy: the journal of vain erudition in 1993, 1994 and 1996, with liner notes from Ralf Wehowskys 1997 Tulpas CD, previously published interviews with Marco Fusinato and Alastair Galbraith, an article from The National Grid journal on graphic design and a review of Douglas Lilburns electro-acoustic work from The Wire in January 2005. Just do it!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Tim again. His inimitable personality in the newsroom and in the studio would always entertain his colleagues too. He hails us from across the street and hands over a green screen printed poster with what looks like black cavemen etchings that announces The Dead Sea and Early Carvings afternoon show at Chippendale House on Sunday April 24. It's just Latin. Take your Radio, Podcasts and Music with you. 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