Monday, 5 October 2026

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There's a global focus on 'Woven Together' that evolved over a decade of "electronic wieight, live band musicality, Kiwi tropical warmth and a new sense of purpose" - the Flamingo Pier are dancing again!



Those with good memories for the name Flamingo Pier will recall releases on Soundway and Razor 'N' Tape but this album is a return for the New Zealand born, London shaped trio of Luke Walker, Dom Jones and Brad Craig

And a big return it is for they have developed into their own quiltwork of Balearic disco beach soul that shadows what Fat Freddy's Drop did with reggae/beats/soul; there must be some Kiwi synergy going on.

With roots in London warehouse party culture, Flamingo Pier have built a reputation for rhythm driven, melodic dance music that feels both expansive and intimate whilst collaborations with Auckland's reknown sax player/flutist Nathan Haines and Steve Monite and Netflix syncs on 'Good Girls' and 'Partner Track'. Their Waiheke Island festival and high energy live shows have cemented them as one of the southern hemisphere’s most joyful and musically ambitious dance acts.

The 10 tracks on 'Woven Together' captures that history while pushing confidently forward. Written, produced and released entirely on their own terms, the album threads together the trio’s global influences with the relaxed, percussive, nature shaped feel of their New Zealand roots. It’s a record built on groove, melody and emotional clarity — dance music with sunlight in its bones.

Across its singles, the album’s palette has already begun to reveal itself. Opening track 'Cool Nights' (Ed. everything else is hot) introduces a sleek, late night Italo shimmer; 'No Excuses' delivered a driving, piano led anthem about living fully in the present; 'Glowdown' stretched into a radiant slow burn designed for golden hour sets, and 'Be The Same' is heavily,  Influenced by Outkast and Timbaland.  In addition to that lots, there's the Latin influenced speed soul-jazz instrumental Italo 'Piano 130'.(Ed. guess the bpm) 

Put all this together and you've got an idea of the album’s breadth: confident, spacious, rhythmic, and unmistakably a re-defined Flamingo Pier; as they say in the ultra-catchy title track, "no body does it like you".

'Woven Together' as an album is a celebration of their connection — between people, places, influences and moments — and a statement of where Flamingo Pier are heading next: a sound that’s relaxed yet precise, underground yet expansive, glowing from the inside out; a re-imagined dancefloor Flying Mojito Bros.+1 that are 'Living It Up' if you like. 

If you're lucky enough to be in NZ this October, catch them at their gigs supporting the release of the album.

BUY LINK / PRE-ORDER: Woven Together | Flamingo Pier


Artist: Flamingo Pier
Title: Woven Together
Release date: 9th October, 2026
Label : Flamingo Pier
Catalog Number : TBC
Format: Vinyl LP / Digital / Bandcamp