Our History

Established in 1980,the Soundpeople have provided top quality sound for concerts,festivals, corporate and sporting events.
We have a dedicated staff of 4 who have been with the company for many years.
They all have musical backgrounds and strive for the best possible results. All are competent audio engineers, having worked with many of New Zealand's top artists.
In the last few years the Soundpeople have ceased their smaller "dry" hires to concentrate more on the medium to larger events. All systems come with at least one systems engineer.

Some of our past and present clients include

48 May, A Perfect Circle, Aces, African Head Charge, Air Supply, Airborne, Alien Ant Farm, Amazing Rhythm, America, Amici Forever, Ani DeFranco, Anika Moa, Art Garfunkel, Anti-Nowhere League, The B52's, The Beach Boys, Beat Girls, Ben Elton, Ben Harper, Benny Hinn, Betchadupa, Bic Runga, Billy Bragg, Bjorn Again, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Seeds, Blindspott, Bone Thugs In Harmony, Bonnie Raitt, Boyz II Men, Brian Adams, Brain Wilson, Breathe, The Breeders, Bud Spells, Buddy Guy, Canibal Corpse, Carol King, Cassette, Charlie Pride, Che Fu, Chicago, Christie Moore, Clannard, Cog, Concord Dawn, Coolio, Credence Clearwater Revisited, Clowndog, Creed, Cypress Hill, D4, Dane Rumble, The Dandy Worholes, Daniel O'Donnell, The Datsuns, Dave Dobbyn, De La Soul, Deep Obsession, Disturbed, Don McGlashan, Don Mclean, Donovan Frankenritter, Doobie Bros, Dragon, Dukes, Eddie Izzard, Elemnop, Emmylou Harris, Englebert Humpedink, ENZO, Eric Burdon and The Animals, Evermore, The Exponents, Eye TV, Faith No More, Fat Freddies Drop, Fear Factory, The Feelers, Fly My Pretties, Foamy Ed, Fugazi, Fur Patrol, Gareth Farr, Gasoline Cowboy, Gene Pitney, Gerry and The Pacemakers, Glen Campbell, Goldenhorse, Gomez, Good Charlotte, Goodnight Nurse, Greg Johnson, Grindspoon, Gyroscope, Hale and Pace, Head Like A Hole, Heavy Jones Trio, The Hollies, Holly Smith, Hootie and the Blowfish, Ian Brown, The Irish Tenors, J Williams, Jack Johnson, James Blundell, John Mayer, Jose Feliciano, Julio Iglesias, Katchafire, Keb-Mo, Kids of 88, King Kapisi, Kitsch, Kora, Ladi6, Ladyhawke, Lee Scratch Perry, The Lemonheads, Leo Kottke, Leo Sayer, Lilling Heidi, Little River Band, The Living End, Lucid 3, Lucy Woodward, Lulu, Mad Professor, Marianne Faithful, Max Merrit and the Meteors, John Mayall, Midnight Youth, Minuit, Mobb Deep, Morcheeba, The Mutton Birds, The Nairobi trio, The Naked and Famous, Nathan Haines, Neil & Tim Finn, Nesian Mystik, NOFX, Norah Jones, Omar Sosa Quartet, Op Shop, Ottmar Leibert, P Money, Pavement, The Phoenix Foundation, Pine, Pink, Pitch Black, Pluto, Powderfinger, Presidents of the USA, The Pretenders, The Proclaimers, Radio Head, Ray Columbus and The Invaders, Ray Davies, Regurgitator, Rhombus, Rikki Morris, Rockstar Supernova, Roger Waters, Salmonella Dub, Savage Garden, Scribe, The Seekers, Seether, Shapeshifter, Shihad, Six 60, Slash, Slim, Sneaky Sound System, Sommerset, Spandau Ballet, Spearhead, Spiderbait, Stellar, Steriogram, Steve Earle, Supergrass, Tadpole, Tahuna Breaks, Tania Donelly, Ten Tenors, Tenacious D, Thirsty Merc, Tiki, Toni Childs, Tony Bennett, Tony Joe White, Tool, The Top Twins, Tripod Jimmy, Trivium, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Brittan, The Valves, Village People, Violent Femmes, The (Original) Wailers, The Warratahs, Ween, The Wellington Ukulele Orchestra, Welsh Choir, Weta, Xavier Rudd, Yellow Card, Zed & More!
 

Tours / Festivals

Russian Imperial Ballet 2009 + 2010,
Super 15 and ITM Cup Rugby games and All Black test matches -up to 40,000 people
Band Together 2010 - 120,000 people
Winter Jam 2010 - B.O.B. +More
Rippon, 1997 - 2010
Southern Amp 2007, 2008 - The Dandy Worholes, Seether, The Living End, The Charlatans

, The Veils +More
EdgeFest 2006, - President of the USA, P.O.D. Mattafix, Thirsty Merc +More
Cirque Dreams 2004,
Summer Jam 2002 - Silverchair, Che Fu, etc
Classical Sparks - Free outdoor classical concert for 100,000 + people.
Stars of the Bolshoi - Russian Ballet tour 2001
National Dragon Boat Championships
World Wheelchair Games
Speights Coast to Coast
U.S. Presidential visit -1999