WAI
WAI = WATER
30 Apr 2010
Te Papa will be hosting the long-awaited album CD launch from the Wellington/Porirua-based Māori electronica band WAI. WAI released their debut album WAI 100% in 2000. WAI-ORA, their second album, will be launched May 13th as part of NZ Music Month.
WAI-ORA features a unique contemporary style of music based on traditional rhythms and melodies, with a fusion of contemporary sounds and technology. It fuses elements of two music traditions (Māori and western) without compromising either, and the innovation results from the fusing of the two.
WAI describes WAI-ORA as 'powerful sentimental compositions and potently beautiful use of language, from a culture that possesses amazing rhythmic and vocal ability. WAI-ORA is a soulful interpretation produced with the synthesis of musical sensibilities and an instinctive sense for phat grooves'.
For further info on WAI please contact:
WAI Management
PO Box 50-370
Porirua 5240
Aotearoa/New Zealand
Email: wainz@xtra.co.nz
International contact and information: Christopher Read cpread@yahoo.com
International Booking Contact:
Katerina Pavlakis * KAPA Productions
email katerina@kapa-productions.com
tel/fax +44 20 7095 9566 * mob +44 7801 263 863
Unit S6 * 245a Coldharbour Lane * London SW9 8RR * UK