2024 Wrapped

Thank you for reading and listening. I’ll be back next year. Selected Works is a weekly (usually) newsletter by the Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa (Wellington, New Zealand) based freelance music journalist, broadcaster, copywriter and sometimes DJ Martyn Pepperell, aka Yours Truly. Most weeks, Selected Works consists of a recap of what I’ve been doing lately and some of what I’ve been listening to and reading, paired with film photographs I’ve taken + some bonuses. All of that said, sometimes it takes completely different forms. Man, 2024. What a year. I’m not sure how I thought the last twelve months would play out, but they didn’t play out anywhere near how I expected. Things were tough. Really tough. Nevertheless, however, we got it done. I know the year isn’t quite done yet, but I’m pretty tapped out at this point. Here’s a general overview of most of the feature stories, interviews, radio shows, DJ sets, playlists, liner notes, and the like that I’ve put together since January. I’m pretty sure I’ve forgotten some stuff. Apologies in advance. So it goes. FEATURES: Audio Culture: Denver McCarthy, aka Micronism, Mechanism, Chaos Reader, DJ Vraj, Pedestrian, Liquid Water Denver McCarthy spent the 1990s creating electronic...