Waerea (Vinyl)

MOKOTRON return with their new album, WAEREA, delivering nine tracks of pure dark Māori bass on vinyl.
MOKOTRON is a Tāmaki Makaurau-based producer from Ngāti Hine, who spreads seismic waves of low frequency indigenous electronic music.
Exploring ancient futurism through music, MOKOTRON imagines a reality without colonisation, where the ancestors transition from the ancient world into the modern, creating futures of hope juxtaposed with the hard realities of urban disconnection.
The foundation of WAEREA is Te Reo Māori, traditional forms of song and chant, and the voices of puoro, colliding with breakbeats, bars and basslines to reflect the worldscapes of urban Māori.
The album’s nine waiata – mastered by Chris Chetland at KOG – have been tested on dancefloors and sound systems throughout Tāmaki Makaurau, Pōneke and Ōtautahi.

‘…a vision of a path forward, where electronic music and Māori identity fuse to create truly future worlds, and bring people into that world through the transcendental power of the dancefloor.’
95bFM

‘Mokotron…is specific about what underpins his mix of breaks and taonga puoro: his perspective as an urban Māori, and an interest in decolonisation.’
Tony Stamp, RNZ The Sampler

‘Indulge yourself today and keep a close eye on Mokotrons socials…’
George FM
‘MOKOTRON continues to decolonize the dance floor.’
Sniffers
‘Aotearoa indigenous bass revolutionary.’
Undertheradar