MARBECKS RARE: Twigs Of Gold

Mamaku Project's celebrated electro-organic sessions have crystallized into a compelling new album with a wide emotional spectrum, drawing on trip-hop, quirky grooves, and chanson.

The lush sound palette, organically electronic, carries tender vocals, broody harmony and rhythmic word. Cinematic layers of altered guitar, flesh out driving analog-synth bass lines and stirring beats. Woodwinds, horns and conch shells adorn the compositions with luminous lines and inspired improvisations.

Dark yet playful, contemplative yet dynamic, this record, indebted to Aotearoa / NZ's soil and sea, offers songs of the moment with a truly global sensitivity.