Māori activist Tame Iti is featured in a CD release of original songs produced by Mike Weston (The Area) and accompanied by an exhibition of 88 new paintings by Ngati Pakeha (Otis Frizzell, Mike Weston).
The music ranges from relaxed electronica mixed with Māori instruments to harder-driving electro layered with Māori chants. The opening song Whenua, raises the topic of New Zealand land rights amidst a backdrop of native NZ bird sounds, Māori flute and conch. Aotearoa Not For Sale is a downtempo postulation of Captain James Cook as a newly arrived alien looking to invest in NZ real estate. Kiwi is an up tempo meditation on NZ race relations that asks, Why You Fellas Calling Yourself A Kiwi? The breakbeat influenced The Real Terrorists? questions governments’ roles in atrocities committed against indigenous peoples.
Original compositions were contributed by Tom Ludvigson (Alloy/Trip/Pagan Records/KOG Transmissions/MAINZ), The RFG (KFM Radio) and Mike Weston. Samples were contributed by Matt Turner (Data:Bass).
Dr Tutu feat. Tame Iti are:
Tame Iti (vocals)
Mike Weston (producer, bass, synths)
Tom Ludvigson (synths, beats)
The RFG (beats)
Jeff Root (executive producer)
Lisa Salmon (executive producer)