Na Mele A Ka Haku (Music of Haku) ハクの音楽, by Haku ハク

Na Mele A Ka Haku (Music of Haku) ハクの音楽

by Haku ハク

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	1.	Introduction 02:09
	2.	Hawaii Pono'i (Hawaii's Own) 02:15
	3.	Kapu 02:28
	4.	(Story) King Kal. and Mr. Emp. 05:55
	5.	Manok 02:57
	6.	Japanese narration: poetic excerpts from “For Me, The Rays of The Sun” 03:08
	7.	Eia Wau, Halekala (I am Haleakala, House of The Sun) 01:54
	8.	Mai Opio, Mai Ka Makua 02:00
	9.	Na'u, Ke Kukuna O Ka La 04:49
	10.	Ho'omana'o (Remember Song) 03:43
	11.	Mamina (Regretful) 04:25

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シンセサイザー／ハワイアン／民謡／ニューエイジ／実験音楽が結合した36分間の桃源異境世界『ハクの音楽』。

日系ハワイアンの音楽家・劇作家、フランク・タバレスによって1975年に自主制作された、ジャンル設定を機能不全にするかのような怪盤（あえて言うならハワイアン・エレクトロニック／ニューエイジか？）。使用楽器はシンセサイザーのみ。そこにヒューマン・ヴォイスとフィールド音を重ね、ハワイ民謡と自ら創作した劇作品を折り込み、ハワイ語・英語・日本語・フィリピン語をチャンプルーしてハワイという地を音で再構成しようとしたものだが、あまりにも独自な展開、電子音も手伝って、我々をストーンドしたような異界へと誘う。トラックの全てをシンセサイザーで作った最初のハワイ音楽ともいわれる（そもそも電子音楽からアプローチしたハワイ民謡など他にあっただろうか？）。

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released March 21, 2018

Synthesizers and the human voice. Hawaii. The 1970s. Haku, aka Frank Tavares, a writer and musician, had a deep respect for the multiethnic character of his native Hawaii, and composed a number of theatre pieces and songs to highlight this culture. However, he avoided many of the standard musical tropes, choosing to build his own studio and make all the music on synthesizers, a first for Hawaii. New Age musical elements, traditional Hawaiian music, and unclassifiable madness, all played on glorious analog synths, are the foundation for songs and stories delivered in Hawaiian, Japanese and English, reflecting Hawaii's multiethnic nature. Developed and recorded over several years, released in 1975 on vinyl, and woefully hard to find, it is now available on digital.

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