THE MOST POWERFUL ALBUM FROM THE PACIFIC WITH SO MUCH SOUL!MT VAEA BAND® ALBUM 'MAMA'. - Album Released March 2005.
Genre: SMOOTH URBAN PACIFIC SOUNDS
COMMENTS:
RIANZ is excited Mt Vaea Band has won local acknowledgment with the coveted Tui for the Best Pacific Music Album says President ADAM HOLT.
"Mama is a remarkable album from a legendary Pacific Island group that has won awards overseas. So I'm thrilled Mt Vaea Band has now been given the recognition they deserve here in New Zealand. They are worthy winners and add so much to the rich history of the Pacific Tui."
"We also congratulate all the winners of the 2006 Pacific Music Awards and are honoured the Tui is part of this great event."
MULTIPLE AWARD WINNING ALBUM 2006:
- Best Pacific Group Award @ PACIFIC MUSIC AWARDS 2006
- Best Pacific Album Award @ NZ TUI MUSIC AWARDS 2006
- Best Polynesian Album Award @ HAWAII MUSIC AWARDS 2006 [Peoples Choice]
- 4 Tracks Featured In The Movie 'SIONE'S WEDDING' 2006
HISTORY:
Mt Vaea Band is a club band started back in the 1970's at the Mt Vaea Nite Club in Samoa.
(Point Of Interest: Mt Vaea is a mountain, the burial place of famed Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer Robert Louis Stevens who died in Samoa in December 1894.)
Mt Vaea Band band’s ‘Mama’ represents a landmark approach to a complete package, not only preserving the sound that created the feel of Island music, but introducing it to the modern light of its surrounding.
With the part of friends, the Pacific Island Music three-times award winner Kas “Tha Feelstyle” Futialo, Alpha "Hamokane" Maiava, Juile Ta’ale from Pacific Soul, Sam Cowley-Lupo (a NZ Idol Top 20 finalist), Christian Brown has created a modern day Samoan masterpiece. With so many talented musicians involved in this album it is surely the blueprint of things to come.
Mt Vaea Band is a club band started back in the 1970's at the Mt Vaea Nite Club in Samoa. Members may change throughout the years but the name will always be the same, as it is for this album.
MT VAEA BAND Members 2005 For The Album 'MAMA':
Kas "Tha Feelstyle" Futialo
Sam Cowley-Lupo
Alpha "Hamokane" Maiava
Julie Ta'ale
Latafale Marilyn Lavea
Tila Kalolo.
Executive Producer:
Christian Brown.
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