Enjoyed listening to this, Martyn Pepperell does a great summary of where Phil and his family started, and what they created. Nice shout out to yours truly too, which is appreciated.
"Fuemana's 1994 long player New Urban Polynesian dropped on Deepgrooves Entertainment right in the middle of what's been dubbed the "Polynesian renaissance" of the 1990s. Martyn Pepperell joined Josh Dom on The Vault on Wellington's Radio Active for a dive into what went into Phil Fuemana's family infused masterpiece and what came out of it, just ahead of its full reissue to both digital and vinyl on Melbourne's Gazebo Records.
The Vault is brought to you by AudioCulture: Iwi Waiata, the noisy library of New Zealand music and made with the support of NZ On Air Music."
The Vault is brought to you by AudioCulture: Iwi Waiata, the noisy library of New Zealand music and made with the support of NZ On Air Music."
"We weren't in a good place when we were kids, so coming out of all that, for Phil, it was about being family, being able to survive the times," Christina said.
"I remember [Phil] talking to me and saying music was that thing that would take us out of poverty, because we didn't really have that much and music was one thing that we had, really, in abundance," Tony said.
"It's a timeless album and Phil was really ahead of his time... I'm just so proud of him, I just know that he'd be so stoked."
The foundation for the record was laid when a representative from Motown Records came to Tāmaki Makaurau and challenged Phil to "better his music", Tony said.
The oldest Fuemana sibling began working hard on his lyrics and song production and "started to shape the style of music that he wanted to hear".
Tony says the Motown rep was Frank Wilson, a name that will be familiar to northern soul fans for his extremely rare single Do I Love You (Indeed I Do), of which only two copies are known to exist.
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