Member Since: 07/08/2006
Band Website: http://www.hinemoana.co.nz
Band Members:
Hinemoana is a solo artist, performing folk-funk indigenous ballads with the help of an Akai Headrush looping pedal, some traditional MÄori instruments and, occasionally, a scuba tank and a bucket of water.
She sometimes performs with her partner, singer-songwriter and alt.pop powerhouse Christine White . As a duo the two often do shows as ' Taniwha ', and specialise in folktronica - simple, acoustic songs set in a sonic art landscape. Their show features an instrument built out of a Black 'n' Decker workbench, with Hinemoana and Christine using a 'cello bow to 'play' household kitchen utensils.
Visual Genie Andrew Dalziel plants his pics in the punters' crockery (with the help of some slender and handsome computer screens) when he and Hinemoana perform their collaborative cabaret. Andrew also mixes the show live - so the sound moves from song to song, from show to show.
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Influences:
Tom Waits, Kate Bush, Whirimako Black, Gillian Welch and David Rawlins, Hirini Melbourne, Bjork, David Downes, Joni Mitchell, Nick Cave, Neil Young, Peggy Lee, Rickie-Lee Jones, Joan Armatrading, Echo and the Bunnymen, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Ed Cake, Leonard Cohen, Marianne Faithful, Laurie Anderson...Poets - Sharon Olds, Jenny Bornholdt, Bill Manhire, Hone Tuwhare, Tusiata Avia, Joyelle McSweeney, Paul Celan, Cliff Fell, Robert Sullivan...
'He Tuahine' Hinemoana Baker with Christine White plus interview
'Beautiful Thing' by Christine White with Hinemoana Baker
Record Label: Jayrem
Type of Label: Indie