Al Fraser
Toitu Te Puoro [ Rattle Records / CD - released 14/Nov/2018 ] Toitu Te Puoro is an original recorded work from Aotearoa/New Zealand, which was conceived, written, composed, produced, and performed by Al Fraser using ngā taonga puoro (musical instruments of the New Zealand Māori) and voice. All performances... |
Al Fraser & Phil Boniface
Ponguru [ Rattle Records / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] Phil and Al began performing together in 1998 while studying jazz performance at Massey University Conservatorium of Music, now the New Zealand School of Music. Al's journey with ngā taonga pūoro began in 1999 and he is now one of the leading... |
Al Fraser, Sam Leamy, Neil Johnstone
Panthalassa [ Rattle Records / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Panthalassa was the super ocean that surrounded the super continent Pangaea during the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic era. Panthalassa, the album, is an abstract and impressionist work in which conceptual ideas are explored through the luminous ngā taonga... |
Al Fraser, Steve Burridge, Neil Johnstone
Shearwater Drift [ Rattle Records / CD - released 15/Jun/2018 ] Seemingly familiar but tantalisingly mysterious, these beautifully composed sonic landscapes offer a unique experience of the world through sound - the known and the unknown. Shearwater Drift is a vast sonic collage that explores real and imagined... |
Ariana Tikao & Al Fraser
Nau Mai E Kā Hua [ Rattle Records / CD - released 27/Nov/2020 ] An evocative sonic journey through the pristine waters of Te Wai Pounamu, Nau Mai e Kā Hua, is the first duo album by Ariana Tikao and Al Fraser, two leading players of ngā taonga puoro. The album features improvisations and spoken word, with waiata... |
David Harrow & Al Fraser
Mixed Messages [ Rattle Records / CD - released 27/Nov/2020 ] The ancient sororities of taonga puoro combine with the contemporary textures and timbres of electronic technology and sequencing techniques to produce an evocative soundscape that is as compelling as it is mysterious. |
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD / ROSIE LANGABEER / JOHN PSATHAS / GARETH FARR
Silver Stone Wood Bone Al Fraser (ngā taonga pūoro), Bridget Douglas (western flutes) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 17/Dec/2021 ] New works for flute and taonga pūoro by New Zealand composers, Dame Gillian Whitehead, Rosie Langabeer, Briar Prastiti, John Psathas, Josiah Carr, and Gareth Farr. Bridget Douglas (Western flutes) Al Fraser (ngā taonga pūoro) |