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KIA ORA,
Welcome to my place. Make yourself at home.
I have always been drawn to stories, especially the everyday ones. As a child, I was fascinated by my mother’s stories about her life. They may have seemed ordinary, but to me they were full of meaning — carrying memory, identity, and the small details that shape who we are.
I did not want those stories to be lost, so I began recording them with my family. Later, my sister turned them into a book for our family, A Life Less Ordinary. That experience stayed with me. It showed me how important it is to preserve people’s voices and histories.
For generations, stories were shared orally, passing on knowledge, culture, and a sense of belonging. In a world that increasingly pulls us into virtual spaces, I believe we need to reconnect — with each other, and with the whenua beneath our feet.
That connection also brings a responsibility. The places we live in are not just backdrops, but living environments that sustain us. Caring for them matters.
My work grows from these beliefs. I help create ways for communities to record and preserve their stories — not for profit, but because those stories matter.
Alongside this, I create place-based audiovisual work that reflects connection, memory, landscape, and environmental awareness. Through sound and image, I reflect that connection. I hope something here resonates with you.
If you would like to connect, collaborate, or stay in touch, or are a community with a story to tell, feel free to message me, follow along on socials, or join my mailing list. I personally read and respond to every message.
Best,
Bellamy
NEWS
What is ahead for 2026?
My first feature-length documentary, Tirohia Karioi, was publicly released in February 2026.
Set on the rugged west coast of the North Island, Karioi overlooks the town of Whāingaroa (Raglan). The documentary explores the connection between people and place, told through the voices of those who call Karioi home. It reflects the mountain’s rich history and cultural significance from a local perspective.
This work continues my focus on storytelling rooted in place and community
I am proud to have produced the documentary and composed the music score, working alongside the Toitū Whaingaroa team. I am grateful for the support of Raglan Naturally and the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) NZ.
The film also highlights ongoing environmental restoration led by the Karioi Project and the Jackson family, following a history of deforestation. It reflects both the resilience of the land and the pressures it continues to face.
You can watch the documentary for free on YouTube.
Alongside this, there are growing concerns on the west coast of Aotearoa regarding proposed seabed mining. If you would like to learn more or support opposition efforts, you can find information through KASM (Kiwis Against Seabed Mining)
BA Hons Studies
I am currently completing my final honours project, continuing the theme of connection to place. This work takes the form of a three-track immersive audiovisual EP, scheduled for release in July 2026. If you would like to be among the first to hear it, I am inviting listeners to take part in a short listening survey as part of my research.
Album- "Requiem for the Misunderstood"
This has been a long and evolving project, developed over more than a decade. While my musical direction and values have shifted over time, the work still holds meaning — and remains something I continue to revisit and reflect on.
Values
Tiaki
care for people, place, and culture
I approach each place with respect. The environments I work in are not just locations, but living systems with their own histories and meaning.
My work is grounded in listening, observing, and leaving things as they were found — recognising a shared responsibility to care for the whenua.
This reflects the principles of the Tiaki Promise — a commitment to care for people and place while travelling through Aotearoa.
BIO
I am Bellamy, a Welshman living in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
I hope that spending time here — through sound, image, and story — encourages you to slow down, step off the usual path, and spend time connecting with the landscapes and cultures that surround you.
While well-known imagery may show the grandeur of the land, I believe a deeper sense of place exists in what first appears ordinary. It reveals itself through time, attention, and curiosity.
I am Pākehā, living in Aotearoa with deep respect for the tangata whenua. My family lives on the west coast of the North Island in Whāingaroa (Raglan), and I am currently studying towards a BA (Hons) in Music.
MUSIC
I have worked as a DJ, festival organiser, stage manager, and radio host, and have been creating music for over 15 years.
I am less concerned with genre labels and more interested in creating immersive, thought-provoking audiovisual work. My music is often described as ambient or cinematic, but it is grounded in place — shaped by the environments in which it is recorded and the stories connected to them.
PRODUCTION
My production practice is rooted in place-based recording. I work primarily in Ableton, using Fiedler Audio Atmos Composer for immersive spatial production
Much of my material is drawn directly from the locations my work represents. I record environmental sound and transform it into instruments through sampling and processing, allowing each piece to retain a sense of origin and connection to place.
My video work follows the same approach, combining locally captured imagery with sound to reflect a cohesive sense of environment. My piece Sleeping Now, created as part of my studies, was built entirely from recorded everyday sounds, shaped into instruments to reflect both place and personal heritage.
I do not use pre-recorded sample loops — each work is built from the ground up, grounded in the environments it represents.
RELEASES
Season of the Mind - Album 2011- CatNip Records
The Way Through the Woods - Album 2012 -CatNip Records
Heart of Moonlight- Single- 2023 - CatNip Records
One2Three- 3 Track EP- 2023 - CatNip Records
LuCid- Single-2023 - CatNip Records
Artemis- Single- 2023 - CatNip Records
We're All a Work in Progress- Single- 2024 - CatNip Records
LFO- Single - 2024 - Collaboration with BRYCHAN - CatNip Records
COLLABORATIONS
BRYCHAN- Welsh Singer-Songwriter- Lead Singer of Jess
OLIVIA K - Singer-Songwriter
GENRE
Ambient-Texture-Soundscapes-Film-Media
LABEL
CatNip Records
LOCATION
Aotearoa New Zealand
MEDIA / MUSIC
My work sits at the intersection of sound, place, and story.
I create immersive audiovisual pieces using field recordings, spatial audio, and moving image. Each work is grounded in real environments, with sound and image captured on location and developed into compositions that reflect the character and identity of place.
Rather than constructing sound from abstract sources, I build from what is already there — allowing landscape, memory, and environment to shape the outcome.
This approach results in work that is less about genre, and more about experience: listening from within a place, rather than observing it from the outside
ABOUT (The long Story)
Life is shaped by chance and opportunity
I grew up in a working-class mining community in South Wales, at a time when opportunities to expand your horizons were limited. I was not a strong academic student, and my early path led me into heavy industry. Through chance, the head of a local technical college put me forward for a role in engineering design — an opportunity that changed the course of my life. It allowed me to be creative, to travel, and to see the world beyond the valleys I grew up in.
As a child, I was always curious about what lay beyond the hills. I had what my mother called “itchy feet,” and from my early twenties I travelled extensively. Like many, I arrived in new places with a guidebook in hand, following the same paths others had taken. I have many photographs from those journeys — images of well-known places that, over time, have blurred into one another.
What stayed with me were not the landmarks, but the moments in between. Sitting with people. Sharing food. Listening to their stories. Learning what the landscape meant to them.
Those experiences revealed something deeper — that place is not just what we see, but what is lived, remembered, and shared.
In our photographs we see mountains, oceans, and forests. Look closer, and there are homes and communities. Closer still, there are lives unfolding — people with their own stories, looking back out from those landscapes.
It was during a visit to Aotearoa in 2002 that this understanding truly took hold. While travelling the usual routes, I spent time at a small local festival near Geraldine in the South Island. That experience — being welcomed, listening, and connecting — shifted something. It moved me from being an observer to wanting to belong. That moment ultimately led me to make Aotearoa my home.
These experiences have shaped both my life and my work. They inform how I listen, how I create, and how I engage with place. My practice is grounded in the belief that meaning is often found in the overlooked — in the everyday, the local, and the ordinary.
I hope that by visiting here — whether through sound, image, or story — you might be encouraged to slow down, step beyond the familiar, and connect more deeply with the places and people around you.
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