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Hinemoana Baker is a poet/musician who performs her own original material in a singer-songwriter, cabaret format.
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Hinemoana is available to perform:
- As a soloist
- As 'Taniwha' - a duo with sonic-arts, pop-rock powerhouse Christine White
- Her full 'Multi-Media Maori Cabaret' show with live sound and vision mixer Andrew Dalziel
- With other collaborators (Richard Nunns, Maori instrument specialist; groups of spokenword artists) for particular venues, gigs or festivals.
hinemoana solo
Hinemoana is a flexible and adaptable act / performer, accustomed to a wide range of venues and audiences. However, her strongest appeal seems to be in an 'in concert' setting, with a listening audience, whether it be an intimate cafe/restaurant, a theatre, or on a marae. She performs for a minimum of 40 minutes and a maximum of 2 hours. She travels with her own sound engineer.
Her basic requirements, for solo performances or the full show, are listed in the technical rider below.
For bookings, or more information about fees, please contact:
shameless ! promotions - shamelessATclearDOTnetDOTnz (027) 672 3527
duo: taniwha - hinemoana baker and christine white
Onekaka, Golden Bay
Hinemoana is often accompanied wih her own material on guitar, vocals, looping pedal and wow factor by her partner, composer, singer-songwriter and sonic artist Christine White. Those who've enjoyed Christine's gigs in Auckland and the rest of New
Zealand over the last 20 years will testify that Christine's live
performances have to be seen to be believed. An accomplished composer,
arranger and multi-instrumentalist, Christine has also been honing her
production and recording skills: she has three albums to her name (most
recently 'Pirouette'), plus a long list of composing credits for other
artists and organisations. Christine's current passion is her degree in Sonic Arts and New Music
(think John Cage, Laurie Anderson, David Downes, John Cousins). Christine
won
the New Zealand School of Music Composer's Competition 2008, and
has just completed a qualificiation in sonic arts through Victoria
University. Her enthusiasm for new music has led her to building a new,
melodic percussion instrument using an old Black and Decker workbench
and some contact microphones. The onstage effect can be anything from
eerie hums and haunting whistles to funky, industrial beats and
metallic tick-tocking. As usual, Christine and her instruments make a
huge and impressive impact on audiences - she is, musically at least,
always much larger than the sum of her parts!
'...with vocal power, presence and songs others would kill for...'
(New Zealand Herald)
'...cut from the same cloth as any of Neil Finn's best...'
(New Zealand Musician magazine)
Christine moved to Wellington in 2005, and her well-deserved reputation is already growing at this end of the island. She performs live at various Wellington and Kapiti venues, among them Bar Bodega and Katipo Cafe in Wellington, and Lembas Cafe in Raumati South. She toured nationwide in 2005 to celebrate the launch of 'Pirouette', and more recently to Nelson and Golden Bay.
The two also perform as a duo called 'Taniwha'.
taniwha – rhythm, rhyme and recycling
Taniwha
is a Paekakariki phenomenon, a duo making sweet music with anything and
everything they have to hand. As singer-songwriters in a folk/pop
tradition, their guitars and beautifully woven voices are still their
mainstay. But as all artists do, they've been experimenting. Many of
their recent instruments have been acquired from Trash Palace, their
local recycling station in Tawa. They are particularly thrilled to have
acquired their Casiotone keyboard for $1.00, and their cheese grater,
oven grills and steel wine rack for free.
And
what use would musicians have for sundry kitchen utensils on stage?
Well…The real taniwha in the band is an instrument Christine has built
out of a Black & Decker WorkMate (Registered Trade Mark). The
ambient sounds you hear in ‘Day After' and ‘Dumb White Girl’ are
produced by this fabulous monster, inspired by sonic artist Eric
Leonardson’s ‘Springboard’, which is made out of a modified zimmer
frame.
Taniwha, 'Snap Happy
hinemoana and andrew - the full show
'Multi-media Maori Cabaret ' ~ the poetry and music of Hinemoana Baker, the sound and vision of Andrew Dalziel
"It was a shock walking into the Boathouse to find it looking more like an upmarket e-mail cafe, with table-top screens dotted around the room, set up for Dalziel's eclectic image collection... Hinemoana began the show with a set of Maori songs, introduced in her usual uniquely elegant style....Richard Nunns [played] some of his collection of ancient indigenous instruments. The haunting whistles and eerie thrums added the perfect atmosphere..."
- Maia Freeman, Nelson Evening Mail, 25/10/05
Hinemoana's Multi Media maori Cabaret at the Le Cafe, Blenheim, 2006
Musician and poet Hinemoana Baker, a graduate of Victoria University's Masters programme in Creative Writing, sound artist, producer and raconteur, along with sound and vision guru Andrew Dalziel, enjoyed a hugely successful 'May Music Month 05' tour and many subsequent Festival appearances. Their mixed-media show combines poems from Baker's newly published 'matuhi | needle' (co-published by 'Rings' star Viggo Mortensen) and music from her debut album, 'puawai', with Dalziel's punchy, pithy, passionate photography. The show drew rave reviews from Oamaru to Titirangi (and yes, everywhere in between!)
"Her effortless talent mixed her Maori and European heritage in an unusual mixed-media ensemble - an eclectic mix of sight and sound...This was an utterly spell-binding performance."
- Caitlin McKay, Oamaru Mail, May 2005
Hinemoana with Richard Nunns, Nelson Arts Festival, 2006
Hinemoana Baker and Andrew Dalziel are both expert story-tellers in their own right, with text, voice, camera, comedy, breath. Their 'aural-visual' cabaret combo is proving a unique and popular vehicle for those stories. It offers a variety of koauau, colour and korero and of course, that voice...
"Baker, a finalist in last year's Tui music awards for [her album] 'puawai', is often compared with Joni Mitchell, but those good, strong Maori genes add a warmth and richness to the voice, especially in concert...There's the quirk factor, too, sparking off a lively intelligence, sense of fun, enjoyment of the possibilities of words...and surely no-one anywhere is doing what Baker does on stage with a scuba tank, a bucket of water and a looping pedal. Rather than a concert in the traditional sense, there are touches of theatre, poetry and story-telling woven in amongst fabulous songs and lyrics... Profound, and totally New Zealand."
- Alan Clarke, Nelson Evening Mail, May 2005
full show specs
- Show duration: 100 minutes (2 x 40 minute sets with a 20 minute interval - interval time flexible)
- Venue requirements: 50-300 seats.
- Technical/lighting needs: See technical rider below
- Pack in time: On the day, 4 hours including soundcheck, pack-out same day
- Touring party = 2, separate accommodation.
- Cost of show: on application to shameless ! promotions, shamelessATclearDOTnetDOTnz
technical rider for hinemoana baker
NB: This rider covers the full show, which includes visual as well as sound elements. For details of Hinemoana's sound requirements for solo or duo shows, please email directly: shamelessATclearDOTnetDOTnz
- F.O.H
- Monitors dependent on venue size, if self powered, 2 of per side with 12in drivers on wind-up stands
- Stage box and snake 4 sends minimum with 8 returns
- EQ 2 of, 18 band per side
- Mixer Allen & Heath Mixwizard preferred
- 6 channel minimum
- 2 stereo line channels
- 3 auxiliary minimum, 2 of pre-fade
- CD player 1 of
- FX processor Lexicon PCM 91 or equivalent reverb & delay
- MONITOR
- Wedge 1 of
- EQ 18 band 1 of
- STAGE
- Mic stands 2 of, black
- DI 1 of
- Table 1 of, small, for additional instruments
- LIGHTING
- Par cans x 6 (64 or 56?) selection of colours, on push-up or wind-up stands, T-Bars and twin/single fade.
- VISUALS
- Video splitter depends on AV company, and number of screens for the show
- 17inch flat screen monitors 8 of, flat screen with self supporting bases
- VGA cables 15pin male to male. Meters of to suit venue
- Power cables, metres of to suit venue
- All audio, video & power cabling is to be provided by the venue
- ADDITIONAL
- Please advise what power is available at the venue (this will impact on the lighting)
- We also run a foot activated sampler from stage on an FX loop
- Note: we apply a ratio of about 1:20 for the screens ie, for every 20 people/audience members, allow 1 screen. We rig the screens on tables within the audience. These can be tables that people sit at, or separate, free-standing plinths. It depends on the venue really. If there are no tables or suitable stands at the venue already, these will also need to be provided. Kia ora.
- Download pdf details of Hinemoana's AKAI Headrush looping pedal
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