VAITEANI
Listening to VAITEANI is like watching snow fall on the surface of a lagoon… Read Full Bio ↴Listening to VAITEANI is like watching snow fall on the surface of a lagoon. It is unexpected and beautiful. With their first album in 2017, they welcomed us into their world : with folk songs written both in tahitian and in english, far from the clichés. Sincerity in the voice and in the melodies. Powerful lyrics tastefully arranged like the lace embroidered on the dresses the singer wears on stage.
After performing in french famous festivals such as the Francofolies of New Caledonia, the Brive Festival and even in l’Olympia, the couple showed how well they could share who they were with the audience within just a few notes.
Today, VAITEANI evolve and deviate their original polynesian folk music on the path of fluorescent pop and subtle electro. A transposition gracefully achieved that keeps the duo’s dna intact. Still the perfect english and the ancestral tahitian to speak. An ambitious second album that marks, more than ever, the fusion of two identities.
The couple designed the songs of this opus as the islands of an archipelago. The islands form a whole and bare at the same time their own singularities and their own stories.
Luc’s influences gave birth to « Homai », a unique tahitian-like afrobeat ; « Reason », a Vance Joy style folk hit and « Kiss Kiss », a happy song on balafo, with electro background.
Vaiteani’s sensitivity suspends time and calls for emotion on a piano song like « Heitiare » or on a ballad like « Signs », the track that names the album in tribute to the ones who are gone. Yes there is spirituality in this music too.
The lovers co-produced the album with David Grumel (The Pirouettes, Neeskens). And to work on their only reggae « Angry » they appealed to Manjul who, from his studio Humble Ark in Bamako, won recognition as one of the masters of the genre.
Hard to label their music. What we know for sure is that the bonds are made, twisted just like the motives of the polynesian tatoos that the world took over. No doubt VAITEANI will meet the same success.
After performing in french famous festivals such as the Francofolies of New Caledonia, the Brive Festival and even in l’Olympia, the couple showed how well they could share who they were with the audience within just a few notes.
Today, VAITEANI evolve and deviate their original polynesian folk music on the path of fluorescent pop and subtle electro. A transposition gracefully achieved that keeps the duo’s dna intact. Still the perfect english and the ancestral tahitian to speak. An ambitious second album that marks, more than ever, the fusion of two identities.
The couple designed the songs of this opus as the islands of an archipelago. The islands form a whole and bare at the same time their own singularities and their own stories.
Luc’s influences gave birth to « Homai », a unique tahitian-like afrobeat ; « Reason », a Vance Joy style folk hit and « Kiss Kiss », a happy song on balafo, with electro background.
Vaiteani’s sensitivity suspends time and calls for emotion on a piano song like « Heitiare » or on a ballad like « Signs », the track that names the album in tribute to the ones who are gone. Yes there is spirituality in this music too.
The lovers co-produced the album with David Grumel (The Pirouettes, Neeskens). And to work on their only reggae « Angry » they appealed to Manjul who, from his studio Humble Ark in Bamako, won recognition as one of the masters of the genre.
Hard to label their music. What we know for sure is that the bonds are made, twisted just like the motives of the polynesian tatoos that the world took over. No doubt VAITEANI will meet the same success.
More Genres
No Artists Found
More Artists
Load All
No Albums Found
More Albums
Load All
No Tracks Found
Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Search results not found
Song not found
VAITEANI Lyrics
A Reva 'A reva i te fenua ātea 'A fa'aru'e i tō orara'a…
Belle-Île-en-Mer Marie-Galante Belle-Île-en-Mer Marie-Galante Saint-Vincent Loin Singapour …
Embrace I embrace it all The good and the bad The tears that…
Heitiare Heitiare E fa’a’una’una ’oe i tō’u tino Mai te ānuanua tō ’o…
Homai Te mau hoa ē ’A fa’aro’o mai I tō’u reo ē ’A ti’a…
Kiss Kiss How does it feel when she’s around? Do you feel the…
My Life My life is soft and slow My life you know is…
O Vai 'O vai 'o vau nei e nō te ha'avā ia…
Reason What is it that you love? What is it that you…
Signs You send me signs to signify That you lie in every…
Silver Ocean Silver ocean and golden sun In a blue crystal sky Take over…
Three Weeks It's been three weeks since I haven't heard from you Three…
UA ROA TE TAU Ua roa te tau tō′u tī'aira′a 'ia 'oe ′Ua roa te…
Josh
on Honu Iti E 1
"Honu Iti E" is about a honu (turtle) iti (little).