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RiUWAKA

from FLY by TUi MAMAKi

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about

The instrumentation of this piece is inspired by my love affair with Bulgarian Folklore rhythms but played on my Little Martin guitar, like a harp. I have developed my own style of finger-picking to interpret the odd-meters, in this case mostly a 13/16. The vocal melodies are tenderly ornamented and delivered in an intimate style, like a prayer. The story is one of reaching beyond the feeling of fracture in relationship, and passing through into the inevitable wholeness of surrender. My parts (voice/guitar) were recorded in an old silk-worm factory... a beautiful stone-floor, high-ceiling, luminous music studio, in the Cevennes mountains in the South of France. The percussion element came later, through meeting a wonderful Australian musician, Tunji Beier, on a festival stage. Tunji here plays the Kanjira - a South Indian frame drum - with both subtlety and spirit.

Riuwaka (Riwaka) is the name of a water resurgence at the foot of Takaka Hill, in Te Wai Pounamu (South Island of Aotearoa/New Zealand). Many come to drink the healing waters distilled by the quartz mountain labyrinth above. The song was written in this location and inspired by the purifying qualities of the resurgence, both physically and spiritually.

Check out the music video -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk1nplOe00Q

lyrics

RiUWAKA

You are like the sun -

How is it possible that you chose the light?
Seems like another bird walked into your mind
How is it possible that I chose the light?
Seems like another bird walked into my mind

'cause the water's so clear, I can't resist it
'cause the water's so clear, I will surrender
And let the shadows show me the sun...

You are like the moon -

How is it possible that you felt as though
You were half a man when, in truth you are whole?
How is it possible that I felt as though
You was half a woman when, in truth I am whole?

'cause the water's so clear, you can't resist it
'cause the water's so clear, we will surrender
And let the shadows show us the sun...

credits

from FLY, released August 1, 2018
TUi MAMAKi - Vocals, Guitar, Composition
Tunji Beier - Percussion (Kanjira)

Recorded/Mixed by Patrick Jauneaud
Mastered by Mike Gibson at Munki
Photography - Shannon Schnittker

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TUi MAMAKi New Zealand

"Hypnotic, intoxicating, beguiling... a balm of sorts, the right tonic."
(Simon Sweetman)

"Stunning. Sparse instrumentation, powerful lyrics, alternative deliveries...
We really need this kind of magic."
(NZ Musician)

"Deeply evocative & contemplative, with ancestral voices calling from just beyond the veil...”
(music.net.nz) ... more

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