Soundtrack to your studies - 2016
Campus sounds from the 2010s.
The biggest international hit of the year was ‘Uptown Funk’ by Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson. A couple of years earlier, Ronson had played in New Zealand as one of the headliners at Rhythm and Vines, but now he was reaching a new level of fame.
Shadows had a range of local acts throughout O week too - spreading from the dance music of Jupiter Project and Jetski Safari; to the indie rock of Night Gaunts, Paquin, and She’s So Rad; to the soul/funk of the Hipstamatics; to the rap of Derty Sesh.
One of the regular events on the calendar was the yearly Toga Party, where students danced in white robes to the latest bass-heavy hits. Did you go along in your first year?
The most unusual musical breakthrough by a kiwi songwriter that year was by the producer Te Whiti Warbrick (aka SickDrumz). He worked on Rihanna’s US No.1 single ‘Needed Me.’ Warbrick later commented that: “It's hard to believe that I made this song on an old laptop with some broken headphones in a tiny bedroom on the back of a farm with a view of cows.”
The most unavoidably popular song of the year was ‘Shape of You’ by Ed Sheeran.
Add to the playlist
What was on your turntable while you were on campus? Suggest songs to add to our 2010s playlist, and you could win $100 Flying Out voucher.