Sola Rosa

Sola Rosa, the ever-evolving project of Auckland-based producer, songwriter, and musician Andrew Spraggon, remains one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most inventive musical voices. With his new album In The Mids, Sola Rosa comes full circle — returning from live-band focus to renewed studio exploration, the space that first inspired him. The album blends electronic, R&B, funk, and soul with hip-hop–influenced groove, balancing dancefloor energy with studio intricacy. Meticulously crafted and groove-driven, it features top-tier collaborators including Tall Black Guy, Hermitude, and DJ Vadim, while amassing over 65 million streams across DSPs. Since winning Best Electronic Release for his debut Solarized at the 2001 New Zealand Music Awards, Spraggon has performed at festivals including Secret Garden Party (UK), Green Man (UK), Shambala (UK), WOMAD (NZ), Big Day Out (NZ), and Splore (NZ), taking his sound from New Zealand to stages across New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and Berlin. In The Mids highlights Sola Rosa’s studio focus and groove-led production, reinforcing Spraggon’s reputation as one of New Zealand’s most imaginative producers. His music has been praised by MOJO, Rolling Stone, the NZ Herald, and the Sydney Morning Herald, cementing him as an artist who continually pushes his sound forward while staying true to the groove.