Alistair Fraser is a widely respected player, composer, and researcher of ngā taonga puoro with a performance background that enables him to provide a sensitivity that suits the intimate nature of these remarkable instruments. He has been researching, making, performing and composing with ngā taonga pūoro since 1999 and in his time has worked in a diverse range of art forms with Aotearoa's top arts practitioners.
https://alfraser.net/
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Riki Pirihi (Ngāti Wai, Patuharakeke, Ngāti Māhanga) is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, academic and sound artist with a Doctorate of Musical Arts (Composition).
He is one of the pre-eminent musicians of Aotearoa, having performed and recorded alongside a diverse range of artists from Orchestra of Spheres, Crowded House, Leila Adu, Fat Freddys Drop, Bic Runga and Clear Path Ensemble, while also performing regularly with his solo electronic project, Cave Circles.
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Jonny Marks is a vocalist and electronic musician who has been a key figure in the creative music scene in Wellington since the early 2000s. In 2007 he moved to Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang for two years, exploring the wilds of north-western China while studying khoomei, traditional Mongolian throat singing. Since that time his vocal work has often incorporated overtone singing, albeit in a form far removed from the Mongolian steppes. Modulating his vocal chords like a synthesizer, Jonny moves between sub-bass drones to ring modulated whistle tones with his voice alone.
https://pyramidclubrecords.bandcamp.com/album/slow-resonance-of-welcome
$20 doors / $10 unwaged
Special thanks to CNZ for supporting Pyramid Club's programme
