Dean Young/Rustle Podcasts

Studio Stories

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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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Dean Young/Rustle Podcasts

Episodes

Devilskin - Be Like The River w/The Band and Producer Clint Murphy 19.05.2026 1:06:07

Donate to Studio Stories for as little as $5 through Buy Me A Coffee ! Support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Follow us on Instagram for the latest updates: instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Stream episodes subscribe, review and more at www.studiostoriespodcast.com in 2014 Devilskin were riding high on the back of their highly successful debu...

Semi Lemon Kola aka: Propeller w/The Band & Nick Abbott 12.05.2026 1:11:13

Donate to Studio Stories for as little as $5 through Buy Me A Coffee ! Support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Follow us on Instagram for the latest updates: instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Stream episodes subscribe, review and more at www.studiostoriespodcast.com This is a very raw - and real look at the career of Semi Lemon Kola. In this e...

Villainy - Dead Sight w/Neill Fraser, Thom Watts & Dave Johnston 05.05.2026 54:57

Donate to Studio Stories for as little as $5 through Buy Me A Coffee ! Support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Follow us on Instagram for the latest updates: instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Stream episodes subscribe, review and more at www.studiostoriespodcast.com Villainy, hot off the heels of a stunning debut in "Mode. Set. Clear" - was to...

SEASON 6 EPISODE 1 ANNOUNCEMENT 21.04.2026 2:04

Season 6 of Studio Stories is coming May 6th for New Zealand Music Month. What album gets the Studio Stories deep dive for episode 1???? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pumpkinhead - Sloth w/Brent Milligan, Jason Peters and Aaron Hogg 30.09.2025 54:29

Donate to Studio Stories for as little as $5 through Buy Me A Coffee ! Support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Follow us on Instagram for the latest updates: instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Stream episodes subscribe, review and more at www.studiostoriespodcast.com Christchurch's Pumpkinhead came roaring out of the mainland in the early 90's....

Head Like A Hole - 'Double Your Strength...' w/Booga Beazley, Nigel Regan, Tom Watson and Robbie Rowlands 23.09.2025 56:07

Donate to Studio Stories for as little as $5 through Buy Me A Coffee ! Support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Follow us on Instagram for the latest updates: instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Stream episodes subscribe, review and more at www.studiostoriespodcast.com Head Like A Hole's 3rd album marked a turning point for the band. With the add...

Shapeshifter - Soulstice w/P Digsss, Sam Trevethick, Nick Robinson and Evan Short 16.09.2025 59:06

Donate to Studio Stories for as little as $5 through Buy Me A Coffee ! Support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Follow us on Instagram for the latest updates: instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Stream episodes subscribe, review and more at www.studiostoriespodcast.com Soulstice   - the third album from NZ drum and bass icons Shapeshifter wa...

The Black Seeds - The 20th Anniversary of "On The Sun" w/Barnaby Weir and Lee Prebble 30.10.2024 42:57

WE’RE COMING BACK FOR SEASON 5! New episodes coming soon. Donate to Studio Stories for as little as $5 through Buy Me A Coffee ! Support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Follow us on Instagram for the latest updates: instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Stream episodes subscribe, review and more at www.studiostoriespodcast.com *Season Finale With...

Villainy - Mode. Set. Clear w/Neill Fraser, Thomas Watts, James Dylan, Dave Johnston and Ben Ehrenberg 01.10.2024 1:10:43

Buy Me A Coffee support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Follow us on Instagram for the latest updates: instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Stream episodes subscribe, review and more at www.studiostoriespodcast.com Special thanks to Carl Thompson for helping make this episode possible. The story of Villainy's debut album Mode. Set. Clear, is the...

Troy Kingi - Shake That Skinny Ass All The Way To Zygertron w/Troy Kingi, TeMatera Smith and Ed Zuccollo 24.09.2024 53:13

Buy Me A Coffee support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Follow us on Instagram for the latest updates: instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Stream episodes subscribe, review and more at www.studiostoriespodcast.com Troy Kingi's second album Shake That Skinny Ass All The Way To Zygertron solidified his ambitious plan to record 10 albums in 10 genr...

Stellar* - Mix w/Andrew Maclaren, Chris Van de Geer, Tom Bailey and Luke Tomes 30.04.2024 57:43

Studio Stories is coming back for season 4! Follow on Instagram for the latest updates: instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Buy Me A Coffee support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Studio Stories is a Rustle Podcasts Production. www.studiostoriespodcast.com Stellar* is Boh Runga, Andrew Maclaren, Chris Van de Geer and Kurt Shanks. Stellar* set ou...

Opshop - Second Hand Planet w/Jason Kerrison, Bobby Kennedy, Greg Haver and Clint Murphy 23.04.2024 1:08:11

Follow The Award Winning Studio Stories on Instagram instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Buy Me A Coffee support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Studio Stories is a Rustle Podcasts Production. www.studiostoriespodcast.com Opshop in 2005 found themselves in a bit of a flux. "You Are Here" was their platinum selling debut, but line up changes mean...

Shihad - The General Electric Part 2 w/Karl Kippenberger and Gggarth Richardson 16.04.2024 29:53

Follow The Award Winning Studio Stories on Instagram instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Buy Me A Coffee support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Studio Stories is a Rustle Podcasts Production. www.studiostoriespodcast.com In Part 2 of the Season 3 premiere of Studio Stories, Bassist Karl Kippenberger, Producer Gggarth Richardson and special gues...

Shihad - The General Electric Part 1 w/Karl Kippenberger And Gggarth Richardson 09.04.2024 31:20

Follow Studio Stories on instagram instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Buy Me A Coffee support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Studio Stories is a Rustle Podcasts Production. www.studiostoriespodcast.com In this - the Season Premiere of Studio Stories, Bassist Karl Kippenberger, Producer Gggarth Richardson and special guests talk us though the m...

Minuit - The 88 w/Ruth Carr, Paul Dodge and Ryan Beehre 07.11.2023 32:01

Follow Studio Stories on instagram instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Buy Me A Coffee support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Studio Stories is a Rustle Podcasts Production. www.studiostoriespodcast.com 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...

Push Push - A Trillion Shades Of Happy w/Mikey Havoc and Andy Wilson 31.10.2023 49:35

Follow Studio Stories on instagram instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Buy Me A Coffee support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Studio Stories is a Rustle Podcasts Production. 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,...

Weta - Geographica: Part 2 w/Clinton Den Heyer, Gabriel Atkinson, Clinton 'Tookie' Tokona, Steve James 24.10.2023 33:52

In Memory of Aaron Tokona, 1975-2020 Follow Studio Stories on Instagram instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast www.studiostoriespodcast.com 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...

Weta - Geographica: Part 1 w/Clinton Den Heyer, Gabriel Atkinson, Clinton 'Tookie' Tokona, Steve James 17.10.2023 34:55

In Memory of Aaron Tokona, 1975-2020 Follow Studio Stories on Instagram instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast www.studiostoriespodcast.com Buy Me A Coffee support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ 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'l...

Dead Flowers - Skin Of A Stone w/Riqi Harawira and Bryan Bell 22.11.2022 39:43

Follow Studio Stories on instagram instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Buy Me A Coffee support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Studio Stories is a Rustle Podcasts Production. www.studiostoriespodcast.com 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...

Devilskin - We Rise w/Paul Martin, Nic Martin and Clint Murphy 15.11.2022 45:25

Follow Studio Stories on instagram instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Buy Me A Coffee support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Studio Stories is a Rustle Podcasts Production. www.studiostoriespodcast.com Take two local heavy metal veterans, throw in a teenaged drummer and a generational vocal talent. Collectively they are Devilskin. And in 2012,...

Supergroove - Traction w/Karl Steven, Tim Stewart and Malcolm Welsford 08.11.2022 40:44

Thanks for checking out this episode of Studio Stories. Follow Studio Stories on instagram instagram.com/studiostoriespodcast   Buy Me A Coffee support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Studio Stories is a Rustle Podcasts Production. www.studiostoriespodcast.com Supergroove’s “Traction” is one of the most successful New Zealand albums of all time.&...

Shihad - Killjoy w/Jon Toogood and Malcolm Welsford 01.11.2022 29:47

Thanks for supporting The Studio Stories Podcast. Buy Me A Coffee support the promotion of New Zealand music and keep the lights on at Studio Stories HQ Follow Studio Stories on Instagram Studio Stories is a Rustle Podcasts Production. www.studiostoriespodcast.com SHIHAD - KILLJOY Following on from their debut album “Churn'', Shihad continued to push themselves into new and uncharted territory wit...

Studio Stories - Volume 1 Trailer 21.10.2022 1:51

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 w...