Past, Present, Future (Tiki Taane album)
| Past, Present, Future | |
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| Studio album by Tiki Taane | |
| Released | 22 October 2007 |
| Recorded | Muriwai |
| Genre |
Dub Drum & Bass Electronica Acoustic |
| Label | Dirty Dub |
Past, Present, Future is New Zealand based musician Tiki Taane's platinum selling debut solo album. It features a fusion of Taane’s trademark bass-heavy production with traditional Māori instrumentation, a style which Taane describes as “punk dub meets tangatawhenua”.
Guest vocalists include Taane’s father Uekaha Taanetinorau and grandmother Inuwai, as well as PDigsss (Shapeshifter), Julia Deans (Fur Patrol), Celia Church, and Zaniah Carigiet.
1. Whakapuaki "Whakapuaki" means ‘an awakening’, Taane's brother-in-law wrote the lyrics and his father performed them. Taane sees Whakapuaki as acknowledging the higher forces, the higher entities and the listeners, then clearing space to allow the listener to properly listen through the whole album.
2. Tangaroa "Tangaroa" means ‘God of the Sea’. This was the first song Taane wrote for the album, starting it four years before recording. Tangaroa includes tribal elements with a haka performed by Taane's father on top.
3. Now This Is It Sean Deans (Bass Frontiers) wrote the beat for "Now This Is It", while Taane wrote the verses and choruses. Zaniah from Kobra Kai in Sydney sang the intro/outro.
4. Our Favourite Target Taane played the drums on this track, which features Julia Deans from Fur Patrol on vocals.
5. Faded Sean Deans wrote the dancehall beat, while P Diggs performed a duet with Taane, as well as co-writing the song. The song is about friendship, respect, love and admiration.
6. Saviour Dub Motive from Melbourne produced most of the beat for this track, which features a "reggae jungle crossover sound".
7. Always on My Mind This track features Taane on acoustic guitar and vocals. Taane wrote "Always on My Mind" for his ex-girlfriend. A triumph of song writing and performing, "Always on my Mind" held the number one spot in the New Zealand top 40 chart for over nine weeks, and remained in the top 40 for over 40 weeks, over 30 of which were spent in the top 15.
8. Wotcha Got "Wotcha Got" features Evan Short from Concord Dawn on heavy metal guitar, and live drumming from Uncle Deaks (Salmonella Dub). This track was going to be on the new Salmonella Dub album, but they turned it down.
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