Fatu Hiva - Kahuna Kawentzmann

available at www.itunes.com/kahunakawentzmann Today Im aware that the tracks name giving island is actually spelled Fatuhiva, but anyway this (Fatu Hiva) is the spelling you can read at iTunes, Amazon or on the CD cover of the album. The island footage is of course Rapa Nui, or the european name Easter Island. Famous for its big rock statues called Moai in the native polynesian dialect. The footage is public domain and since it reminded me a lot of Thor Heyerdahl (author of Kon-Tiki) who wrote books about Fatuhiva as well as Rapa Nui. Fatuhiva is closer to the center of Polynesia, thus closer to what has become known as Tiki. However in recent years and in Heyerdahls days the Moais have become icons of Tiki Pop Culture. The Exotica style of my recording celebrates the mysterious, manifold and obscure cultural sources, seemingly embodied in the giant stone idols os Easter Island. I recorded the track originally for the forthcoming DVD of Tiki. The music was heavily inspired by the likes of Les Baxter composer of Quiet Village (made famous by Martin Denny) and soundtracks in the 1950s and 1960s,



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbk9YspX5Dk&hl=en