All Good Absolutley Alternative Records are proud to announce Album Nine, Troy Kingi Presents: Night Lords (2025). Album out November 28th .
Turning to Hip Hop and RnB, featuring SWIDT, Diggy Dupē, Tom Scott, Melodownz, MokoMokai, and Mā. The record continues Kingi’s practice of deep collaboration and documentation of genre, flexing his producer skills while highlighting the strength and breadth of Aotearoa’s contemporary music scene.
“In my day to day life, living with two teens and 2 younger avid music listeners I’d say we listen to a lot of hiphop, actually mostly hiphop.
My kids try school me on the now and I try fumble my way through schooling them on my limited knowledge of 90s hiphop.
From the beginning of my 10/10/10 series I was trying to find a way to insert this genre without it seeming forced or pastiche and I found my in through the albums Blakroc and then later ‘Glorious Game’ by El Michels Affair and Black Thought. I could still be authentic and true to the music and not feel like a phoney through collaboration- bringing people on board that I admire and that live and breathe the genre.
In a somewhat songhubsy format I brought these amazing artists into the studio with me and my band and just let things happen - by the end of each day we had these amazing songs.
My biggest accomplishment on the album I feel is how cohesive it all is, you have 14 artists all amazing and different in their right yet it all feels cut from the same cloth. I’m super proud of the album and can’t wait to share it.” Troy Kingi
Troy is a musician, actor, and storyteller, a man with many hats. He has undertaken the 10/10/10 series — ten albums, in ten genres, over ten years — an ambitious project that has become one of the most distinctive catalogues in Aotearoa music.
Each release has explored a new style in depth: Guitar Party at Uncles Bach (2016) – Indie Garage Shake That Skinny Ass All the Way to Zygertron (2017) – Psychedelic Space Soul Holy Colony Burning Acres (2019) – Indigenous Political Roots The Ghost of Freddie Cesar (2020) – Funk Black Sea Golden Ladder (2021) – Folk Year of the Ratbags and their Musty Theme Songs (2022) – 80s Synthpop Timewasters: Soundtrack to Current Day Meanderings (2023) - Instrumental Soundscape Soul Leatherman and the Mojave Green (2024) – Desert rock
The series has earned him multiple awards and nominations: the Taite Music Prize, APRA Silver Scroll, Maioha Award, Aotearoa Music Awards, Māori Music Awards alongside vast collaborations across film, theatre, and television.
With one album left to complete the cycle, Kingi has created a discography ambitious in scale and significant in its contribution to New Zealand’s musical history.
"It seems surreal to me that we have reached album 9 already, despite the obvious evidence.
Its been such a whirlwind, of experiences, creative expression, fun, stress, love, loss and expansion. The 10|10|10 series is more than just 10 Genres in 10 years, its a group of people falling in love creating deep bonds, whanau living and experiencing life, captured by Troys deeply beautiful and personal writing.
This project is a cyclone with Troy at its core, drawing in incredible artists, film makers, graphic designers, photographers, production teams, all ingredients in the wonderful Melstrom of Troy's creative vision. It has touched so many lives, and I can't wait to see what the coming two years bring... I am confident in one thing... It'll be wild, wonderful and create memories that last a life time". TeMatera Smith