26 October 2018 - 0 Comments

Dunedin born, Auckland based producer MISSY (Abigail Knudson) shares the bold follow up to her self-titled debut single released on independent New Zealand label Black Lotus. In Hate Me, Knudson explores the depths of a fragmented, co-dependent relationship in a dark, twisted cacophony of sound bites and eclectic samplings - a cornerstone of her experimentative production style.

Watch the official music video for Hate Me featuring dancers Gemma-Jayde Naidoo and Rosie Tapsel. The video was shot by Gal Hochnan, edited by Dan Hart, and assisted by Director of Photography Alexander Campbell of Allegory Films.

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Knudson was recently selected for this year’s SongHubs Sphere initiative, facilitated by APRA AMCOS, which teamed together a curated group of female identifying artists and producers up with prominent figures in the international music industry as part of the Suffrage 125 programme of events. In a week long programme, Knudson worked alongside Bic Runga, Chelsea Jade, Fazerdaze (Amelia Murray), Anna Coddington, Angel Tairua  and Coco Solid  with a number of international specialists including Susan Rogers and Wendy Wang.

The classically trained artist is in a lane of her own, blending her years of formal training in cello and choral studies with a contemporary means of composition and production under the moniker, MISSY. The self-taught producer has a growing reputation for her unique skills and ideas behind the desk, working with a number of other local artists under the Full Circuit family of labels including  CECILY, Kurisu,  Carlos Barnett, and outside of the Full Circuit house: ELCEE, Unchained XL and Cohle Harris.

Artistically, Knudson explores ideas and subjects which are at turns sweet and confronting - real and affecting. Johannes Brahms, Lana Del Ray and Kanye West are seemingly disparate touchstones that underlie Missy’s unique sound. The results form a melodramatic aural mélange and marks MISSY out as one the country’s most exciting new talents.

Watch ‘Missy’ (Live at Studio 509)

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