Simply type MAY into the coupon box at checkout for 20% off everything, including Friend of Rattle subscriptions. For current subscribers, this means an additional 20% discount, so there has never been a better time to catch up on those albums you've been meaning to get for yourself or to buy as gifts.

We celebrate 21 years as NZ’s premiere art-music label with this superb 90-minute compilation album. These 24 carefully selected pieces showcase the work of Rattle's excellent composers and performers, serving as an attractive introduction to an ever-increasing range of Rattle music, while offering an immensely appealing listening experience.

For a FREE copy of Born Into This, simply logon and add it to the cart. This CD is our free gift to registered users of the Rattle website (postage and packaging not included).

Born Into This will be released in late May, early June. Pre-orders will be sent out immediately. 

Rattle's popular SHUT UP & LISTEN tee shirts are back in stock, and are available in the following sizes: women's (tapered) 10, 12 & 14 (48cm to 52.5cm half chest measurement), and men's S, M, L, XL, 2XL and 3XL (54cm to 71cm). Black with white lettering, all tee shirts are $30 each plus P&P, but with the Music Month discount (type MAY in the checkout coupon box) they're only $24 plus P&P. Click here to purchase.

THE TROUBLES The Troubles  Over a year-long residency at Wellington's Happy Bar, The Troubles developed and honed their quasi-anarchistic brand of meticulously composed music. From the coarse to the sublime, the emotive to the absurd, their music is inventive, passionate, and wholly life-affirming. Recorded on one of their exuberant evenings, this live debut recording is a moment of magic, a never to be repeated snapshot of one of NZ's most original and engaging ensembles.

SNEAKING OUT AFTER MIDNIGHT Mark Lockett The original compositions on mark Lockett's Sneaking Out After Midnight were inspired by his love for the music of American alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman, and his time studying with contemporary New York heavyweight, Ari Hoenig. The fusion of these influences informs the themes and melodies that are the basis of the album. New York luminaries Joel Frahm (saxophone) and Orlando Le Fleming (bass) brought the music to vivid life. The album is an amalgam of the unique character of jazz from 'down-under' and the esteemed rigour and pedigree of New York edge.

800 MILLION HEARTBEATS NZTrio & Stuart Greenbaum  NZTrio recently teamed up with Australian composer Stuart Greenbaum to record a selection of pieces he wrote especially for them. Jazz, minimalism, contemporary new-music and pop informs Stuart’s writing, and he believes that music should be appreciable as pure, abstract sound in time. He sees music as a way to reawaken a sense of wonderment and mystery, and to cultivate space in a world increasingly filled with commercialism, noise, and 24/7 thinking. July release, more info coming soon

WALKABOUT Dave Lisik & the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra Late last year, Dave Lisik popped over to Sydney to record a selection of new compositions with Australia’s most highly regarded big band. The album, which also features top class American jazz soloists Bob Sheppard (saxophone) and Alex Sipiagin (trumpet), is big band music at its most forward thinking and contemporary. Beautifully recorded and produced, this is sure to be one of the finest Rattle Jazz Series albums to date. August release, more info coming soon