Poi E
| Poi E | |
|---|---|
| Patea Māori Club | |
| publication | September 1984 |
| Genre (s) | Mori music, hip hop |
| text | Ngoi Pēwhairangi |
| music | Dalvanius Prime |
| album | Poi E |
Poi E is a song from Patea originating Zealand group Patea Maori Club from the eponymous album of 1984. It one of the few examples in the language of Māori sung songs that were on the charts success. The song was released on both the album and a 7 '' vinyl single in 1984.
The song will be completely Māori sound. The music video for the song shows a mix of Māori culture, including the eponymous poi , chanting and traditional clothing. A marae serves as the background for the first part . In addition to the influences from the Māori culture, the video is also influenced by hip-hop culture, including rap and breakdance , the second part of the video is influenced by urban influences. The song itself combines traditional Māori chants with show band influences, gospel and funk .
The song remained number at the top of the New Zealand pop charts for four weeks. The single reached the highest sales figures in New Zealand in 1984, surpassing all international artists. "Even today, the song retains cult status even among non-Māori in New Zealand. The group Patea Māori Club, on the other hand, was a one-hit wonder . For the Māori the song is significant as "the anthem of a new generation", that of the " hip-hop generation".
The text comes from the Māori linguist Ngoi Pēwhairangi , the music by Dalvanius Prime († October 3, 2002). The beginnings of the song go back to 1982. Pewhairangi's intention was to promote Māori ethnic pride among young Māori in a form popular with them. The authors met with disinterest in the record companies, so that Prime published the song under the label Maui Records himself. It was not shown on the radio and almost never on television.
A version without the hip-hop elements was performed in the 1983 Poi Song Competition at the 1983 Polynesian Festival in Auckland .
A television report is said to have been the cause that the song was catapulted to number 1 in the charts in March 1984. Its popularity continued to rise when the song was positively received on a UK tour of the Patea Māori Club with performances at the London Palladium and Edinburgh Festival and a performance for the Queen ( Royal Command Performance ).
It reached number 3 again in New Zealand's Top 20 in May 24, 2010 after appearing in the movie Boy .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mitchell, Tony. "Kia Kaha! (Be Strong!): Maori and Pacific Islander Hip-hop in Aotearoa-New Zealand." In Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA, Tony Mitchell (Ed.), 280-305. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001.
- ↑ a b "The History." Accessed April 11, 2008. Website for Poi-E ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Arnold Pickmere: Obituary: Dalvanius Prime . In: NZ Herald , October 5, 2002. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
