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Poi E (album)
''Poi E'' is an album released by New Zealand Māori culture group the Pātea Māori Club. In 1984 the totally Maori language title track Poi-E topped the New Zealand Pop charts for four consecutive weeks, and was that year's biggest selling single - outselling all international recording artists. Dalvanius Prime, the album's producer and leader, was known for merging the styles of traditional Maori show bands and more recent Maori hip-hop. Later, in the early 1990s, ''Poi E'' was produced as a Maori musical with additional songs, and in 2000, selections were performed in Sydney, at the Waitangi Day Concert Mitchell, Tony. "Kia Kaha! (Be Strong!): Maori and Pacific Islander Hip-hop in Aotearoa-New Zealand." In Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA, ed. Tony Mitchell, 280-305. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001 Track listing #"E Pa To Hau" featuring Hohepa Malcolm (1:02) #"Ko Aotea" (0:53) #"Taranaki Patere-Kahuri" (2:59) #"Parihaka-Tewhiti-Tohu-Tawhiao" (4:1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngoi Ngoi
"" is a song by Pātea Māori Club. Originally included in the band's 1987 debut album ''Poi E'', it was released as a single in 1988. A Māori language pop/Gospel song, it was written as a tribute to lyricist Ngoi Pēwhairangi by Dalvanius Prime and people from her community in Tokomaru Bay who were close to her. The single did not chart in the top 40 singles in New Zealand, however was nominated for Best Polynesian Album at the 1988 New Zealand Music Awards. Background and composition Songwriter and producer Dalvanius Prime wanted to create tribute song for lyricist Ngoi Pēwhairangi, who had worked on the group's previous singles and passed away in early 1988. The song was written in collaboration with people from Pēwhairangi's community in Tokomaru Bay, each writing one line that represented how they felt about Pēwhairangi. Songwriter and producer Dalvanius Prime felt that these lyrics were too sad, so was inspired to create an upbeat Gospel inspired song that would cele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Albums
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Dalvanius Prime Albums
Maui Dalvanius Prime (16 January 1948 – 3 October 2002) was a New Zealand entertainer and songwriter. His career spanned 30 years. He mentored many of New Zealand's Māori performers, and was a vocal and forthright supporter of Māori culture. Early life Born and raised in Patea, Prime was of Tainui, Ngapuhi, Ngati Ruanui, Tuwharetoa, Nga Rauru, Pakakohi and Ngāi Tahu descent. The sixth of 11 children, Prime grew up in a musical household. He attended the Church College of New Zealand located in Temple View, Hamilton during his high school years. Career In the late 1960s Prime moved to Wellington and worked as a cook by day and musician at night. His involvement with The Shevelles, a Māori female vocal trio from Porirua, lead to several trips to Australia. In 1970, Prime travelled to Australia and performed at the opening of the Sydney Opera House. The dismissal of Australia's Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1975 inspired the song ''Canberra, We're Watching You'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop Albums By New Zealand Artists
In vertebrate anatomy, hip (or "coxa"Latin ''coxa'' was used by Celsus in the sense "hip", but by Pliny the Elder in the sense "hip bone" (Diab, p 77) in medical terminology) refers to either an anatomical region or a joint. The hip region is located lateral and anterior to the gluteal region, inferior to the iliac crest, and overlying the greater trochanter of the femur, or "thigh bone". In adults, three of the bones of the pelvis have fused into the hip bone or acetabulum which forms part of the hip region. The hip joint, scientifically referred to as the acetabulofemoral joint (''art. coxae''), is the joint between the head of the femur and acetabulum of the pelvis and its primary function is to support the weight of the body in both static (e.g., standing) and dynamic (e.g., walking or running) postures. The hip joints have very important roles in retaining balance, and for maintaining the pelvic inclination angle. Pain of the hip may be the result of numerous cause ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paikea
is a notable ancestor who originated in Hawaiki according to Māori tradition. He is particularly known to tribes with origins in the Gisborne District such as , and . is the name assumed by because he was assisted by a whale to survive an attempt on his life by his half-brother . On the island of Aitutaki, he is also known as a brother of Ruatapu, but is not as famous as him. In an account, probably from the Kāti Kurī hapū of Ngāi Tahu, the family lived on Mangaia. 's shame became offended when his father elevated his older half-brother ahead of him. When was about to use a sacred comb belonging to , rebuked him, pointing out that was of high rank while was of low birth, because his mother was a slave wife. Some tellings also say Uenuku had built a canoe for his 70 sons and set about to do their hair with sacred combs for the first voyage, or that Ruatapu was about to use Uenuku's own sacred comb rather than Kahutia's. Either way, Ruatapu is told he cannot use an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kua Makona
"" (English: "Isn't That Enough"), is the debut single from Moana Maniapoto. Produced by Dalvanius Prime and sung in the Māori language, the song was used in a campaign for the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand. In 1993, the song was re-recorded as a pop-reggae version entitled "Kua Makona (Kori Kori Tinana Mix)", released as a single by Maniapoto's group Moana & the Moa Hunters. This version was later included on their debut album ''Tahi'' (1993). Background and composition Maniapoto sung in clubs and cover bands, however musician Dalvanius Prime encouraged her to release her own music. The pair first met after one of Prime's concerts, when Maniapoto's ex-husband Willie Jackson approached Prime and introduced Maniapoto to him as a promising musician. A year later, Prime contacted Maniapoto and asked her to take part in a campaign for the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand, around promoting moderation among Māori. The campaign featured a pop song sung in Te Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cara Pewhairangi
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Poi E
"Poi E" is a New Zealand 1984 number-one hit song by the group Pātea Māori Club off the album of the same name. Released in 1984, the song was sung entirely in the Māori language and featured a blend of Māori cultural practices in the song and accompanying music video, including Māori chanting, poi dancing, and the wearing of traditional Māori (garments). The song reached No 1 in New Zealand in each of the following 3 decades.Mitchell, Tony. "Kia Kaha! (Be Strong!): Maori and Pacific Islander Hip-hop in Aotearoa-New Zealand." In Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA, ed. Tony Mitchell, 280-305. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001. The song topped the New Zealand pop charts for four weeks and also became the biggest seller in New Zealand for 1984, "outselling all international recording artists.""The History." accessed 11 April 2008Poi-E home page. Today the song maintains its status as a cult classic in non-Māori New Zealand, as the group behind it, Pate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aku Raukura
"" (English: "Waving White Feathers"), also known as "Raukura", is a song by Pātea Māori Club. Originally written in sessions with Ngoi Pēwhairangi and Dalvanius Prime in Tokomaru Bay in 1982, it was released as their second single in June 1984, during the chart success of their debut hit "Poi E". The song peaked at number 10 in New Zealand, and was later included in their 1987 debut album ''Poi E''. Background and composition The song was written in Tokomaru Bay in 1982, when Dalvanius Prime visited the house of lyricist Ngoi Pēwhairangi. In a single day, the pair had created "Poi E", "Aku Raukura" and " Hei Konei Rā". The song was written to help younger Māori alienated from their culture in a familiar medium, and is a discussion of identity and a request for Urban Māori to reconnect to their roots. It was first performed to an audience at the 1983 Polynesian Festival alongside "Poi E", in Heretaunga (Hastings, New Zealand) in February. The track was recorded in Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E Papa Waiari
"" (English: "Oh, Uncle Waiari"), also known as "" is a traditional Māori song, often used in tītī tōrea, a type of whakaraka (skill and dexterity game) played by passing tītī (40-60cm long sticks) while seated, in time to a rhythmic song. The song became a staple for Māori musicians to record, including St Joseph's Māori Girls' College Choir Turakina Maori Girls' College Choir in the 1960s. In 1985, the Pātea Māori Club released the song as a reggae pop single, and the New Zealand band Herbs recorded the song as the opening track to their album '' Sensitive to a Smile'' in (1987), also in a reggae style. Background The origins of the song are not definitively known, however they may come from a late 19th Century/early 20th Century Whanganui River tradition, where marae along the river would create their own lyrics to the song for competitions. The song and tītī tōrea became popular to be used was used by the Girl Scouts of the USA. The first mention in prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
