Bio & Press
Sola Rosa, the ever-evolving project of Auckland-based producer, songwriter, and musician Andrew Spraggon, remains one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most inventive and enduring musical voices.
Over more than two decades, Spraggon has honed a vibrant collision of electronic, R&B, funk and soul, guided by hip-hop’s sense of groove and texture. Meticulously crafted and groove-driven, Sola Rosa’s sound is both timeless and forward-thinking, earning him a loyal global following and 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 built a career defined by creativity and collaboration. He’s performed at major festivals including Secret Garden Party (UK), Green Man (UK), Shambala (UK), Kendall Calling (UK), Nostock (UK), Womad (NZ), Big Day Out (NZ), Splore (NZ), taking his sound from New Zealand to stages across New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and Berlin.
In 2025, Sola Rosa continues his evolution with the single “Jupiter”, a confident, shimmering cut featuring longtime collaborator Iva Lamkum, reuniting more than a decade after their first release together. With additional instrumentation from Kenji Iwamitsu-Holdaway and mixing by Simon Gooding (Pink, TEEKS, Neil Finn, Dua Lipa, Ladi6, Fazerdaze, Balu Brigada), “Jupiter” is sleek, rhythmic, and uplifting, a track built for both late-night drives and packed dancefloors.
Lamkum describes Jupiter as “a strong, confident track with real ‘I’m in my era’ energy,” celebrating self-assurance and fun in equal measure. Across his catalogue, Sola Rosa’s music has been praised by MOJO, Rolling Stone, the NZ Herald, and the Sydney Morning Herald, cementing Spraggon’s reputation as one of New Zealand’s most consistent and imaginative modern producers, an artist who keeps pushing his sound forward while staying true to the groove.
Discography & Press
2020: Chasing the Sun (album)
Way Up Recordings / Kartel Music Group
“Andrew Spraggon reaches for the big time” – Mojo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Chasing The Sun is a perfect mix of funk, soul and jazz” – Radioaktiv.it. Italy
Selected in the JB Hi-Fi Guide to Essential Vinyl 2021: “Crafted over a long time, in the manner of making a fine wine”
Finalist, Best Electronic album 2021 Aotearoa NZ Music Awards
Also: Chasing the Sun; Deluxe Edition (2021 album); Chasing the Sun; Instrumentals (2021 album)
2018: In Spaces (EP)
Way Up Recordings
“A plethora of sounds to create music that you can dive into, peeling back each layer, discovering something new every time you make your way through” – Yasmin Brown, elsewhere.co.nz
2015: Magnetics (album)
Way Up Recordings / Agogo Records
“Eleven canny songs which are integrated through a downbeat r’n’b vibe which also has a warmth that is going to work well come longer and hotter days.” elsewhere.co.nz.
Finalist, Best Electronic album 2015 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards
Winner, Soul/R&B release in the iTunes Best of 2014 NZ Awards
2012: Low and Behold, High and Beyond (album)
Way Up Recordings / Agogo Records
“Blooms with sensuality and sass” – Rolling Stone
“Low And Behold is fresh and funky” – NZ Herald ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Finalist, Best Electronic 2012 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards
Also: Low and Behold, High and Beyond Deluxe Edition (2013 album), Low and Behold, High and Beyond the remixes (2014 album)
2009: Get It Together (album)
Way Up Recordings / Melting Pot Music
“Melodic Soul Poetry” – Sydney Morning Herald ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Sola Rosa needed to produce something special to confirm their point of difference, and they have delivered with this session of solid soul-funk” – Rip It Up
Certified gold
Finalist Best Dance/Electronic 2009 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards
Finalist Best Producer 2009 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards
Also: Get It Together Deluxe Edition (2009 album), Get It Together (2010 remix album), Get It Together Instrumentals (2010 album), Get It Together (2012 remix EP)
2005: Moves On (album)
Warner Music
“It’s all about a bigger, more human sound achieved by the recruitment of a full band for both the recording and touring of “Moves On”. No more flying solo, at least, for now.” – Bandcamp
Finalist, Best Dance/Electronica 2006 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards
Finalist, Best Engineer 2006 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards
Certified gold
2003: Haunted Out-takes (album)
FMR
“a natural successor to Solarized, ten perfectly proportioned pieces of possessed palaver” – Bandcamp
Winner, Best Downbeat Release at the 2004 bNet Awards
Also: The Ready Now EP (2003)
2001: Solarized (album)
FMR
Winner, Best Electronic album, 2002 New Zealand Music Awards
Certified gold
Also: Solarized: Refreshed (2013 album)
2000: Entrance to the Skyway (EP)
Independent release then FMR (Festival Mushroom Records)
Winner b-Net’s Best Independent Release of the Year Award as voted for by New Zealand listeners nationwide.
1999: Starter for 4 (EP)
Independent release