"A ground-breaking live performance led by music and sound producer Anonymouz, 4 THA LUMANA’I finds the parallels between traditional Sāmoan customs and contemporary Hip Hop artforms. Backed by compelling video projection, a cast of local Sāmoan tulāfale orator chiefs join rappers, poets and community performers for a living conversation between the past, present and future."
23 & 24 March 7.30pm, Mangere Arts Centre. Tickets are free, but booking is required to guarantee your place – book here
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| Anonymouz. Photo -NZHerald |
From NZHerald: " South Auckland music producer Anonymouz - aka Matthew Faiumu Salapu - is bringing both Samoan oratory (lauga) and hip-hop music together in a ground-breaking performance as part of the Auckland Arts Festival's Whanui programme.
He leads 4 Tha Lumana'I
, a performance which will highlight the similarities between
traditional Samoan oratory customs and contemporary hip-hop using a cast
of Samoan tulafale orator chiefs, rappers, poets and community
performers.
It's being described as living conversation between the past, present
and future and has its roots in a visit the recording artist made to
Samoa in 2012 to mark its 50th anniversary of independence from New
Zealand.
Tasked to make a
contribution to the event, he recorded everyday sounds from the local
environment and turned them into beats. He says that saw him move away
from using old New York beats in his music and start thinking more about
traditional culture and customs.
It wasn't long before he was keeping a keen ear out for the ways in
which lauga are structured and delivered. Anonymouz saw parallels
between the way in which both lauga and — especially in battle raps —
seek to persuade and influence.
Having now seen a "battle" between a rapper and tulafale orator chief, he says 4 Tha Lumana'I
will highlight to all involved the likeness between the two apparently
disparate language arts and also helps them understand the skills needed
in both forms.
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