Ever since Girls in Airports formed in 2009, the award-winning band has drawn inspiration from around the world. These influences began to merge and left them with their own unique sound that permeates their third album, Kaikoura. Girls in Airports’ channel a mix of indie, jazz and folk music from Africa, Asia and the Nordic countries. They have just returned from touring in China and in the past year have also played in Brazil, the US, the UK and Portugal. The band’s curiosity has kept them well away from the confines of the musical mainstream. In China they performed together with several generations of folk musicians. In Brazil they recorded music with the legendary percussionist Nereu Mocotó. They are played regularly on the Moscow radio and their music accompanies the TV weather news in Hong Kong.