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ORO ATUA Tangaroa a Roto

by Puoro Jerome

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ORO ATUA Tangaroa a Roto (2023)

Hope you all enjoy these beautiful taonga (compositions) that utilise our family of Taonga Puoro (ancient Maori musical instruments), Waiata Pao (Maori vocal chant) and real life field recordings of the Taiao (our natural environment).

I captured these sounds myself by walking our Whenua (ancestral homelands) from the mountain to the sea. You will hear super rare recordings of the great gathering of whale songs from the island of Rangitaahua, Kokako songs from the Ruahine ranges and the night song of the Rirerire here in our Maara Kumara near the Rangitikei River.

In 2013 we were given permission to play and record the voices of the Taonga Pūoro collection held captive at the British Museum aquired/collected in the 1800s from our Tupuna (ancestors).

We have shared three of those ancient voices in this album so their voices may be heard again by our people; A "Nguru" (whales tooth nose flute) on the first track "Tangaroa a Roto", a Koauau (Tupakihi flute) on the track "Te Tini a Haa" honouring our Papatipu Tupuna who shared the Putorino with our Waka Tupuna, and a Koauau (Totora flute) on the track "Koauau Tawhito a Tane."

As we mentioned we ONLY use our family collection of Taonga Puoro "Te Haa o Pohokura" in our compositions, these instruments we have direct lineage too. In this way we practice standing in the Mana of our Tupuna, honouring our Whakapapa (ancestry) in these modern times.

Our last track is the only track that has other instruments and in this instance I had the honour of working alongside producer Neil MacLeod of the MacLeod clan (Scotland/NZ) we co-created this track together in Wellington. Me playing my Taonga Pūoro and Neil bringing in his Wizardry of electronic sounds. I wanted to share this track last to mark this time of rebalance here in Aotearoa, honouring the "Tiriti o Waitangi" and truely honouring each other - slowly but surely freeing ourselves and each other from the ill practices of colonialism and racism.

Mauri ora ki a Tatou katoa!

Puoro atu Puoro Mai!

www.puorojerome.co.nz

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released May 12, 2023

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Puoro Jerome New Zealand

Grammy award winning Taonga Puoro practitioner/composer Jerome Kavanagh Poutama (Puoro Jerome) is of Māori and Irish descent. During his career Jerome has toured extensively all over the world, performing at New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, the Sydney Opera House and the British Museum. Over the past decade he has also been sharing the “ORO ATUA” (a Māori sound journey experience). ... more

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