Kanikani Ki Te Pūoro – TE TUMU, WAIWHAI & Jasper Lindsay
E uru ana ki te kotahitanga – Moving into unity
Mai i te manawataki o te pū > ka rere te wairua > ki roto i te tinana > mō te hinengaro >
From the pulse of creation > the spirit flows > into the body > for the mind >
An evening of live, experimental taonga pūoro with a curated intention to elevate your spirit, move your body and settle your mind, with selector Jasper Lindsay guiding the evening’s closing. Come be a part of something timeless but new.
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TE TUMU
Ka whakaputa mai au i Te Kore
From the Void I emerge
Ancient resonance, future sound.
Spacious earth rhythms and soaring winds grounded in organic elemental bass created live with taonga púoro and loops.
Experimental indigenous trance dance.
Internationally renowned Māori anthropologist, taonga pūoro musician, and award-winning composer, Rob Thorne (Ngāti Tumutumu, Tainui) has been at the forefront of the revival and renaissance of traditional Māori instruments for over 25 years.
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WAIWHAI
will be offering a solo-performance comprised of taonga puoro + electronic taonga, building worlds and dismantling them again, wading between the shadows and light.
Descendant of Te Parawhau, Te Uriroroi and Ngāti Mahuta, founder of Noa Records, and inter-dimensional artist, WAIWHAI. (Rāhana Tito-Taylor) walks under the tutelage of many giants in form and spirit from various musical traditions as an exponent of taonga puoro (traditional Maori instruments), psychedelic groove music, and avant-garde beats – think Hirini Melbourne meets Sun Ra meets Jeff Parker meets Les Rallizes Dénudés meets Ras G.
WAIWHAI.(fka WhyFi.) has been a trailblazing force within the Tāmaki Makaurau and wider Aotearoa music scene since the mid 2010’s, an artist who leans courageously into traditional and iconoclastic tendencies to stretch and weave sound and feeling, summoning spontaneous music that wades between the strange and familiar.
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JASPER LINDSAY
grew up in a whānau with a deep connection to music, holding down radio slots on and off since the age of 12 across KIS FM, Beagle Radio, and Wellington’s Radio Active.
Rooted in community and formed through warehouse spaces and grassroots gatherings, his journey has evolved from the Garrett Street whānau into multi-day gatherings in Te Tai Tokerau with the Miro crew.
His sets move through textured selections, drawing on dub elements, rhythm, groove, and atmosphere, shaping space for connection and movement on the floor.
A regular presence at Beagle Radio’s Rock the Frock, Glitter Balls, and Polyrythmo’s Jungle Fever, Jasper brings an intuitive, story-driven approach to sound.
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KOHA ON THE DOOR.
Generously supported by ONEONESIX
and proudly sponsored by Creative Northland & Foundation North