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Ranga Pae

Japanese koto, bamboo flutes, and more!

About Me

Take an eclectic musical journey around the world with Kimo & Jody of the world fusion group Ranga Pae: be refreshed by the Japanese koto with its reminiscent sound of waterfalls and the haunting melodies of bamboo flutes from Hawaii and Indonesia, the exotic flavor of India with the sitar and the heartbeat of Bali through the bamboo tingklik. There's even something familiar waiting in the background of this musical oasis as you're likely to catch a re-imagined classic rock tune, a hip hop hit with an ethnic twist, a jazz standard, a world traditional piece, or an original Ranga Pae composition.

Ranga Pae (Encircling the Earth in Maori) was formed in 1995 by the husband and wife team of Kimo and Jody Huybrechts. Residing on the island of Maui, Hawaii, Kimo & Jody perform regularly at some of Maui’s finest venues, and have had the honor of performing before many well known artists including Carlos Santana, Lionel Richie, Prince, Philip Bailey, George Benson, Stephen Stills, and Ben Harper. Since 2001 they have appeared nightly at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua's award-winning signature restaurant The Banyan Tree. Ranga Pae has released two CD's entitled "Like Rain" and "Full Circle." They are working on their third CD which is expected to be released in 2008.


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Member Since: 5/20/2008
Band Website: rangapae.com
Band Members: JODY - Koto, Guitar, Flute, Tingklik KIMO - Vocals, Guitar, Bamboo Flutes, Sitar
Influences: A MAHALO TO OUR TEACHERS:
JODY studied guitar with Pebber Brown and Grammy winner Wayne Johnson in Los Angeles. She studied koto with Dai Shihan (Grandmaster) Miyata Mutsuko in Miyazaki, Japan, and with Dr. Bernice Kisako Hirai (Shihan or Master) in Honolulu.KIMO studied guitar with Pebber Brown in Los Angeles; classical Indian vocal and sitar with Sri Ram Achriya in Nepal; and the art of making and playing Hawaiian bamboo instruments with Kumu Hula Lanakila Brandt in Kealakekua, Hawaii.
Record Label: Cave Recording Company
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Upcountry Maui

Horses loom near the horizon's skyAir so fresh and thin it seemsA bird, a goat, a kid who criesA cloud whisps by with no care in mindSpeak for yourself Let your feet move byAllow the breath in With a ...
Posted by Ranga Pae on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:00:00 PST

VOG in Paradise Poem

Winds descend upon this island In retrospect its change undenyingFeelings of warmth though cooled by nightBrings the dawn of a new dayMorning light touches throughIlluminates one's mindA feeling so ti...
Posted by Ranga Pae on Thu, 22 May 2008 09:42:00 PST