Maxine Funke

Maxine Funke is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, based in Dunedin.[1]

Biography

Growing up in a musical family, her early bands included the Snares, the Hundred Dollar Band (with Alastair Galbraith) and the Beaters, before beginning her solo career with the full-length album Lace in 2008 and Felt (2014).[1]

Her first two releases began to build an audience which led to significant media attention for her third album Silk in 2018[2] and her fourth, Seance in 2021.[3] The Sydney Morning Herald featured Seance, writing that Funke "has for several years quietly gone about making exquisite, minimal music on a small scale, tucked away in New Zealand – yet has consistently attracted worldwide acclaim."[3] Pitchfork praised the album, writing, "spare acoustic arrangements make deceptively simple containers for songs charged with memory and mysticism."[4] Within New Zealand, Seance occasioned a review of her career from NZ Musician, noting forthcoming projects and how the Covid-19 isolation fed into her 2021 album.[1]

A compilations of singles and out-takes, Pieces of Driftwood, was released to acclaim in 2022 both within New Zealand[5] and internationally.[6]

Her most recent album River Said came out in April 2023 with UK record label Disciples, who had released her previous compilation.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Feature – Maxine Funke: A Sound Of Quiet Shores – Ōtepoti". NZ Musician. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. ^ Gotrich, Lars (11 December 2018). "Maxine Funke Breathes A Quiet Mantra For The New Year". NPR.
  3. ^ a b Shand, Martin Boulton, John (13 August 2021). "New Zealand singer Maxine Funke's gentle songs pack a punch". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Maxine Funke: Seance". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  5. ^ "The Sampler: The best local albums of 2022". RNZ. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  6. ^ Freeman, Hamid Drake, Daniel Spicer, Bill Meyer, Keith Moliné, Emily Bick, Neil Kulkarni, Francis Gooding, Hannah Pezzack, James Gui, John Morrison, Jo Hutton, Phil. "The Wire 466". The Wire Magazine – Adventures In Modern Music. Retrieved 1 June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Maxine Funke: River Said (Disciples/digital outlets)". Elsewhere by Graham Reid. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.


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