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    This release is a way for us to share 'Our Island' beyond the song, its 60-page booklet gives full lyric translations along with artists' insights into their songs, and illustrations of the artists created from cultural elements and nature grant us a pathway to explore their cultural perspectives. With a hands-on meditation of creating your own globe, ‘Our Island’ is in your hands.

    ‘Our Island’ was recorded remotely from our island homes. Many of us have never met in person, we are yet to discover if we have legs. Online we shared our stories, songs, concerns and loves, usually interrupted by Sammy’s spontaneous Kabosy solos, Putad, Vaiteani & Luc’s children or our internet freezing again (even in the tropics!).

    We could support each other in our concerns for our planet, we know at times these feelings are overwhelming, that’s a healthy response, but know you are not alone, there are many sharing these feelings. We are a part of a movement, a momentum for cultural change which puts our relationship to our planet at its core.

    Available at our concerts, bandcamp & our website.

    #1 Trans Global Music Chart 2022 Feb
    Nominated - 2022 Golden Melody Awards TAIWAN - Best Indigenous Album & Album of the Year

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about

From Vaiteani

When I was asked to write a song about
the ocean, it took me some time to find a way
... and then I thought that the best way to do it
would just be to share some of my most
treasured memories as a child.
The sea is an element of my environment
that I deeply love but it is also an element that
speaks about the bond that I have with my
Dad, my Mom, my siblings and when I think
about it, even with my Grandmother.

lyrics

Originally in Tahitian of Tahiti

I remember
When we would go swimming in the sea
I remember
The smell of the monoi
In Punaauia
We would go there with my Dad
I can still hear the coconut palm trees
Sing the song of life
And I swim swim swim swim swim
In a ocean of memories
I recall the beauty underwater
Yes I swim swim swim swim swim
Wishing it had never ceased
Those days had a love magical kind of color
And I hope my son remembers
How the sun and the ocean melt together
Yes I hope my son remembers
That every wave on the horizon is sacred
I remember
When we would go swimming in the sea in Mahina
I remember
The softness of the sand
On Venus beach
We would go there with my Mom
Those days were bright
I can still see her smile

credits

from Our Island, track released January 28, 2022
Title in English — Root
Songwriter — Vaiteani
Arrangement — Tim Cole

TAHITI: Vaiteani — Lead & Harmony Vocals, Acoustic Guitar/ Luc Totterwitz — Ukulele/ Eto — Slide guitar

NATURE SOUNDS: Shorebreak, Kunyung Beach, Australia, with a transition of The Great Barrier Australia reef before a bleaching event (recorded by Steve Simpson) to the Great Barrier reef
after a bleaching event (recorded by Dr Timothy A C Lamont)

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Small Island Big Song Taipei City, Taiwan

We are artists of the Pacific & Indian Oceans.

United for environmental & cultural justice, and to make incredible music.

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