- Tiki Taane
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Tiki Taane Born Christchurch, New Zealand Genres Dub
Drum and bass
Electronica
Acoustic
DubstepOccupations Musician, Producer, Instruments Guitar, percussion, keys, drums, samples, Taonga Puoro, King Of The Dubs Years active 1991–present Labels Dirty Dub Associated acts Salmonella Dub Website tikidub.com Tiki Taane is a New Zealand musician and former member of leading New Zealand band Salmonella Dub. Taane left Salmonella Dub on 1 January 2007 to pursue a solo career.[1] His debut album, "Past, Present, Future", was released on October 22, 2007 in New Zealand and has gone two times platinum, achieving a number one single, "Always On My Mind", which is the most successful single of all time in New Zealand. Taane is also the live sound engineer for New Zealand drum and bass act Shapeshifter.
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History
In 1996, Taane was asked to become live soundman to Christchurch band Salmonella Dub, who were becoming one of NZ’s most popular acts. Through this role, Tiki began to earn himself a reputation for his ability to bring a staggeringly powerful live sound to whatever equipment, venue or environment he was faced with. His time with his metal band Braaspadeak had become minuscule and irregular, and while on tour with the Dub, Tiki had composed a dub-reggae track in his hotel room. Once he shared it with Salmonella, they recorded it straight away, and Tiki and his whanau and friends set to work making a music video featuring Tiki on tour at The Gathering that year. This track, "For the Love Of It", shot to the NZ charts, and so he became faced with not only being soundman for the band, but also the public expectation that he perform his hit song at all their gigs.
In both 1998 and 1999, Tiki won the Best Live Audio Engineer award at the NZ B-Net awards and though in popular demand, it was clear that Tiki’s success lay with his friends Salmonella Dub. Also winning an award for Best Song for 'For the Love Of It', Tiki’s confidence grew in his song-writing abilities and so he went on to create more hits. By 2000, Tiki was beginning to spend the majority of the Dub gigs mixing the first part of the set, then jumping on stage to perform.
Taane played his final gig with Salmonella Dub on New Year's Eve 2006.
Describing his decision to leave Salmonella Dub, Taane said, "I felt like I'd gone as far as I could with Salmonella Dub." He described his time since leaving Salmonella Dub as "very lonely" and "very intense".[2] Describing the band in an interview after the release of his album, Taane said, "I have so much love and respect for (Salmonella Dub) because if it wasn't for them I wouldn't be where I am now. I wouldn't be here."[2]
On April 2011, Taane was arrested on charges of "disorderly behaviour likely to cause violence to start or continue" while chanting "fuck the police" at a gig in Tauranga, claiming he was singing lyrics from N.W.A's "Fuck tha Police".[3] On his web site, Taane posted the message, ""Freedom of speech is a human right"[4] Tiki later stated that he "loves police" and was "not angry with them".[5] On 13 April Tiki told Marcus Lush on Radio Live that the lyrics often feature in his performances and his arrest came as a complete surprise.[6] Senior police stated they supported the arresting officers actions, and are confident they acted appropriately.[7] In early September, the charges against Taane were dropped after mediation; charges remain against promoter Patricio Alvarez-Riveros from the same incident.[8] Taane later invited the Police to perform with him at the 2011 Vodafone NZ Music Awards at Auckland's Vector Arena, where he was nominated for three awards, they declined.[9]
Past, Present, Future
His debut solo record "Past, Present, Future" was released October 22, 2007 and debuted at #9. The albums first official solo single, "Always On My Mind", was released April 28, 2008. The song has been certified 2x Platinum and made it to #1 in New Zealand, knocking Chris Brown off the top spot after a seven week reign. The song spent nineteen non-consecutive weeks in the top ten, including two weeks at number one, and a total of forty-eight weeks in the chart so far.[10] "Always On My Mind" has also become the most successful single of all time in New Zealand, landing at number one on the Best of All Time Singles Chart, a chart that has been tracking singles since 1994. The title was previously held by "Bathe in the River" by Hollie Smith.[11]
Past, Present, Future has also been certified Platinum in New Zealand and peaked at number four. The album was certified 2x Platinum after fifty-five weeks, selling over 30,000 copies. It has so far spent over sixty-six weeks in the chart.
Music Timeline
Year Activity 1997 Features on Salmonella Dub album Calming of the Drunken Monkey 1999 – 2007 Becomes a member of Salmonella Dub 2003 Features on Rhombus's tracks "Clav Dub" and "Onward" Features on Concord Dawn's track "Don't Tell Me" 2005 Releases Dub Soldier on the Dub Conspiracy compilation 2006 Features on Concord Dawn's track "Never Give Up On Love" Remixes "Stay" by Blindspott 2007 Releases debut solo album Past, Present, Future 2008 Features on Antiform track "Got To Be You" Features on Bulletproof track "Dark Times" 2009 Features on State of Mind track "Kinetic" Releases remix album "Flux" Remixes "Sing It To Me" by Knights Of The Dub Table 2010 Features on Bulletproof track "Soundtrack To Forever" Releases charity single "Starship Lullaby" Releases "Summer Time" featuring DUBXL, the first single off the album In The World Of Light 2011 Releases "Light Years Away" featuring Crushington Discography
Albums
Year Name Album Chart Peak
position[12]Certification Sales[13] 2007 Past, Present, Future New Zealand Album Chart 4 2x Platinum 30,000+ 2009 Flux New Zealand Album Chart 11 - - 2011 In the World of Light 1 - - Singles
Year Name Singles Chart Peak
position[12]Certification Sales[13] 2008 "Always On My Mind" New Zealand Singles Chart 1 2x Platinum 30,000+ 2010 "Starship Lullaby" New Zealand Singles Chart 9 - 2010 "Summer Time" New Zealand Singles Chart 28 - Use of music by Sea Shepherd
Before taking out his vessel Ady Gil on an anti-whaling cruise to the Southern Ocean with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Pete Bethune noted that he had installed a large set of speakers, and intended to play the songs like Tangaroa from Tiki Taane to the whalers, describing it as a "growling big sort of a song about the God of the Sea who looks after us".[14]
References and notes
- ^ Tiki Taane | Artists at muzic.net.nz
- ^ a b Dub king Tiki Taane goes solo - Stuff.co.nz
- ^ "Tiki Taane arrested after chanting 'F*** the police' at gig". 3news.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. http://www.3news.co.nz/Tiki-Taane-arrested-after-chanting-F-the-police-at-gig/tabid/418/articleID/206422/Default.aspx. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "In The World Of ART...". facebook.com. 2011 [last update]. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150153206912634&set=a.10150153206877634.289924.103395132633&theater. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "Tiki Taane: face for freedom of speech?". entertainment.msn.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. http://entertainment.msn.co.nz/article.aspx?id=8245818. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "Tiki Taane - new poster boy for freedom of speech". RadioLIVE, MediaWorks NZ. 2011-04-13. http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Tiki-Taane---new-poster-boy-for-free-speech/tabid/506/articleID/19700/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
- ^ "Anti-police lyrics land Tiki Taane in trouble". tvnz.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/police-defend-arrest-tiki-taane-4115672. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "Thank tha police... Tiki charges dropped". nzherald.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10749466. Retrieved 5 September 2011. "Mr Wright-St Clair said police had approached Mr Taane to seek a mediation which allowed both sides to openly express their views on how the events had unfolded."
- ^ "Police turn down spot at awards". nzherald.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10762592. Retrieved 30 October 2011. "It's understood Taane last week put out an olive branch to the boys in blue. He invited police from Tauranga to join him at the Vodafone NZ Music Awards at Auckland's Vector Arena on Thursday to perform his single Freedom To Sing, a track inspired by his brush with authorities."
- ^ http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?key=459709&cat=s
- ^ http://charts.org.nz/bestall.asp
- ^ a b RIANZ
- ^ a b RIANZ
- ^ Darby, Andrew (June 29, 2009). "Wail for whales: stealth boat to blast Japanese". The Age (Melbourne). http://www.theage.com.au/national/wail-for-whales-stealth-boat-to-blast-japanese-20091130-k18l.html. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
- Tiki Taane inthemix.com.au Interview
- Tiki Taane Bebo Fansite
- Tiki Taane Profile, Muzic.net.nz
- 'Dub king Tiki Taane goes solo', Stuff.co.nz
- Past, Present, Future at Real Groovy
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