UHP - Hau (Upper Hutt Posse) (Vinyl)
Upper Hutt Posse have been absent for far too long so it excellent to have them back - now officially as UHP - with the powerful double vinyl Hau (the breath of life, spiritual energy).
It opens with a strident slice of socio-political Sly Stone funk-rap on Preeach before some old school reggae reaches out on Counterattack with a “positive vibration” and a slippery Studio One sound pushing the mana motuhake message.
Across these 26 tracks – Side 3 has seven terrific dub versions and Side 4 six instrumental versions – there is a serious meltdown of scratching, free jazz wailing sax, ragga, soundscapes (Culture of Violence), spoken word (Deficit of Love), samples (powerful snatches of Farrakhan on the anti-rape/violence against women on Patua Te Pawhera) and catchy reggae pop . . . with messages as on the reggae-toasting pop of Soon Come: “wickedness a-go fall, justice and freedom for all”.
With the original Posse member MC Wiya alongside multi-instrumentalist Dean Hapeta (whose youngest daughter Ahurei also appears), Hau is showcase of sound and styles with Robertson and Henderson back, and guests including drummer Riki Gooch, keyboardist Leo Coghini, string players and many others.
It has been a decade since the last UHP album and although they never troubled the charts, this vinyl release is strong return to form which demands to be heard. (Graham Reid)
2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Tracklist:
A1 Preeach
A2 Counterattack
A3 Phenomenal
A4 Warmonger
A5 Culture Of Violence
A6 Say Don't Do People
A7 Soon Come
B1 Hau
B2 Deficit Of Love
B3 Skin Nah Colour We
B4 Patua Te Pawhera
B5 Solidarity
B6 Waiting
Dub
C1 Counter Dub
C2 Say Do Dub
C3 Soon Dub
C4 Preeach Dub
C5 Warmonger Dub
C6 Waiting Dub
C7 Hau Dub
Instrumental
D1 Culture Of Violence
D2 Phenomenal
D3 Patua Te Pawhera
D4 Solidarity
D5 Skin Nah Colour We
D6 Deficit Of Love
Upper Hutt Posse have been absent for far too long so it excellent to have them back - now officially as UHP - with the powerful double vinyl Hau (the breath of life, spiritual energy).
It opens with a strident slice of socio-political Sly Stone funk-rap on Preeach before some old school reggae reaches out on Counterattack with a “positive vibration” and a slippery Studio One sound pushing the mana motuhake message.
Across these 26 tracks – Side 3 has seven terrific dub versions and Side 4 six instrumental versions – there is a serious meltdown of scratching, free jazz wailing sax, ragga, soundscapes (Culture of Violence), spoken word (Deficit of Love), samples (powerful snatches of Farrakhan on the anti-rape/violence against women on Patua Te Pawhera) and catchy reggae pop . . . with messages as on the reggae-toasting pop of Soon Come: “wickedness a-go fall, justice and freedom for all”.
With the original Posse member MC Wiya alongside multi-instrumentalist Dean Hapeta (whose youngest daughter Ahurei also appears), Hau is showcase of sound and styles with Robertson and Henderson back, and guests including drummer Riki Gooch, keyboardist Leo Coghini, string players and many others.
It has been a decade since the last UHP album and although they never troubled the charts, this vinyl release is strong return to form which demands to be heard. (Graham Reid)
2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Tracklist:
A1 Preeach
A2 Counterattack
A3 Phenomenal
A4 Warmonger
A5 Culture Of Violence
A6 Say Don't Do People
A7 Soon Come
B1 Hau
B2 Deficit Of Love
B3 Skin Nah Colour We
B4 Patua Te Pawhera
B5 Solidarity
B6 Waiting
Dub
C1 Counter Dub
C2 Say Do Dub
C3 Soon Dub
C4 Preeach Dub
C5 Warmonger Dub
C6 Waiting Dub
C7 Hau Dub
Instrumental
D1 Culture Of Violence
D2 Phenomenal
D3 Patua Te Pawhera
D4 Solidarity
D5 Skin Nah Colour We
D6 Deficit Of Love
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