CC Music from Aotearoa/ NZ
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The information used to begin this page was gathered by Danyl Strype on the Disintermedia wiki, during NZ Music Month 2017. A major update was started in April 2026, using music discovered while gathering tunes for an interview on the Deep INsessioNZ radio show, for NZMM 2026.
Music Released Under a CreativeCommons License By Musicians From or Living in Aotearoa/ NZ
Lack of capitalization of artist or release names and other stylization found consistently across release platforms are treated as aesthetic choices by the releasing artist, and reproduced faithfully here. Release type follows the self-description by the releasing artist, and is either an album, EP, or single. Formats are taken from publication data available from the artists' pages and other records, and may include physical formats like CD, vinyl, cassette, and USB stick, and various forms of digital download such as free of charge, pay what you want, fixed price download.
Some artists have released music under a CC license on some platforms, while applying an ARR (All Rights Reserved) statement on other platforms - presumably without meaning to - or no copyright statement at all. This list describes the version released under the CC license, but also lists download sources under more restrictive licenses (or no obvious license) for completeness. This list is not legal advice, and is for general information and entertainment purposes only.
Albums
An album (or "LP") is a collection of songs traditionally defined by the play length of a vinyl LP ("Long Play"). The average album contains roughly 11-13 songs, but this can depend on the length of the songs, and aesthetic choices by musicians. Albums have been released with 40 songs of 30 seconds each, and four songs lasting about 20 minutes each.
| Release Year | Title | Artist | Musicians | Genres | Label / Publisher | Formats | License | Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ANNIHILATION/BILLIONAIRE DEATH DRIVE | DISPLEASURE | Digital Hardcore | Limbless Music | Download (Name Your Price), Vinyl | CC BY 4.0 | BandWagon, Mirlo, Ampwall (no mention of the CC license here), BandCamp (license here is CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) | |
| 2025 | Lapis Majuscules and Friends | AmbientSpace | Ambient | Self-released | Stream, Download (Name Your Price) | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | BandWagon, BandCamp (all tracks marked ARR here except Lapis Majuscules) | |
| 2025 | VORTEX OF SHIT | DISPLEASURE | Digital Hardcore | Limbless Music | Download (Name Your Price), Vinyl | CC BY 4.0 | Mirlo, Ampwall (no mention of the CC license here), BandCamp (gives a 2024 release date and license as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) | |
| 2025 | We lived our lives on top of this | Lake South | Lake South, Eddie Crawshaw, Theo Sekeris, Penelope Esplin, Elizabeth Hocking, Scott Maynard, Kaito Walley, Ato Kwamena | Indie Pop | Self-released | Download (Fixed Price) | CC BY-NC 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 2025 | Guest | vegetable.machine.animal | Kieran Monaghan | Interspecies | Skirted Records, Audio Foundation Records | Download (Fixed Price), Vinyl, CD | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 2023 | brb | Eyeliner | Luke Rowell | Electro-pop | Self-released | Download (Name Your Price) | CC BY-NC 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 2023 | Epiphytes | Jet Jaguar | Michael Upton | Downtempo | Nonwrestler | Cassette, Download (Fixed Price) | CC BY-NC 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 2023 | My Name Is David | Alphabethead | David Morrison | ElectroClash | Self-released | Download (Fixed Price), Cassette, T-shirt + Download | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 2022 | All Billionaires Are Bastards | Unsanitary Napkin | Punk | Slimebag, AlwaysNeverFun, Limbless Music | Download (Name Your Price), Vinyl | CC BY 4.0 | BandWagon, Mirlo, Ampwall (no mention of the CC license here), BandCamp (listed here as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) | |
| 2022 | LP | Popolice | Marc Regueiro-Mckelvie | Lo-fi | Self-released | Download (Fixed Price), CDR, Cassette | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 2022 | Never Mind the Threat, Here's the Distraction | Mr Sterile | Mr Sterile | Lo-fi | Skirted Records | Download (Fixed Price), Limited Edition Pottery Cups | CC BY-SA 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 2020 | Selected Works // 2005 - 2020 | Tom Cosm | Tom Cosm | Electronica | Self-released | Download (Name Your Price) | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 2019 | Snuff | Secret Knives | Ash Smith | Shoegaze | Prison Tapes | Download (Name Your Price), Cassette | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 2018 | Syntax Error | All Seeing Hand, The | Jonny Marks, Alphabethead, B. Michael Knight | GlitchPunk | Sonorous Circle | Download (Name Your Price), Cassette, T-shirt + Download | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | BrandCramp |
| 2017 | I follow the moon | seht | Ambient, Drone | Epic Sweep Records | Streaming | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported)) | [1] | |
| 2017 | If You're Born On An Island The Ocean Heals You | Lake South (formerly Urbantramper) | Lake South, Seamus Maguire, Penelope Esplin, Eddie Crawshaw, Felicity Herbertson, Nadia Reid | Indie Pop | Home Alone Music | CD, Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported)) | BandCamp |
| 2017 | Our Government Is Poisoning Us To Make Money (album length track) | Shadows On The Snow (Featuring MoonStar) | Sean Monaghan (NZ), Kendall Keeler (USA) | Ambient, Experimental | Petroglyph Music (Petroglyph529) | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | Archive.org, BandCamp |
| 2017 | times | dharmarat | Adam Tukiri | Hip-hop, rap | Downtime Records & Small Fortunes | Download (Fixed Price) | CC BY-NC 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2017 | Why/ Liar/ Gone | Bent Folk | Dick Whyte (Guitar, Bass, Vocals), Helen O'Rourke (Drums, Atmosphere), Rupert Hunter (Guitars), Alison Studens (Organ) | Postrock | Ilk Ither | Cassette, Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported)) | BandCamp |
| 2016 | By Choice or Design | Anecdata | Electro-clash | Kosh Records | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp | |
| 2016 | I Am Lost at Home | Pouffe | Matt Plunkett, Kraus | LoFi | Self-released | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 2016 | Patriotic Grooves | Unsanitary Napkin | Punk | Zero Style, AlwaysNeverFun, and Limbless | Vinyl, Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp | |
| 2016 | Sand to Glass | All Seeing Hand, The | Jonny Marks, Alphabethead, B. Michael Knight | GlitchPunk | MUZAI Records (BandCamp) | CD, Vinyl, Download (Pay What you Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 | BandCamp |
| 2016 | Setsu | Mermaid Guitar | Indie Rock | Self-released | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp, SoundCloud (no mention of CC license) | |
| 2016 | SINES | Wayvee | Wayvee | Self-released | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp | |
| 2015 | Beekeeper/Bastardknocker | TRIUMPHS | Mat Anderson, John Bollen | Monkey Killer Records | Vinyl, Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp | |
| 2015 | Buy Now | Eyeliner | Luke Rowell | Beer on the Rug (BOTR036) | Cassette, Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp | |
| 2015 | Iris Moon | FORESHADOWS | Sam Morgan, Jasmine Byrami | Indie, Pop | Self-Published | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2015 | It's All Over | Mr Sterile Assembly | Chrissie Butler, mr sterile | Punk, Agit-prop | Skirted Records | CD, Download (Fixed Price) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2015 | life | Shadows on the Snow | Sean Monaghan (NZ), Kendall Keeler (USA) | Ambient, Experimental | Petroglyph Music (petroglyph329) | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | Archive.org |
| 2015 | Noahs Stark | Krackatoa | Andre William Owen | Psychedelic | Self-released | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2015 | NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL SEA SHANTIES Vol II | Wellington Sea Shanty Society | Lake Davineer & Vorn Dont le Père Etait Marin | Folk, Sea Shanty | Self-released | CD, Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2015 | Old Men in the Forest | Rory Storm | Rory Storm | Ambient | TapeSafe | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | Archive.org |
| 2015 | Wreckage | Brilliant Swords | Campbell Kneale | Punk | Self-released | Download (Pay What you Want) | CC BY 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2014 | beneath the pound of flesh | amos/anon | amos/anon | Dark Folk | Self-released | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2014 | Beyond the Valley of the Trolls | Big Rick | Helen O’Rourke, Heleyni Pratley, Joel Cosgrove, Rohan Hill | Punk | Download (Name Your Price) | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | BandCamp | |
| 2014 | Liver Let Die | Muscle, the | Punk, Lo-fi | Self-released | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp | |
| 2014 | Opening | i.ryoko | Thomas Arbor | Post-rock | Sonorous Circle | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2014 | Quartz Plumage | Alphabethead | David Morrison | Trip Hop | Self-released | Download (Pay What you Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2013 | Best of Barry Starr: the part I played | Mermaid Guitar | Indie Rock | Self-released | Download (Pay What you Want) | CC BY-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp, SoundCloud (no mention of CC license) | |
| 2013 | BlokeBird | DSLB | Chrissie Butler | Experimental, Art Punk | Skirted Records | CD, Download (Pay What You Want)) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 | BandCamp |
| 2013 | Contact | Radio Over Moscow | D Satherley | ElectroClash | Kosh Records | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2013 | Rarities (2007-2011) | i.ryoko | Thomas Arbor | Post-rock | Sonorous Circle | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2013 | Urine (A Container) | Seth Frightening | Sean Kelly | Dark Folk | Sonorous Circle | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2012 | Carols for Convicts | Minnelli | Minnelli | Post-rock | Sonorous Circle | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2012 | Don't You Worry (Heat Death) | Seth Frightening | Sean Kelly | Dark Folk | Sonorous Circle | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2012 | Internet Freedom is Love | Urbantramper | Lake, Phil Jones, Andy Hoy | Synth Pop | Home Alone Music | CD, Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported)) | BandCamp |
| 2012 | Obsidian Codex | Vassafor | VK, BP | Black Metal | Debemur Morti Productions | Vinyl, Download (Fixed Price) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported)) | BandCamp |
| 2011 | All Seeing Hand, The | All Seeing Hand, The | Jonny Marks, Alphabethead, B. Michael Knight | GlitchPunk | Self-released | Download (Name Your Price) | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | BrandCramp |
| 2011 | Deus Ex Robotica | Radio Over Moscow | D Satherley | ElectroClash | Kosh Records | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported)) | BandCamp |
| 2010 | Charisma | Disasteradio | Luke Rowell, Christina Hroch | Electro-clash | Self-released | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2010 | Affection | Secret Knives | Ash Smith | Synth Pop | Self-released | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2010 | Hide the Decline | Radio Over Moscow | D Satherley | ElectroClash | Kosh Records | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported)) | BandCamp |
| 2010 | Minnelli | Minnelli 2 | Minnelli | Post-rock | Sonorous Circle | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2010 | The Prince and His Madness | Seth Frightening | Sean Kelly | Dark Folk | Sonorous Circle | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2009 | Instrumentals | Dub Terminator | Dub Terminator | Dub, Hip Hop | Self-released | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY | Jamendo, BandCamp(this version has ARR copyright statement) |
| 2009 | Minnelli | Minnelli | Minnelli | Post-rock | Sonorous Circle | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2009 | Peace, Love, Unity & Revenge | Grusome | ? | LoFi | Self-released | Download (Name Your Price) | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 2008 | Pattern Dot Life | Module | Jeramiah Ross | Electronica | Self-released | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY 3.0 (unported) | Archive.org, BandCamp (this version has ARR copyright statement) |
| 2002 | we have a responsibility to our shareholders | epsilon-blue | epsilon-blue | Electronica | Kog Transmissions | Download (Fixed Price) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2001 | Pregnant Boy | Mr Sterile | Mr Sterile | Lo-fi | Skirted Records | CD (reissued 2004), Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 1998 | waterland | epsilon-blue | epsilon-blue | Electronica | Kog Transmissions | CD, Download (Fixed Price) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 1993 | Opus One | Sinistrous Diabolus | Sinistrous Diabolus | Death Metal, Doom | Self-released, re-released by Dark Descent and Goat Gear | Cassette, Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp (since removed from BC) |
EPs
An EP is a shorter collection of songs - sometimes called a "mini-album" - traditionally defined by the play length of a vinyl EP ("Extended Play"). They usually have 4-8 songs, although in the age of tapes and CDs, and now digital formats, they can have many more. Spanish Goat Dancer by Head Like a Hole was released as an EP despite having 20 songs, although most of these were not album quality recordings. A record with less than 4 songs is usually released as a 'single', but singles too can have far more than the usual 2-4 tracks if the artist decides to include more.
| Year | Title | Artist | Musicians | Genres | Label / Publisher | Formats | License | Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Farthest Shore | Varda | Alison O’Reill, Ru | Synth Pop | Self-released | Download (Name Your Price), Cassette | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | BandCamp, Ampwall (no mention of the CC license here) |
| 2022 | Sea Shanties of the 70s, 80s and Today! | Wellington Sea Shanty Society | Lake Davineer, Vorn Dont le Père Etait Marin, Nick De La Mer, Thomas Un Copa, ‘The Salty Wailers’ | Sea Shanty | Self-released | Download (Fixed Price) | CC BY-NC 4.0 (first 3 tracks) CC BY 4.0 (last 3 tracks) | BandCamp |
| 2017 | CHINATAPE | Alpha Beta Gamma | Download (Name Your Price)) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp (removed, still looking for archive link) | |||
| 2017 | Human Resource | Human Resource | Tali, Liam, Witchy and Stephen | Punk, Hardcore | Self-released | 12" Vinyl, Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2017 | My Capriccio | Secret Knives | Ash Smith | Electro Pop | Self-released | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2015 | Wake up the Fallen | Broken Season | Tony Charles (Guitars & backing vocals), James Sachin (Drums) and Esteban Garcia (Lead vocals & Bass) | Metal | Self-released | CD, Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp, SoundCloud |
| 2013 | Soft Opening | Blue Onesies, the | Anthony Lander, Alex Barker | Psychedelic | Self-released | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2011 | B. Hoo | Seth Frightening | Sean Kelly | Dark Folk | Sonorous Circle | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2011 | B. Hoo / High School | Seth Frightening | Sean Kelly | Dark Folk | Sonorous Circle | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2011 | Merry COSMStep | Tom Cosm | Tom Cosm | Electronica | Self-released | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp (since removed) |
| 2010 | Now is the future dubstep | Dub Terminator | Dub Terminator | Dubstep | Self-released | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY-SA | Jamendo, BandCamp (this version had ARR copyright statement and is now gone from BC, archived copy linked) |
| 2009 | DotEyes | DotEyes | Shane Dudfield | Synth Instrumental | Self-released | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY-NC 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2009 | Watch Your Dubstep | Dub Terminator | Dub Terminator | Dub | Self-released | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY | Jamendo |
Singles
This record type is based on the original Standard Play vinyl that could fit 2-4 songs, depending on length. A single release usually focuses on one song, often a song being used to promote the album or EP that it first appears on. The main component of a single is usually the radio version of a song. But they often contain other tracks known as 'B-sides', which may include the album version, remixes (by the releasing artist or others), live recordings, demo versions (experimental recordings not up to album quality), unreleased tracks (usually also demo versions), or occasionally the versions of other tracks on the same album/ EP.
| Year | Title | Artist | Musicians | Genre | Label / Publisher | Formats | License | Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Blippoo Bonkmas | AmbientSpace | Trip hop | Self-released | Stream | CC BY-SA 4.0 | BandWagon | |
| 2025 | Downer / Reactive | Jet Jaguar | Michael Upton | Downtempo | Nonwrestler | Download (Fixed Price, free promo codes available) | CC BY-NC 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 2017 | Rain in April | Seth Frightening | Sean Kelly | Dark Folk | Sonorous Circle | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp (license statement has changed to ARR, here's the original license) |
| 2017 | Amandla | Broken Season | Tony Charles (Guitars & backing vocals), James Sachin (Drums) and Esteban Garcia (Lead vocals & Bass) | Metal | Self-released | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp, SoundCloud |
| 2016 | plenty of arms..live at San Fran Bath House | captain sergeant major | Matthew Jeyes (drums), Caleb McKenzie (vocals, guitar), Tim Shackleton (bass, backing vocals) | Post-rock | Self-released | Download (Free of Charge)) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2015 | Doom | Popolice | Marc Regueiro-Mckelvie | Lo-fi | Self-released | Download (Fixed Price) | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp |
| 2015 | Get Off My Case / Flashes Before Your Eyes | Radio Over Moscow | D Satherley | ElectroClash | Kosh Records | Download (Name Your Price) | CC BY-NC 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 2013 | Buzz | Alphabethead | David Morrison | Self-released | Download (Free of Charge) | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (unported) | BandCamp (track has since been removed, still looking for an archive link, but it's in the sidebar here) | |
| 2013 | Sacred Space | i.ryoko | Thomas Arbor | Post-rock | Sonorous Circle | Download (Pay What You Want) | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | BandCamp |
| 1992 | Suit Suit Kill Kill | Wendyhouse | Mr Pudding, EE Monk, Webclaw | Punk, LoFi | Wiggly Tapes | Download (Name Your Price) | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | BandCamp |