the ancient voices of maori
This beautifully presented book celebrates the revival of Nga Taonga Puoro as experienced by one of New Zealand’s greatest advocates for the instruments, the inimitable Richard Nunns.
This collection features over three hours of music, 40 pieces of music with a strong improvisational focus.
An abstract work featuring the luminous ngā taonga pūoro of Al Fraser, evocative soundscapes by Neil Johnstone, and virtuosic guitar textures by Sam Leamy
Toitu Te Puoro is an original recorded work from Aotearoa/New Zealand, which was conceived, written, composed, produced, and performed by Al Fraser using ngā taonga puoro (musical instruments of the New Zealand Māori) and voice.
Where We Overlap is a collaboration between Jeremy Mayall, Kent Macpherson, Haco, Horomona Horo, Reuben Bradley, and Megan Rogerson-Berry.
Seemingly familiar but tantalisingly mysterious, these beautifully composed sonic landscapes offer a unique experience of the world through sound - the known and the unknown.
Stripped back and minimalist, Ponguru is a breathtakingly conversation between ancient and contemporary voices.
Musician, composer, arranger, teacher, and respected pioneer within the New Zealand jazz community, Jim Langabeer releases is his very first album on Rattle.
Richard Nunns has been an inspiration to countless artists across a range of disciplines throughout the world, but his influence on the cultural landscape of Aotearoa is immeasurable.
Featuring renowned taonga pūoro exponent Richard Nunns, Redaction is a cross-genre excursion into two seemingly disparate worlds: the ancient landscape of Maori, and the jazz-tinged realm of contemporary improvisation.
White Lies is a 28-minute piece for piano and taonga puoro created from the score composed by John Psathas for the film ‘White Lies’.
Whaia Te Maramatanga weaves together many of Rob Thorne’s (Ngati Tumutumu) life paths and passions, as a musician, social anthropologist, a Maori, and a healing practitioner.
Richard Nunns called this group his ‘dream-team’, a small ensemble of collaborators who share an intuitive musical and cultural instinct that finds effortless expression in the colours and textures of the sonic world they create.
Rattle has never been shy of music that follows its own compass, and this uncompromising work again shows our willingness to commit to projects that defy musical barriers.
It may seem surprising that it should take a Canadian to do what many of us have long-contemplated but failed to do — to compose an original suite of music using the vast arsenal of pre-recorded sounds produced by Richard Nunns.
Canadian-born composer and trumpeter Dave Lisik came to New Zealand in early 2010 to teach jazz composition at NZSM. In a relatively short time he initiated a number of diverse and exciting projects, the first of which was this superb album.
The Chris Mason-Battley Group, one of New Zealand’s most successful jazz ensembles, teamed up with the leading exponent of traditional Maori instruments, Richard Nunns, to create an album that could only be made in Aotearoa.
Tuhonohono weaves the musical traditions of classical, world, and jazz. The ancient sounds of taonga puoro and piano combine to create music that is reflective, playful, and mysterious.
A unique collaboration between classical, jazz, and pre-European Maori instrumental styles, Gillian Whitehead's Ipu can only have been created in New Zealand.
From diverse traditions, the contemporary artists who contribute to Different Tracks are moving beyond the conventional: developing new techniques, mapping new territories, making new tracks in the search for inventive, technically rigorous, and emotionally engaging music.