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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

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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

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