MAL DE TERRE - NEW ALBUM OUT NOW
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