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Michael Sutherland is a recording engineer, musician, loop-pedal artist and psychedelic music expert from Aotearoa New Zealand.

Michael learned the art of recording/engineering from some of New Zealand's best from the film and commercial music industry and has a talent for merging vintage era with the future.

He has been involved in many records, including some of Aotearoa's biggest acts, local rock/pop artists, and larger jazz & orchestral ensembles.

Michael also pioneered Music for Float Tanks in 2019 which is now used in 70+ Float Centres around the globe.

Michael develops & composes music for Psychedelic Therapy collaborating with clinical trials to heal communities, bring incredible artists together, and teach us more about music's incredible role in these breakthrough therapies and consciousness in general.

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I was born in Germany 1986 and was raised in a family with a huge love for music of every genre.
Not surprisingly, it didn’t take long until I took my first music lesson in guitar, at the age of 4. I performed in my very first concert at the age of five. A few years later I added piano lessons to my music education, and teacher of mine introduced me to computers, and a great love for synthesising sound through that medium began. As a teenager I explored more and more instruments, and work with a drum set opened my eyes to rhythm, letting me express the beats I felt in my heart out into the world.

While making music, I kept very busy, going to school and completing a university degree in management and computer science. But I was having fun too! A decade of partying in the techno/trance scene in Europe opened my ears and heart more and more to electronic music and solidified my interest in increasingly complex wave forms of sound synthesis. My personal musical style is based on eclectic tracks, diverse music styles and sounds that fuel my creativity and inspire me to create and conduct my own music.

Along the way I crossed paths with like-minded creative people. I met a friend in 2010 that shared my love for beats and my drive, and together we entered the music scene in 2011, under the name of Tailgate Chamber. We played our music all over Germany in several live gigs, from Heidelberg to Hannover, loving every moment of it.

It was great fun, but it was time to move on: I left Europe behind, and currently I am a “global citizen” and plan to spend the next few years traveling the world. I’m working on different music projects, and my guitar and computer follow me everywhere. Unplugging and getting away from it all has let me concentrate on my music, and dedicate myself to listening to the sound inside, and working on that powerful engine that is at the heart of my creative self, the source of my new music.
Combining my diverse life experiences, my notes, sounds, harmonies, melodies and lyrics, and fuelled by the inputs from musicians I have met in the many countries I have explored, I’m ready for a new chapter in my life.

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Kia ora and hi, I'm Benet aka Dr Hitchcock.

I play with music and websites. I DJ, make music using synthesisers as well as other hardware and play all this on Starlifter.FM. Starlifter.FM is a psychedelic rock and electronic Internet radio show that streams on 8K.NZ 🎱 and via podcast and other streaming platforms. When I'm not mixing up a cosmic jammm online I design and develop websites.

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Documentary filmmaking has been a life long passion. I worked in broadcast, went to school for photography, and now direct and produce documentaries.

1. HANOI MIXTAPE
2. WITNESS UNDERGROUND

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I moved from the US in 2015 and was hired as the Exchange Operator at XCHC in 2016. I spent 8 years facilitating 2,000+ events and working with 400+ creatives throughout their residencies and participated in Music & Arts festivals/events around the country.

Now I’m Co-Director of XCHC and Co-Founder of a consulting/creative agency called “Hegel & Fein” that develops ambitious creative projects and strategies.

Current Projects:
1. Project Manager for opening 800 capacity venue
2. Develop a nationwide artist touring/retreat program that facilitates creative opportunities, accommodation, venues, transportation, and networking.
3. Develop a sustainable model for creative social clubs that can be expanded globally.
4. Develop the template for immersive art events in underutilized, abandoned, or heritage properties around New Zealand.
5. Design a democratically operated responsive Fund for creative projects outside of funding institutions.

Mango Dogwood

Executive with The Cetacea Foundation researching state-of-the-art sound technology