IA rides the waves for waka song 13 May 2021 12:51 PM
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Māori music collective IA has teamed up with Te Toki Waka Hourua to create a video of them performing their new single Kōkōrangi aboard the waka Hinemoana on the open ocean.
The single is out today.
Band member Moetu Smith says combining sailing, filming and live performance was difficult, particularly when attempting to record wind instruments like kōauau and ponga ihu.
He says kōkōrangi means astronomer and the lyrics talk about how Pacific ancestors and today’s voyagers sailed across vast oceans guided by star systems and natural elements.
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 9:33 am | IA Music In an ambitious undertaking, Māori music collective ‘IA’ have teamed up with
Te Toki Waka Hourua to create a live music film which is a first of its kind. The
band collaborated with Te Toki and film Director Moehau Hodges Tai to capture a live . More
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Thursday, 13 May 2021, 9:33 am
In an ambitious undertaking, Māori music collective
‘IA’ have teamed up with Te Toki Waka Hourua to create a
live music film which is a first of its kind. The band
collaborated with Te Toki and film Director Moehau Hodges
Tai to capture a live performance featuring taonga
pūoro/traditional Māori instruments while sailing the
traditional waka on the open ocean.
The intention for
the live performance on the waka was to showcase IA’s
latest single titled Kōkōrangi released May 13. Featuring
the voices of the traditional Kōauau (bone flute) and Ponga