Le Faili (The Band)

In 2024, I created an archive project that collected stories and histories from my community in Te Tau Ihu. Building on that foundation, I brought together a group of talented musicians to transform these personal narratives into music—spanning different genres and timelines. Over the course of a workshop, we created eight demo tracks. Now, we need support to finish these songs. The goal is to finish the recordings, mix and master the album for record pressing and digital release. Later this year, the music will be exhibited alongside a series of music videos at The Physics Room and Jhana Millers Gallery.

Here are some partial samples of the songs, so you can get an essence of what we have created so far:

PIKI APU (inspired by my times spent apple picking and my queer awakening as a young teenager)

E LE NA O’OE (dreamy sad song about empowerment and moving on)