Kāi Tahu taonga pūoro artists Ariana Tikao and Ruby Solly played together with percussionist Ensai August a few years ago, in Wellington-based taonga pūoro orchestra 'Te Āteanui'. Ruby and Ariana have played together for many years in art music quartet Tararua (with Al Fraser and Phil Boniface), and more recently in Good Company Arts' hybrid digital/live Pepe & Pōtaka Nautilus performance in Dunedin's Glenroy Auditorium to rave reviews. Seth Boy is a double bassist and composer who's led numerous jazz and improvising music groups in Pōneke, and Ensai is a member of some of Wellington's most dynamic acts including Mā and the Fly Hunnies. This is the first time they have all come together as a collective to improvise, and sonically explore, called tito ōhia in te reo Māori.
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