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Haoloto – the sixth Te Vaka album – delivers the same South Pacific Fusion that has made the band such an international success, but with some exciting, new sounds. As Opetaia Foai, lead singer and songwriter for the group, says in the liner notes - “This album has been the most challenging and most satisfying of all the Te Vaka albums. Once the canoe got rolling with all on board there was a feeling that we were heading for somewhere special.” Haoloto contains 15 new tracks and a 16 page booklet with words and translations.


15 new tracks! Beautiful 16 page booklet with words and translations!
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Te Vaka album No. 6 Olatia - the 5th Te Vaka album Tutuki - Winner Best Pacific Music Album 2004
…”the key flavours of Te Vaka’s sound continue to coalesce with time; the chants becoming more hummable and the songs impossibly more rhythmic...“
Kal Coat Worldbeat Canada.com

..."On this, their fifth album,
Te Vaka confirm they are the most important voice out of the broader Pacific region and thatmulti-instrumentalist Foa'i remains apotent songwriting force." ...NZ Herald

..."Traditional but not too provincial, funky but not too Western, polished but not too slick..."  
Songlines UK
 

Nukukehe -Nomination for Best Roots Album 2003 Ki mua - Nomination Best International Achievement 1999 Te Vaka - released worldwide in 1997 by ARC music

..."There is plenty of lip service paid to Pacific culture but Foa’i’s Te Vaka is the real oil: this is the canoe undertaking the great migration. To be moved by something so familiar, so pervasive it is taken for granted, is like rediscovering your own heartbeat"...
Real Groove Magazine NZ

..."the Polynesian
character really shines through on this one.
They've hit the right balance"...
Froots UK

 

..."Te Vaka's forceful rhythms, inspired
melodies, and heartfelt songwriting offer  a long-overdue, stereotype-smashing glimpse into the true soul of the South Seas"...    
Wired Magazine USA

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You can read reviews on the albums and DVDs, listen to music excerpts or view pictures of Te Vaka in action. Make sure you fill out the contact us form, join the mailing list and go in the draw to win the latest CD. For the history and the groups achievements to date see the Chronology

Simon Hope dancing Lue lue - a contemporary percussion track from the Nukukehe Album, the costumes are ethnic and traditional but with a contemporary influence the influences are the Islands of the South Pacific including the fatele from Tokelau, Siva from Samoa, Hula from Cook Islands and more

For more information on where you can see Te Vaka performing live this year checkout the
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"The best and most successful internationally of all modern Polynesian bands is Te Vaka"
The rough guide to World music vol.2 UK

"Te Vaka - Adrenaline-powered, percussion -pulsed, infectiously happy, beautiful people bringing
ancient traditions into the modern world"
Maui News - Hawaii USA

Te Vaka are constantly touring the world for more information or to book the band contact management@tevaka.com


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