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Interview: R.E.D.
Rayven Rengulbai — from Palau trio R.E.D. — tells us about positivity and the importance of the island’s musicians being more connected to other artists in the Pacific.
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Listen to all the songs from the Pacific Break competition.
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You can download all the songs from this year's competition, plus all the entries from last year and our 2008 and 2009 winners!
In the studio: Arakians of Fatima
Arakians of Fatima have had to get a little creative when it comes to recording. And, as the band’s Max Makain tells us, recording is not the only challenge they face in Karaite, PNG.
Interview: Airi Ingram
In the Pacific and Indigenous Australian music scenes, multi-instrumentalist and producer Airi Ingram has seen and heard a lot. In this interview, he shares his insights on originality, good sound and how to make a song shine.
Tamarin at Kasori Studio
From the island of Pentecost, Vanuatu, comes island reggae band Tamarin — who perform especially for us on the verandah of their studio, Kasori.
Richard Mogu: ‘Kini Male’
As we mentioned earlier, we were thrilled to see Richard Mogu performing at the Australasian World Music Expo on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia.
Recent Comments
By Pacific Break moderator - Entries for Pacific Break 2010 have now closed. Thank you all for sending us so much fantastic music this year –...
By Pete - WOnderful interview and inspiring to hear about connections being made between differnt traditions. The use of slit gongs espaecially interests me...
By Walt - Great interview! I’m a fan of Ari’s work (and his Zero G sound library!) so it’s a treat to hear some of his thoughts on music...
By Pacific Break moderator - Indeed, Reaper is excellent, especially for a free program! We’ll be looking at it next week as part of our feature on...
By rynobi - The Audiomaster software looks interesting. I also like Reaper which works on Mac OSX too.
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