一个乐队可以复兴一个文化吗?这是一个太苛刻的要求,然而,在新西兰里,OCEANIA(大洋州)乐队则希望他们能起码做到唤起毛利族的自豪感。乐队的主要成员是三个人,一个是Jaz Coleman,一个是Hinewehi Mohi,再有一个则是Hirini Melbourne。这三个人的背景都非常的不简单,以下,让我来简单的介绍一下他们。Jaz Coleman,英印混血儿,是70年代一支颇有名气的朋克乐队(Killing Joke)的始创人,而与此同时,他还参与了不少有名的交响乐专辑的制作。93年的时候,Coleman定居新西兰,并成为澳克兰爱乐乐团的驻团作曲家。Hinewehi Mohi,她的母亲是英新混血儿,她的父亲是毛利人。她在以研究毛利文化而闻名的Waikato大学毕业。继而成为一名颇有名气的诗人、歌手,而同时还是一名毛利电视台的节目制作人、主持人。Hirini Melbourne,Waikato大学的音乐教授。是毛利族内享有很高声望的音乐家,是他令不少毛利的传统乐器重新回复活力。
Biography
by Steve Huey
What Enigma did for Gregorian chanting and Deep Forest did for African Pygmy song, New Zealand's Oceania does for traditional Maori music. The group is centered around vocalist/composer Hinewehi Mohi and producer/arranger/composer Jaz Coleman (originally of the industrial/punk/metal band Killing Joke), who blend live Maori instruments and percussion with modern dance beats, atmospheric ambient backing, and Mohi's ethereal vocals. Oceania's eponymous debut album was released in the spring of 2000.