Studio Stories

Studio Stories

Studio Stories. An award winning podcast that spotlights the people behind some of New Zealand’s best known albums - and the stories behind their creation. We take you into the studio and hear from artists, producers and engineers, who talk inspiration, frustration, elation, and the power of the musical creative process. Winner of 4 Golds and 1 Silver at at the 2023 New Zealand Podcast Awards. Listen, rate and review at studiostoriespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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September 30, 2025 54 mins

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Christchurch's Pumpkinhead came roaring out of the mainland in the early 90's. The band's 1995 album ...

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Head Like A Hole's 3rd album marked a turning point for the band. With the addition of 2nd guitarist Tom W...

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Soulstice  - the third album from NZ drum and bass icons Shapeshifter was released in 2006, reaching ...

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WE’RE COMING BACK FOR SEASON 5! New episodes coming soon.


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*Season Finale


With "On The Sun", Wellingt...

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Special thanks to Carl Thompson for helping make this episode possible.


The story of Villainy's debut album Mode. Set. Clear, is the story of a young band, w...

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Troy Kingi's second album Shake That Skinny Ass All The Way To Zygertron solidified his ambitious plan to record 10 albums in 10 genres over 10 years.

The album,...

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Stellar* is Boh Runga, Andrew Maclaren, Chris Van de Geer and Kurt Shanks.


Stellar* set out to create a statement w...

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Opshop in 2005 found themselves in a bit of a flux. "You Are Here" was their platinum selling debut, but line up changes meant the band were feeling the ...

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In Part 2 of the Season 3 premiere of Studio Stories, Bassist Karl Kippenberger, Producer Gggarth Richardson and special guests talk us though the making...

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In this - the Season Premiere of Studio Stories, Bassist Karl Kippenberger, Producer Gggarth Richardson and special guests talk us though the making of Shihad's "The Gener...

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Nelson's 'Minuit', 3 friends who - in the early 2000's found their sound and ran with it.


Ruth Carr, Paul Dodge and Ryan Beehre started out as a guitar band, but quickl...

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In this episode you'll hear how the Push Push met while all still in school, rehearsing in motels, fighting over drummers, discovering "the old guard" of New Zealand metal, wanting to blow sh_t up, a...

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In Memory of Aaron Tokona, 1975-2020


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Welcome to Studio Stories. This is part 2 of our deep dive into the making of Weta's album Geographica.


In this episode you'll hear breakdowns of the recording of 'Got The Ju', 'Hole' and the emotional black-story behind the writing and recording of 'Conversations' as well as Aaron's str...

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In Memory of Aaron Tokona, 1975-2020


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Welcome to The Season 2 Premiere of Studio Stories. This is part 1 of an epic 2 part deep dive into the making of Weta's album Geographica.


In this episode you'll hear how the band got t...

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In this season finale of Studio Stories - Auckland’s Dead Flowers formed at a 21st over a bag of magic mushrooms and shot to prominence in 1992 with the release of their f...

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Take two local heavy metal veterans, throw in a teenaged drummer and a generational vocal talent.

Collectively they are Devilskin. And in 2012, Paul Martin, Tony "Nail"...

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Supergroove’s “Traction” is one of the most successful New Zealand albums of all time. 


Released in 1994, th...

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SHIHAD - KILLJOY

Following on from their debut album “Churn'', Shihad continued to push themselves into new and uncharted territory with their bludgeoning 2nd a...

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October 20, 2022 1 min

Welcome to Studio Stories, a podcast that exposes the creative process of artists, engineers and producers to reveal the stories behind some of New Zealand's best known albums.


Starting November 2nd, 2022, you'll hear how some classic New Zealand records came to life.


How these albums were initially conceived while sweeping bakery floors, or sweating it out on stages across the country.

How they were recorded in brand new stud...

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