Rattle

31/05/2025

Jian Liu, getting down and dirty with the bad boys from Devilskin. Do we sense some heavy metal Tchaikovsky on the horizon?!

29/05/2025

Congratulations Jian Liu, for winning the 2025 Best Classical Artist Tui at the Aotearoa Music Awards this evening. Rattle couldn't be happier or more chuffed. Well done, Jian!

We're especially pleased because the other two finalists, Michael Houstoun and Justin DeHart, are also Rattle artists. This marks Rattle's 7th clean sweep at the NZ music awards, where all three finalists released their albums on the label. It also marks Rattle's 24th Best Artist Award and 56th finalist placing. That's not bad going for a small independent label!

We may be under-resourced, but we have tenacity and commitment to burn, and, obviously, very good taste when it comes to who we work with and the music they produce, even if we do say so ourselves.

Check Jian's superb album out here: https://rattle.co.nz/catalogue/releases/where-fairburn-walked

14/11/2023

Anthony Ritchie’s Symphony No 6 , performed by the NZSO, is released by Rattle. The composer reflects on personal and global events in a dark-hued work full of deep emotions.

14/11/2023

Thank you, Elizabeth Kerr, for your excellent review of Anthony Ritchie's beautifully written, performed and recorded SYMPHONY No. 6, a wonderful new album that has a proud home at Rattle Records.

Anthony Ritchie’s Symphony No 6 , performed by the NZSO, is released by Rattle. The composer reflects on personal and global events in a dark-hued work full of deep emotions.

30/10/2023

Hot off the press and ready for release on November 9, Henry Wong Doe's excellent new album, PERSPECTIVES

21/10/2023

William Dart makes a perhaps unexpected visit to the cabaret, with entertainment from Cécile McLorin Salvant, Finn Andrews and NZTrio, Joan Morris and William Bolcom, along with, in a brand new Rattle Records release, Stephanie Acraman and Liam Wooding.

21/10/2023

New release tomorrow, Monday, October 23
INVERTED: The Music of Phil Broadhurst
Auckland Jazz Orchestra
https://rattlejazz.bandcamp.com/album/inverted

21/10/2023

William Dart on the complete cabaret songs of William Bolcom:

William Dart makes a perhaps unexpected visit to the cabaret, with entertainment from Cécile McLorin Salvant, Finn Andrews and NZTrio, Joan Morris and William Bolcom, along with, in a brand new Rattle Records release, Stephanie Acraman and Liam Wooding.

09/09/2023

Join RATTLE Records, William Dart, Kenneth Young​, Stephanie Acraman​, Liam Wooding​, Steve Garden​, and John Kim​ on Sunday, 3:30 p.m. to celebrate the launch of The Complete Cabaret Songs of William Bolcom. Hosted by Rattle and William Dart, the conversation and the music will be full of wry fun. All welcome.