The Mamaku Project

MAL DE TERRE 2008

“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…”

FEATURING

Tui Mamaki - Vocals

Monsieur E – Bass/Keys/Programming

Craig Denham – Accordion/Keys

John Ellis –Woodwinds/Percussion

Finn Scholes – Trumpet/Flugel

Simon Walker - Drums

Sally Howe – Vocal Harmonies

Recorded in May/June 2008 in Piha, Titirangi & at KOG studios in Kingsland, NZ, The Mamaku Project’s warmly awaited sophomore album answers to the festive cadence of their live show. 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…

PICK UP A COPY @ AMPLIFIER following link below:

http://www.amplifier.co.nz/release/42798/mal-de-terre.html

DEBUT ALBUM KAREKARE 

Created over two years in Karekare, Aotearoa NZ. Distributed by Rhythmethod NZ.

 “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 NZ

“…Creating their 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 NZ

FEATURING

Tui Mamaki – Vocals/Lyris/Artwork

Monsieur Escargot – Upright/Electric Bass/Guitar/Keys

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 – Vocal Harmonies

Mastered by Angus McNaughton

 Oracle of Rain - by NUGU (Chungmin Moon) 

The Mamaku Project EP


5 Tracks Recorded at Karekare, Aotearoa/NZ, 2005

FEATURING:

Tui Mamaki - Vocals


Monsieur Escargot - Bass/Keys


John Ellis - Saxophones


Yair Katz - Drums


Jeremy Cloake – Goni


Rihari Singleton - Percussion

Contact info@mamakuproject.com for limited sales.