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This Pale Fire is the lovechild of the talented New Zealand born Corban Koschak. Residing in Auckland Corban has always had a love of music and with thanks to a few open mic nights and the help of Kyle Wetton and Nick Douch This Pale Fire was born. The EP "Dusk" has been a long process in the making, but like they say good things take time.

This 7 track EP is a great indie/rock record that is enriched with hints of nordic mythology, which can be seen in "The Night" (which is also the EP's first single release) where it pays reference to Fenrir the Wolf God. 

The EP overall is refreshing and leaves me wanting more from This Pale Fire, which pains me as they're only still building a fanbase in NZ although I don't see it long before they get recognition and soon will have radio play all over the globe. They've recently just been given funding thanks to NZ Music on Air to create a music video with Cymbol 303 on their collab track "Burst of Colour", which isn't on the EP but if it's anything like the remix track of "Unfamiliar" I'm excited to see what this song will be like!

Personal favourites of mine have to be "The Night", "Silence" & "Siren's Song"

If your living in the Auckland area you should most definitely go and check them out on Facebook to see when they have a gig, if you're like me and not in New Zealand feel free to check out This Pale Fire's Soundcloud or better yet download the EP "Dusk" on Bandcamp! You won't regret it!

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Sometimes living in the southern hemisphere has its perks. Because we're ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to big movies like The Hunger Games series little old New Zealand gets the first look! I have just finished watching Mockingjay in the cinema and WOW!

  Look away now if you don't want to be spoiled!

Mockingjay isn't my personal favourite of the trilogy. As I was rereading the book I forgot how slow it was, especially part 1, but the movie was so brilliantly done and without anything major being left out that the two hours just flew by. Some people didn't understand the reason behind splitting the short book into a two part finale but it was necessary in order to keep things flowing at a good pace. If you haven't read the book i'm sorry to inform you that there is no actual Hunger Games in part three of the trilogy, but it is still darker and more emotional than the two before it.

As the story builds up to the climax in part 2 most of it is based underground in district 13 (thought to be destroyed by the capitol during the first rebellion), if we're not in district 13 we're watching Katniss explore what is left of the districts in the outside world of Panem which is facing a revolution. Almost all of the movie is exactly or close to what is in the book so fans will not be disappointed! One little thing that wasn't included (that didn't need to be in the movie but would've been nice to see) is Katniss finding her prep team locked away in district 13. There are also new scenes which are in my opinion some of the best scenes in the movie and enhance the story so well. We get a brief look at district 7 (who provide lumber) and how they fight back against the peacekeepers in two VERY epic scenes, one that also crosses over with Katniss' song 'The Hanging Tree' which will give you goosebumps! 

The film ends in a similar way to Catching Fire but about three chapters into part 2 of the novel and I have to say, Josh Hutcherson does an incredible job at portraying hijacked Peeta! in fact, all of the cast both old and new do an amazing job at portraying their characters. 

Who else can't wait another year for part 2?

K.

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One of the biggest DJ's in the world released his fourth album at the beginning of the week and i've finally gotten round to giving it a listen. If you're looking for something fresh in the EDM scene this won't be the album for you. Motion is very much like Calvin's previous record 18 Months, full of radio and dance anthems which are sure to please the fans. 

Tracks like 'Under Control', 'Blame', 'Outside', 'Slow Acid', and the anthem of the summer conveniently titled 'Summer' were released prior to the album and are all massive hits, which is why i personally had high expectations for Motion and i wasn't disappointed. 

Motion's opener 'Faith' features Calvin's vocals and is the perfect track to lead into the rest of the album which also features a verrrry slowed down and interesting tune 'Ecstasy'. The guests that feature are Haim, Gwen Stefani, Big Sean, Ellie Goulding, John Newman, Tinashe, All About She, and Hurts as well as fellow DJ's and producers Ummet Ozcan, R3hab, Firebeatz, and Alesso. 

Stand outs on the album (besides those that have already been released) and tracks that i can't wait to get my dance on to are: 

It Was You

Overdrive 

Open Wide 

Dollar Signs 

Burinin 

Overall my rating for Motion is 3 and a half out of 5 because although it does have some great tracks it does lack a little bit of originality, and some of the collaborations with the bigger names in the industry are a tad underwhelming. 

K.

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