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Twigs of Gold

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Mamaku Project's cele­brated electro-organic sessions have crystallised into a compelling new album with a wide emotional spectrum, drawing on trip-hop, quirky grooves, and chanson.

The lush sound palette, organically electronic, carries tender vocals, broody harmony and rhythmic word. Cinematic layers of altered guitar, flesh out driving analog-synth bass lines and stirring beats. Woodwinds, horns and conch shells adorn the compositions with luminous lines and inspired improvisations. Dark yet playful, contemplative yet dynamic, this record, indebted to Aotearoa/NZ's soil and sea, offers songs of the moment with a truly global sensitivity.

The Mamaku Project was born of the meeting of two French Kiwi’s, Tui Mamaki and Monsieur E., both with a passion for music and travel. With one hand firmly in their roots and the other reaching into trans-cultural imaginings, the Mamaku Project have created a reputation for compelling musical performances, embracing elements of Chanson, Dub, Gypsy, World Electronica and Poetry.

Their engaging, evocative show has taken them to numerous arts and music festivals around the globe, including Aotearoa / New Zealand, where they are based, Australia, Korea, Canada and Europe. The pool of talented musicians working with them, shifts and morphs over the years, revealing different incarnations of the music but always true to their antipodean roots. Collaborations with contemporary dancers and video artists have furthered their theatrical exuberance.

Twigs of Gold features a stellar cast of players including, Will Scott (Sola Rosa) on drums, Gareth Priceless (Semi Lemon Cola, Dan Sperber Complex) on guitar, Kingsley Melhuish (Brassouls, Spargo) on conch shells and horns, Finn Scholes (Batucada Sound Machine, Carnivorous Plants Society) on trumpet, Oliver Emmit (Batucada Sound Machine, Bannerman) on trombone, John Ellis (Beyondensemble, Jews Brothers) on percussion, Maxime Berton (Cataclysm Box, Paris, France) on saxophone and bass clarinet, and founding members, Monsieur E. on synthesisers, keyboards, beats, backing vocals and accordion, and Tui Mamaki on vocals.

The first single from Twigs of Gold entitled, Mardi Gras, is musically quirky and topically hot. Overtly denouncing the perils of modern capitalism, in its addiction to exponential growth and money, most often, through the exploitation of natural resources, Mardi Gras (pre-master) was leaked on the 23rd November 2013 as “Song for Vega”, in direct support of the Greenpeace yacht Vega, stationed off the west coast of New Zealand in protest against deep sea oil drilling.

Twigs of Gold was recorded, mixed and produced by Monsieur E. at ShackdeLuxe Studios, and mastered by Angus McNaughton at Auralux. Album artwork by Tui Mamaki. Pressed at Stebbing, distributed in NZ by Rhythmethod, and in Europe and the Americas by Monkey Records.

Track Listing:

Disc 1:
  1. Berlin
  2. Mardi Gras
  3. Blank Canvas
  4. Pharoah’s Milkyway
  5. Angel In Gumboots
  6. Rain
  7. Twigs of Gold
  8. Mon Ami
  9. Taonga
  10. Much Too Much
  11. Oya!
Release date Australia
January 24th, 2014
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Label
Rhythmethod
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Number of Discs
1
Original Release Year
2014
Box Dimensions (mm)
141x125x8
UPC
9421028856799
Product ID
22046872

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