Poi E (album)
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Poi E is an album released by New Zealand Māori culture group the Patea Maori Club. In 1984 the totally Maori language title track Poi-E topped the New Zealand Pop charts for four consecutive weeks, and was that year's biggest selling single - outselling all international recording artists.[1]
Dalvanius Prime, the album's producer and leader, was known for merging the styles of traditional Maori show bands and more recent Maori hip-hop.
Later, in the early 1990s, Poi E was produced as a Maori musical with additional songs, and in 2000, selections were performed in Sydney, at the Waitangi Day Concert[2]
Track listing
- "E Pa To Hau" featuring Hohepa Malcolm
- "Ko Aotea"
- "Taranaki Patere-Kahuri"
- "Parihaka-Tewhiti-Tohu-Tawhiao"
- "Ngah Ohaki"
- "Ngakau Maru"
- "Hei Konei Ra"
- "Ngoi Ngoi"
- "He Tangata Tini Hanga"
- "E Papa Waiari"
- "Aku Raukura"
- "Poi E"
- "Haeremai" featuring Cara Pewhairangi
- "Kua Makona"
- "Paikea"
- "Anei Ra Overture & Aria"
References
- ^ Poi E - the history
- ^ Mitchell, Tony. "Kia Kaha! (Be Strong!): Maori and Pacific Islander Hip-hop in Aotearoa-New Zealand." In Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA, ed. Tony Mitchell, 280-305. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001