MAL DE TERRE - NEW ALBUM OUT 10th NOVEMBER!!!
Wild flavours of French Cabaret flirt with the earthy grooves of Pacifica-Dub. An intoxicating affair of multi-lingual noir poetry, mad on the wings of Electro-Oriental-Jazz, spliced with a sprinkling of circus…”
Recorded during May/June 2008 in Piha, Titirangi and at KOG studios in Kingsland, Auckland, the Mamaku Project’s warmly awaited sophomore album answers to the festive cadence of their live show over the past two years. A feverish tapestry of bohemian melodies grabbing up-beats and electro by the hand, tempered by a cluster of deep ballads – A brilliant bilingual forage into themes of a disquiet earth…
Tui Mamaki – Vocals
Monsieur E – Bass, Keys, Programming
Craig Denham – Accordion, Keys
John Ellis – Woodwinds, Percussions
Kingsley Melhuish – Trumpet, Trombone
Finn Scholes – Trumpet, Flugel Horn
Simon Walker – Drums
Sally Howe – Vocal Harmonies
NOVEMBER - NEW ALBUM RELEASE - MAL DE TERRE
FRI 14th NOV - AUCKLAND - 420 Bar, K’Rd - 9pm / $15 on the door
FRI 21st NOV - WELLINGTON with Hannah Howes - Hope Bros - $15
SAT 22nd NOV - PORIRUA - Aunt Daisy’s Boathouse, Titahi Bay - $10
FRI 28th NOV - CHRISTCHURCH with SOUL SYSTEM + DJ Balkanetic @ AL’s BAR (31 Dundas St) - 9pm - $15 on the door
SAT 29th NOV - DUNEDIN with ENTROPY TRIO + DJ Balkanetic @ BACKSTAGE (Bath St) - 9pm - $15 on the door
SUN 30th NOV - QUEENSTOWN - Dux de Lux - 9pm - $5 on the door
DEBUT ALBUM - Karekare
Full length album featuring 10 artists, 15 instruments, 9 songs + 1 gorgeous cover… Created over two years in Karekare, Aotearoa NZ.
Distributed by Rhythmethod in NZ.
IN STORES NOW!
Pick up a copy on the Amplifier website
“I have been utterly seduced… a smart, slightly sassy, supremely confident and utterly engaging album.” **** Graham Reid - www.elsewhere.co.nz“
It’s a big call, but I haven’t heard anyone like The Mamaku Project before…”**** Peter Thorton - Rip It Up Magazine.
“…the group offers its own version of New Zealand song which takes in Pacifica, dub- reggae and jazz styles with a distinctly cinematic weave… A new national treasure.”**** Simon Sweetman - North & South Magazine/Dom Post
Buy it via Amplifier!
ARTISTS
- Tui Mamaki - Vocals/Lyrics/Artwork
- Monsieur Escargot - DoubleBass/ElectricBass/Guitar/Keyboards
- John Ellis - Saxophones/BassClarinet/Rhodes/Congas
- Kingsley Melhuish - Trumpet/Trombone
- Hershal Herscher - Accordion
- Chris O’Connor - Drums
- Yair Katz - Drums
- Manuel Bundy - Turntables
- King Home Boy - HumanBeatbox
- Sally Howe - Vocals
- Mastered by Angus McNaughton
Oracle of Rain
Check out the beautiful new video by NUGU (Chungmin Moon)
LATE SUMMER NZ 2008
- SAT 12th & SUN 13th Apr 08 - LITTLE WEED FESTIVAL Katikati
…was a most brilliant and beautiful finish to our summer season… praise to those Tropical Downbeat, Strike and magical Little Bushmen souls for their music. Mmm… grapes, smiles, flags, fires, festive tents, present friends, and sunbeams pressing into our souls through the gentle green of persimmon trees… 
- FRI 4th April 08 - GALATOS with guests AN EMERALD CITY
- SAT 29th Mar 08 - TITIRANGI MUSIC FESTIVAL Tangiwai Reserve - 1pm
ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL - FEB 08
The Gardens and Mamakhuja Music Proudly Present
Live in THE GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS, Rundle Park
20th Feb - SoCo Cargo Club - 9pm (1hr)
21st Feb - SoCo Cargo Club - 9pm (1hr)
22nd Feb - Adelaide Fringe Festival Opening Night Party…!
23rd Feb - SoCo Cargo Club - 9pm (1hr)
24th Feb - SoCo Cargo Club - 9pm (1hr)
25th Feb - SoCo Cargo Club - 9pm (1hr)
27th Feb - Garden Bandstand Stage – 6:45pm (40min)
28th Feb - Garden Bandstand Stage – 6:45pm (40min)
29th Feb - Garden Bandstand Stage – 5:30pm (2 x 45min)
Plus an appearance in ‘Ali McGregor’s Garden Cabaret’
24th Feb - The Umbrella Revolution - 7pm
EARLY SUMMER 07/08
- 17th Feb 08 - Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival with The Jews Brothers
- 5th Jan 08 - JAMBALAYA Festival Main Stage 4pm, Rotorua, Waikato
(Tui will also be running a poi workshop at 11am Sat 5th - Sol Beer Stage)
- 4th Jan 08 - JAMBALAYA Festival Main Stage 3:30pm, Rotorua, Waikato
- 3rd Jan 08 - THE COLOSSEUM 9pm, Tauranga
- 1st Jan 08 - PRANA Festival 8pm, in Coromandal near Whangamata
- 31st Dec - FIRST LIGHT Aotea Square 8pm AK
WINTER SPRING 2007
- 17th Nov - WHAMMY BAR 10pm, St Kevins Arcade, AK…
A bunch of fantastical sweats brimming with delights in that dark cavern… 
- 17th Nov - GREY LYNN PARK FESTIVAL 1pm, Nikau Stage
- 24th Oct - TAURANGA ARTS FESTIVAL 8:30pm Pacifica Crystal Palace
- 11th Aug - TARANAKI ARTS FESTIVAL - Alexandra TSB Showplace, New Plymouth
- 10th Aug - JAX SCREENPRINTERS - Hawera
- 28th Jul - CHRISTCHURCH ARTS FEST - Pacifica Crystal Palace, Cathedral Sq
