2010 winner revealed
After much careful consideration and many hours of close listening, our judges have decided who will fly to Fest’napuan as our 2010 Pacific Break winners.
Ladies, gentlemen — we’d like to introduce you to III Kings!
It was a difficult process, and with a record number of entries this year (over 120), there were many songs that caught the attention of our judges. Damian, Annette and Sarah were impressed by some wonderful production values, as well as touching or even groundbreaking songwriting, and beautiful voices and musicianship. They expressed high hopes for a number of artists, and were genuinely excited with the startling quality of music across the entire range of entries, as you can hear in this excerpt of their judging discussion:
Download “The judges share their thoughts on some of your songs” MP3 (5.7mb)
Yes, the task of choosing just one winner was a challenging one: but choose they did. The gospel-influenced reggae song ‘You Alone Me Magnify’ emerged as a quick favourite, with its memorable vocals and compelling rhythm.
Download “III Kings – You Alone Me Magnify” MP3 (3.6mb)
III Kings are a ten-piece band based in Honiara who’ve been playing together for about five years. They’ve told us they love playing live concerts and are fans of all music — especially reggae and gospel — so they’ll definitely enjoy themselves at Fest’napuan in Port Vila between October 20-24 this year. And as always, we’ll keep you on top of all the action direct from Vanuatu as it unfolds.
We recently spoke to Chris Andris Tugumana from III Kings about the band’s spiritual aspect, as well as the importance of music as a form of self-expression. He also told us about the band’s difficulties in recording traditional instruments — instruments which we might now be able to see live on stage.
Download “Interview – III Kings” MP3 (3.6mb)
Stay with us as we explore more about this fresh and exciting band, and follow them on what’s sure to be an amazing journey to the stage at Fest’napuan.
Comments
Simon
Congratulations guys! Amazing song that reflects the Pacific spirit.
Bill Jaynes
Congratulations to you! Definitely a standout production.
Jack
Fantastic song – a great winner. It will be really amazing to see them at Fest’nap with all their traditional instruments! I can’t wait!
Heaps of really incredible music this year so congratulations not just to III Kings but to everyone for being so talented. I will be listening to these songs often.
Paul
Congratulations Wantoks,
Hope to see you live at the Fest’napuan festival in Port Vila come end of the year.
Churchill
Congradulations III KINGZ…
Your Music and the lyrics are really nice…
Andy is also a member of GROMA sounds..can find him here
http://www.togamaelaw.com/gromastudio/andy.html
Glen Mesina ''Pain''
congrats to 111 kings.
Alvin
Congrats boys … a very powerful song … III KIngs 4 real……..God bless
Miggy
Congratulations to ya al mi wantoks ,hope to hear more sounds from ya when i get back home. Just keep de vibs…….high man………IIi Kings
Taycker
Job well done Boys, Congratulations, A national pride to have our gifts recognised…
Futz
Go 111 Kings!! Solomon Rep!!!.. GO MAKE US PROUD!!
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