A Low Hum

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A Low Hum is an on-going concert tour in New Zealand's and is important for rising bands and alternative music groups^{[citation needed]}. It was founded by professional photographer and music impresario Blink (born Ian Jorgensen), and is based in Wellington, New Zealand. As of 2007, A Low Hum has organised and supported over fifty musical acts from New Zealand, USA, Australia and beyond.

In 2006, Tours occurred every month and comprised between two and four rising Kiwi bands who played venues and gigs in about a dozen New Zealand locales along the way. In conjunction with each tour, A Low Hum published an A5 magazine, usually including a feature album or EP (often unreleased material by bands) and a music compilation CD with songs by local and international acts.

In 2006, A Low Hum also began publishing "Local Knowledge", a comprehensive guide for bands wanting to tour New Zealand and engage with the music industry.

In 2007, A Low Hum entered new territory as the producer of a major new live music festival, Camp A Low Hum, held on a large rural campsite close to Wainuiomata, 30 minutes drive north of Wellington. Attended by an intimate 400 campers, 49 bands performed on February 3rd, 4th and 5th, making Camp A Low Hum among New Zealand's largest music festivals. In 2008 the festival will span a total of four days, featuring even more New Zealand bands.

In 2007, after having released music for a few years in conjunction with its magazine, A Low Hum ventured further into the territories of a traditional record label by starting a monthly subscription-based CDR singles club and releasing albums by local New Zealand artists, Disasteradio and The Enright House.

[edit] A Low Hum tours

Degrees K & Ejector (Sept 2003)
Batrider (April 2004)
Ghostplane (May 2004)
The Fanatics and Disasteradio (June 2004)
Degrees K (July 2004)
The Accelerants (August 2004)
The Phoenix Foundation, Cassette, Phelps and Munro (Oct 2004)
Cortina, Coolies, Disasteradio, Golden Axe (Nov 2004)
Gerling (Dec 2004)
Shocking Pinks, The Inkling (Mar 2005)
Connan and the Mockasins, The Chandeliers, Hot Swiss Mistress (April 2005)
Ghostplane, Mestar (August 2005)
So So Modern, Teen Wolf (November 2005)
Die! Die! Die!, French Horns, Yokel Ono, The Vacants (Feb 2006)
Connan and the Mockasins, Whipping Cats, Gran Prix (Mar 2006)
The Reduction Agents, Over the Atlantic, The Undercurrents (April 2006)
Diasteradio, Kill Surf City, Voom (May 2006)
The Sneaks, Shaky Hands, Thought Creature (June 2006)
Jakob, Operation Rolling Thunder, City City City (August 2006)
So So Modern, Collapsing Cities, Alps, Frase+Bri (Sept 2006)
The Ruby Suns, Odessa, The Bengal Lights (Oct 2006)
Rock and Roll Machine, The Mysterious Tapeman, The Bloody Souls, Don Julio and the Hispanic Mechanic (Nov 2006)
Ghosptlane, Signer, Phelps and Munro, Diasasteradio, Frase+Bri (Dec 2006)
So So Modern, My Disco, Disasteradio, Frase+Bri (Feb 2007)
The Evens (Feb 2007)
So So Modern, Cut off Your Hands (July 2007)
Yacht, Panther (August 2007)
The Enright House, Thought Creature, Little Pictures (band), Get Set Play (Sept 2007)
Disasteradio (Oct 2007)