Hawaiian Drum Dance Chants: Sounds of Power in Time

by VARIOUS ARTISTS

Overview

Prior to the arrival of outside influences in the 19th century, Hawaiian music was built around chants addressed to gods and chiefs, sometimes accompanied by the pahu, a wooden sharkskin drum. The recordings on this anthology, made between 1923 and 1989, demonstrate these traditions. The music is very stark, and in some cases, primitively recorded on wax cylinders (though the recent ones are in state-of-the-art fidelity). Partially for that reason, it's more of a scholarly exercise than an entertaining one, but does serve a valuable purpose in preserving the sounds of Hawaiian music as it existed before its discovery (and subsequent makeover) by the Western world. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	07/13/1992
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074001523
Rank:	133110

Tracks

1. Mele Pule  -  Traditional  - Kau I Zuttermeister
2. Mele Kahea  - Hau'oli Lewis  -  Traditional
3. Mele Komo  - Hau'oli Lewis  - Noenoe Lewis  -  Traditional
4. Kau Ka Hali'a I Ka Manawa  - Hau'oli Lewis  - Noenoe Lewis  -  Traditional
5. Aloha E Ke Kai O Kalalau  - Hau'oli Lewis  - Noenoe Lewis  -  Traditional
6. Hanohano Ka Uka O Pihanakalani  - Hau'oli Lewis  - Noenoe Lewis  -  Traditional
7. Noho Ana Ke Akua  - Brenda Lehua Hulihe'e  -  Traditional
8. Ke Ala Ke Aloha Me Ka Hikina  - Anthony La'akapu Lenchanko  -  Traditional
9. Ku'u Wahine I Ka Ua 'Ulalena  - Charles Albert Manu'aikohanaiki'ilili Boyd  -  Traditional
10. Kaulilua I Ke Anu Wai'ale'ale  - James Kapihe Palea Kuluwaimaka  -  Traditional
11. O 'Oe 'Ia E Wailua'iki/Kaulilua I Ke Anu Wai'ale'ale  - Samuel Pua Ha'aheo  -  Traditional
12. Kau Ka Hali'a I Ka Manawa/Au 'A Ia E Kama E Kona Moku  - Samuel Pua Ha'aheo  -  Traditional
13. 'Eia O Kalani Kamanomano  - Keahi Luhaine  -  Traditional
14. Ke Akua I Ka Uwalo I Ka La'i E/'Eia O Kalani Kamanomano  - Kawena Pukui  -  Traditional
15. Ke Akua I Ka Uwalo I Ka La'i E/A Hamakua au 'Ike I Ka Pali  - Hoakalei Kamau'u  -  Traditional
16. 'Ulei Pahu I Ka Moku  - Kawena Pukui  -  Traditional
17. 'Ulei Pahu I Ka Moku  - Hoakalei Kamau'u  -  Traditional
18. Laulilua I Ke Anu Wai'ale'ale  - Kekuhi Kanahele  -  Traditional
19. 'Au'a Ia E Kama E Kona Moku  - Kekuhi Kanahele  -  Traditional
20. Kaulilua I Ke Anu Wai'ale'ale  - Kawena Pukui  -  Traditional
21. 'Au'a Ia E Kama Kona Moku  - Kawena Pukui  -  Traditional
22. Kaulilua I Ke Anu Wai'ale'ale  - Kawena Pukui  -  Traditional
23. A Ko'olau au 'Ike I Ka Ua  -  Traditional  - Ka'upena Wong
24. A Ko'olau au 'Ike I Ka Ua  - Hoakalei Kamau'u  -  Traditional
25. Ku 'Oe I Ka'u Wahi 'Ohelo  - Tom Hiona  -  Traditional

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kau I Zuttermeister   Primary Artist
Charles Albert Manu'aikohanaiki'ilili Boyd   Primary Artist
Anthony La'akapu Lenchanko   Primary Artist
Kekuhi Kanahele   Primary Artist
Keahi Luhaine   Primary Artist
Kawena Pukui   Primary Artist
Hau'oli Lewis   Primary Artist
Samuel Pua Ha'aheo   Primary Artist
Ka'upena Wong   Primary Artist
Tom Hiona   Primary Artist
James Kapihe Palea Kuluwaimaka   Primary Artist
Brenda Lehua Hulihe'e   Primary Artist
Hoakalei Kamau'u   Primary Artist
Noenoe Lewis   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Keahi Luhaine   Performer
Noenoe Lewis   Performer
Ka'upena Wong   Performer
Hoakalei Kamau'u   Performer
James Kapihe Palea Kuluwaimaka   Performer
Kawena Pukui   Performer
Hau'oli Lewis   Performer
Tom Hiona   Performer
Smit Office of Folklife Programs   Producer
Brenda Lehua Hulihe'e   Performer
Joe Gastwirt   Engineer
Kekuhi Kanahele   Performer
Traditional   Composer
Samuel Pua Ha'aheo   Performer
Anthony La'akapu Lenchanko   Performer
Charles Albert Manu'aikohanaiki'ilili Boyd   Performer
Kau I Zuttermeister   Performer