Artist Profile

Mihirangi

Mihirangi performs acoustic soulful-roots and funky world-r’n’b with a rare performance style. She creates her own band sound - live in front of the audience. Using a loop pedal she layers her vocals into intricate harmonies with beat boxing and vocal bass lines, along with acoustic guitar and tribal rhythms, to accompany her R’n’b infused vocals.

Currently based in Melbourne Australia, Aotearoa-born (NZ) Mihirangi was brought up in a touring musical family. Paying homage to her Maori roots, her music is a passionate internal journey: from danceable rhythms to lyrics evoking quiet reverie. The insight into Mihirangi’s emotions, personal triumphs, fears and political convictions offer a refreshing perspective on contemporary culture. Her performance is renowned as a celebrated spiritual event that is sincere and inspiring, crafting an original rootsy dynamic sound that is deservedly attracting a wide and enthusiastic audience. “This young woman is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. A very brave and unpretentious solo performer, I was utterly in awe of her originality and creativity.” Daniel Stapper, Cheap Thrills Magazine, Melbourne.

Mihirangi has enjoyed an extensive international touring career that has included concerts at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Womad and Amsterdam Roots Festival. She has performed with artists such as Michael Franti, Lee Scratch Perry, John McCutchens, Vika and Linda Bull, Ganga Giri, and The Waifs. She was a member of award-winning a cappella group Akasa and acclaimed Aboriginal vocal group The Stiff Gins.

Mihirangi’s first solo full length album “Kulcha Nation”, released in April 2006, expresses the warm vibes and sounds of her live concerts; her a cappella vocal strength being the highlight. Representing her pride in her Maori culture “Moemoea Reka” (Sweet Dreaming), released in 2004, is Mihirangi’s first EP of contemporary Maori originals; sung in the Maori language with traditional instrumentation and vocal arranging infused with World sounds including Flamenco Guitar and African Drums with Drum n Bass.

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