Tiki Taane
| Tiki Taane | |
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Tiki Taane performing at Soundsplash 2016
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| Background information | |
| Born |
17 December 1976 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Genres | experimentalist, dub, drum and bass, dubstep, acoustic ballads |
| Instruments | Acoustic guitar looping with FX and samples |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Dirty Dub |
| Associated acts | Salmonella Dub, Six60, Shapeshifter, Bulletproof, Concord Dawn, State of Mind, The Adults, Joss Stone, Michael Franti, OMC, Andrew Tosh, Jason Norris, |
| Website | www |
Tiki Taane is a New Zealand-based musician, experimentalist, musical activist, producer, and live engineer. He was a member of leading New Zealand band Salmonella Dub but left after eleven years on 1 January 2007 to pursue a solo career. His debut album, "Past, Present, Future", was released on 22 October 2007 in New Zealand and has since gone two times platinum, achieving a number one single, "Always On My Mind", which is the most successful single of all time in New Zealand. It also became the first digital single to reach platinum sales and also holds the record by staying in the NZ Top 40 Charts for 55 weeks. Taane is also the exclusive live sound engineer for New Zealand drum and bass act Shapeshifter since their first gig in 1999. Taane has also produced multi platinum albums for bands such as Six60, Salmonella Dub and Tiki Taane.
Taane was born on 17 December 1976. He was originally named Nathan Glen Taane Tinorau |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11026949 |title=The symphony of Tiki Taane In 1996, he was asked to become live soundman to Christchurch band Salmonella Dub, who were becoming one of New Zealand’s most popular acts. Through this role, he began to earn himself a reputation for his ability to bring a powerful live sound to using a variety of equipment at a diverse set of venues.
During this time, he stop playing regularly with metal bands he had previously been associated with, Cultivation and Braaspadeak. While on tour with Salmonella Dub, Taane had composed a dub-reggae track in his hotel room. Once he shared it with the group, they recorded it straight away. Taane and his whānau and friends set to work making a music video featuring Taane on tour at The Gathering that year. This track, "For the Love Of It", shot into the New Zealand charts and became a summertime anthem. He became faced with not only being soundman for the band, but also that he was expected to perform his hit song at Salmonella Dub's live performances.
In both 1998 and 1999, Taane won the Best Live Audio Engineer award at the NZ bNet awards and though in popular demand, it was clear that his success lay with his friends Salmonella Dub. Also winning an award for Best Song for 'For the Love Of It', Taane’s confidence grew in his song-writing abilities and so he went on to create more hits. By 2000, Taane was beginning to spend the majority of the Dub gigs mixing the first part of the set, then jumping on stage to perform. Salmonella Dub went on to tour extensively, mainly Australia, UK and Europe, cutting their way through festivals and sell out shows while setting up a touring circuit which would be later used by other up and coming New Zealand acts.
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