beetBITE 3 and 4
More beetBITE tunes on the way - check the cover art images as the links go live through this release cycle! get ready to groove
beetBITE 3!
beetBITE is the product of two highly creative brains (a father and an aunty) having a load of fun. They take inspiration from a wide range of musical genres from lullabies, thrash rock, hillbilly and mariachi bands to Punjabi folk music, ambient dance and Django Reinhardt.
Cat Fight in the Night
You might know scarface claw, but have you met the rest of the neighbourhood cat gang? Colourful characters and their nightly caterwauls will delight and entertain curious kittens!
Rattle My Bones
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A very haunted Halloween beckons with this funky dance for the both the youngest and oldest of bones
Tune It Up
Just like a flat string on a guitar, when we humans feel a little ‘flat’ sometimes all we need is a little tune up - here is a song that delivers a positive mood boost to cheer up and tune up the day!
Pepetuna
Kids are invited to explore a dreamy night world and appreciate the beauty of fleeting moments in this gentle lullaby for Pepetuna the native Puriri Moth
Electricity
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BeetBITE goes ELECTRIC! This groovy science song takes kids on a cha cha cha infused learning adventure about what we do with electricity, where it comes from, and what happens when the power goes out!
beetBITE 3 and 4
Fresh and tangy new sounds from these masters of collaborative composition.
Black Hole in the Galaxy
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Get your air guitar chops polished up and play along with this modern rock anthem that sets our gaze out into the galaxy. ‘Black Hole in the Galaxy’ is a welcome ‘space changer’ to put on when some cobwebs need sweeping out of the emotional atmosphere and a bit of physical get up and go is needed. Great to provide that last push out the door in the morning and move a reluctant little one on to have some fun at school or kindy.
Grease Gun Gary
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Calling all young petrol heads…it’s time to rev your motors! ‘Grease Gun Gary’ is greasy rock’n’roll set in the garage of your local mechanic. Twanging electric guitar and thumping drums blare from the radio as the slick team at Greasy Gun Gary’s auto repair will have you honking back down the highway, good as new.
Little Monkey Ukulele
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Pick up your ukulele and strum along to this easy 3 chord beginner ukulele song for kids, parents, teachers, ukulele orchestras, grandparents and absolute beginners of any age.
Silly and funny, Little Monkey Ukulele encourages everyone to join in and be lighthearted about mistakes because doing something with heart together is more important than doing it right.
Plant A Tree
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‘Plant A Tree’ is possibly the most ‘educational’ of the new beetBITE collection, and definitely the most grounded. It introduces children to the names of native New Zealand trees, and encourages us all to grab a spade and get digging.
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Centipede Counting Song
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‘Centipede Counting Song’ is a rollicking, banjo-pickin’ foot stomper of a song.
How many billions of people are there in the world? And how many trillions of beetles? Even a centipede with an abacus would have problems counting all of those.
Featuring lots of numbers, trumpet by Steve Roche and even a braying donkey.
beetBITE 4!
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fleabITE and Levity Beet are releasing 2 new EP's as 'beetBITE in 2025, thanks to support from NZ On Air Tamariki. They are working with artist Dean Raybould and animator Dave Butler to create the visual story for this project.
Our Story
beetBITE is back!
beetBITE is a fun kids musical venture by fleaBITE & Levity Beet from New Zealand. Their fab new collaboration features 11 great songs to surprise and excite young ears, and follows the duo’s earlier EPs beetBITE 1 & 2.
Levity Beet & fleaBITE (aka Robin Nathan) explore a wide variety of musical styles with their trademark quirky humour and flair.
Creativity in Collaboration
beetBITE is the product of two highly creative brains (a father and an auntie) having a load of fun. They take inspiration from a wide range of musical genres from lullabies, thrash rock, hillbilly and mariachi bands to Punjabi folk music, ambient dance and Django Reinhardt.
Award Winning
Between them, Levity Beet and fleaBITE have taken the top spot at the New Zealand Children’s Music Awards nine times (best children’s album, artist, song and video).
Distance is no Barrier
Levity lives in Takaka and Robin is Auckland-based. Over a few months they traded ideas back and forth, challenging and complementing each other’s musical and lyrical ideas, and often going in completely unexpected directions.
Acknowledgements
The beetBITE project is supported by NZ on Air through their ‘New Kids’ Project’ funding which encourages experienced children’s artists to produce more ambitious projects.