MAUI

One of the Aunties best selling albums and the one we get the most feed back from.

Great catchy rousing songs portraying Maui, the most loved character of Polynesian legends.

The Maui main stories are covered: his birth , Te Ika a Maui (The great fish of Maui = North Island of New Zealand), the taming of Te Ra (The Sun),  Mauika (The fire goddess) etc

Side one                                                           Side two

1.    Maui                                                         1.  Te Ika a Maui

2.   Tangaroa                                                    2.   Ahi/ Fire

3.   The days are too short                                3.   Firescape

4.   I need a weapon                                         4.   Mahuika

5.   The Kereru                                     5.   Maui (reprise)

6.   Mahi Tahi

7.   Kao

All words and music by Arif Uamani except The Kereru (Nigel Gavin) and Firescape (Nigel Gavin)

Tangaroa is also on Cosmic Rock CD

  CREDITS FOR “Maui”

Madame Salami – flute vocals

Auntie Emma – vocals

Auntie Shari – vocals

Uncle Steven – vocals

Uncle Wa – vocals

Auntie Jean – vocals

Auntie Clockwise – guitar, vocals

Fat Boy – drums

Jinja Beer – sax, flute

Kelvin “The Martian” Roy – bass trumpet

Peter Koopman – bass

Auntie Uncle – keyboards, vocals

Children – Alex Ludgrove, Lily Neumegen, Lottie Neumegen,

Specail guests:

Buzz – handcalps

Richard Kingi – haka

Produced by Arif Usmani and Nigel Gavin

Recored at Progressive. Engineer: Steve Garden

Cover: Lynn Usmani