![]() And the man does bbq hard-rock/distorted blues politics (‘Oil Spill’) alongside low grooves, acoustic thoughtfulness (‘Moko’) and more.” “And dammit if they aren’t metal-aware (‘Picking Up Speed’), into a stupidly good 70s soul groove (‘Can’t Stop Feeling Strange’) and much more. It is a remarkable, free-wheeling collection which oozes laidback summer vibes but also, as I wrote in a review at the time, “pushes the parameters of groove into soul-funk, low-range psych soul, some grit-guitar rock, serious messages within the songs (fortunately not that you notice immediately), references to his parents’ Jimi albums and whānau … Guitar Party at Uncle’s Bach was not just a major debut statement – he was 32 when it appeared in 2016 – but was recorded live in just seven days with Ben Edwards in Lyttelton (“with sneaky dubbed audio from a New Year’s Party on Troy’s deck”). He co-wrote the APRA Maioha Award-winning song ‘Aotearoa’ at the 2015 APRA Silver Scroll Awards with Stan Walker, had a side project with Mara TK (of Electric Wire Hustle) and Mark Vanilau in their soul band L(())VE & HOPE, and collaborated with Ria Hall, Maisey Rika and many others. However, Kingi’s on-screen career – most of the work involving music as you’ll note – and his work with The Raid Movement in Northland, combatting teen suicide, has been incidental to his playing and recording. He also appeared in series three of the musicians-and-prisoners documentary series Songs From the Inside, alongside Scribe, Anika Moa and Ladi6. The role led to other film parts, in Himiona Grace’s 2014 The Pā Boys (with Francis Kora of the band Kora), Taika Waititi’s 2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and a small part in the rugby movie The Kick (as All Black Piri Weepu). He studied at MAINZ in Auckland and returned to Kerikeri where he fronted a roster of short-lived bands, among them Mongolian Deathworm, Kingkachoo, Troy Kingi and the Tigers, and Full Moon Street.īut it was Typhoon Fools that gained him the most attention and led to him being cast in the 2013 Tearepa Kahi-directed film Mt Zion (as Hone), alongside Stan Walker and Temuera Morrison. Out of such diverse influences from soul, hard rock, smooth pop and reggae, Kingi created his own musical personality which reached as wide as it did deep. His role models in music were, he said, “Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Withers, Bob Marley – again, artists my dad would thrash on the turntable and on our car stereo.” ![]() “But I’ve been hearing ‘Summer Breeze’ a lot lately, the Isley Brothers version, and instantly remember being five again, so I’d have to go with that.” When he was asked in 2016 after the launch of Guitar Party what song initially affected him he said, “I’d like to say ‘Black Dog’ – my dad would play Led Zeppelin IV from start to finish before school every morning and that was the very first track on the album. Kingi created his own musical personality which reached as wide as it did deep. In the decades since he has become a multi-instrumentalist, accomplished on bass, keyboards, drums and more. He picked up guitar at Te Aute College in Hawke’s Bay and while at Kerikeri High School formed his first band, Toll House, which entered and won the local Smokefree Rock Quest. Kingi (Te Arawa, Ngā Puhi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) was born in the Far North and raised in Rotorua, Te Kaha and Kerikeri. As Kingi prepared for his next albums – maybe two in one year as he skipped 2018 – he could reflect on four Tui music awards. As the 2020s decade began he was well on his way, having ticked off a 22-song double album, Guitar Party at Uncle’s Bach, in 2016 with his Electric Haka Boogie band, the tripped-out soul-psychedelics of Shake That Skinny Ass All the Way to Zygertron the following year, and political roots reggae album Holy Colony Burning Acres in 2019.Īnd these did not go unnoticed.
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