In Conversation with Riki Pirihi

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Riki Pirihi standing outside Pyramid Club

Emma Bernard caught up with Riki Pirihi to chat about his creative practice, his life of drumming and the various projects he has been involved with.

Tracklist:

Wellington - Cows On Probation
Sandpiper - Orchestra of Spheres
SHIPS - Cave Circles

Riki Pirihi

Riki is deep in thought. There is a peacefulness with a sense of underlying urgency in his thoughts

Riki Pirihi (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Māhanga) is a drummer, composer, and researcher currently residing in Te Whanganui a-Tara.

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Our Music is Trash

Liam is perfoming. The stage lights are making him aglow in yellow and pink. He holds a drum stick and is striking a large plastic vessel, possibly once used for petrol or bulk dishwashing liquid.

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Motu Rangitoto – winds fair and foul - Phil Dadson

a photo of the aeolian harp located on Rangitoto Island. It is made from tripod of old boat oars. The strings hang down from the apex and go over a bridge on a taut skin drum. The sky is very blue, and the ground is a very dark black volanic rock.

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Immanuel Dannenbring - TKO Creative Sound Resident 2022

Two photos, one of Immanuel doing some field recordings, and another a close up of metal with a wire attached.

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Jamie Berry - 'Light Workers'

a still image from one of Jamie's works. A bird is mirror imaged and looking in to the middle of the image. There is a moon, and neon tukutuku patterns.

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Scape (2022) - Elvis Booth-Claveria, The Doll

A still from the video work. Two bodies lay over each other cross ways and face down. The bottom person is up on their elbows making for a 'bridge' shape. The image os slightly blurred with a transparent layer that appears to be a churning sea.

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Dancing in your head: episode 20 - Dylan 'Phats' Herkes - Stink Magnetic

A guitarist wears a white suit, but their head is wrapped in a mask like a Mummy. There is an enthusiastic crowd raising their hands and reaching out in admiration

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Podcasts » Dancing in your head

Seahorse Wedding - Kraus

An upsidedown 8bit image of the sea. There are dolphins under water and dolphins leaping out in the air. There are corals and shells. It is fantastic

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Between The Works. - Rory Dalley

a collage of glitched and nonsense text from social media apps

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