Percussionist, Rapper and Taonga Puoro:Horomona Horo
Haka Performer:Te Hira Paenga
Haka Performer:Paora Sharples
Haka Performer:Aaron Hapuku
Haka Performer:Scotty Morrison
DJ Dett
photos soon to come:
Richard Murray bass
Randolph Neueli percussion
Mahuia Bridgman Cooper violin keyb programming
Influences
Early Moana influences include Bob Marley. Public Enemy, Prince and Chaka Khan. N.Z influences included Maui Dalvanius Prime, Hareruia Aperahama and Hirini Melbourne. Also, her fathers and grandparents generation who sang and performed in a very traditional style.
Sounds Like
A fusion between traditional Maori music styles and reggae, dance and soul.
Loves international artists such as Ojos de Brujo, Youssou N'Dour,
Seeed and Mari Boine.
Record Label
Black Pearl/Ode Record /SonyBMG/Rajon/SAVD Austral
My mountain greets your mountain,
my river greets your river,
my tribe greets your tribe.
She has been described as ‘brilliant’ by The Beat (USA, 2004), ‘N.Zs most exciting music export’ (Marie Claire, 2002), and creator of ‘music of great depth and beauty’ (N.Z Herald, 2003). Her band gained an unheard of two rave reviews from a reputedly scathing critic in Germanys largest daily newspaper (Suddeutsche Zeitung 2002, 2004).
Through their recordings and live performances, Moana & the Tribe have quickly cemented their reputation as one of the most successful indigenous bands to emerge from Aotearoa-N.Z.
In 2002, Moana formed Moana & the Tribe, and took her music to Europe on the back of the CD Toru (Pirate / Sony Records) which entered the European World Charts at 17. Since then, the group has played over 150 concerts alongside artists such as Patrice, Seeed, and Youssou N'Dour.
In 2004, Moana became the first non-American to win a major USA based songwriting contest with her song Moko, beating over 11,000 composers to win the Grand Jury Prize of the International Songwriting Competition.
In 2005, Moana & the tribe took their music to the former Soviet Union - even playing in Le Club, with the owner and jazz legend Igor Butman improvising live with the band. Last year, the band released its CD and DVD into the UK in 2006, playing 5 gigs in England at the end of a 25 gig tour of Europe.
When the band isn't playing, they are usually laughing. Sometimes they laugh onstage, too.
In 2007, the band kicked off the year playing in the villages of New Caledonia before heading off to Vladivostok, Moscow and St Petersburg. In 2008 they did another Europe tour performing for the first time in Poland and the Czech Republic. Also They performed at the Australasian World music Expo In 2008 they have also released their 4th album "Wha".
Hi sweet Moana! Just popped by to say thank you for being my friend. I appreciate your friendship greatly and wish you all the best, and feel free to drop by any time.....much love and respect...Mojo! PS. Would you like to come and join my mailing list! Come and support the Hoochie Coochie Band....much respect...Mojo! ..
Wat up Moana, I'm not usually into the whole mass commenting thing, so apologies if this comes across like some spam...but it aint! Just in case you haven't checked it yet...here's my new video for Whoa (remix with PNC & Flowz). Directed by Shahir Daud with a tiny $6000 budget and a solid 7 months in post production! Lemme know what you think and feel free to help a dude out by linking your friends up if you think they might like it!
I just want to say again: Thank you so much for the wonderful concerts at Bonn and Wuppertal! ;-))) I had a great time!
I have heard the new CD for a couple of times now and I have to say that I really love the new album (especially because of the mixture with the violas and lots of haka implemented in the songs)!
Hope you will have a great time in Germany even though the weather has changed (over here). But the good thing about it is that it isn't that hot anymore. ;-)
MOANA - your beautiful lyrics and melodies are still reverberating through my entire being! Ninanaskomon asay mina (thank you again) for inviting me to sit in with you and the rest of the TRIBE! Look forward to crossing paths again :-)
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Kia ora sista, I've just finished watching your Live and Proud dvd and it was rawe! I'm in the outback and play all our waiata from Aotearoa. He mihi nunui ki a koutou katoa Moana and The Tribe.
Thank you for being my friend Moana, and thank you for your support, have a great week-end my friend, and stop by and let us know how you're doing.....Blessings, Peace and Love....Mojo.
