Tuhoronuku

by Matawaka

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'Tuhoronuku' fuses waiata tawhito and puoro (traditional Maori singing and instruments) with the instruments and scales of Persia, and the cutting edge drum and bass of dubstep. The song is a collabortation between Maori musicians Tiopira McDowell and Hohepa Stevens, Persian Oud player Sam Kirwan and Samoan percussionist Talaniko Ama.

The lyrics speak of the infighting and factionalism the Northern Maori tribe of Ngapuhi face in the present day, and the negative consequences this has for the children and elders of the tribe. Rather than pointing the finger, the song travels back 1000 years in time to the founding ancestors of the tribe, and the divisions created then that exist to this day.

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released 25 November 2011
Vocals / Melodica / Djembe / Programming - Tiopira McDowell

Oud - Sam Kirwan

Porotiti - Hohepa Stevens

Shaker - Talaniko Ama

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tags: experimental maori dub dubstep electronic middle eastern world music Auckland

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‘Matawaka’ is a genre-defying cross-cultural collision, fusing the traditional music and instruments of the Maori people ... more (the Indigenous people of Aotearoa / New Zealand) with the music cultures of the Middle East, India, Africa, and the Pacific, and the cutting edge of urban bass culture. Matawaka are based in Auckland City, Aotearoa New Zealand. less

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