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‘Amokura’ is the migrational seabird representing the Pacific people's travel through the islands.
He says he gets the same feeling after riding his mountain bike and this is why he’s so attracted to it. Shredding the slopes on his snowboard during the day, he also discovered a thriving nightlife scene. He would start hanging with DJ Downtown Brown from Sunshine Sound System. We then listen to some exclusive, as yet unheard cuts on an upcoming album they are working on.
The lyrics welcome the Amokura back to the island.
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He used to imagine he was in a skate video and select in his mind the best track to skate to.At one point we stopped on the side of the track to have a bite to eat whilst overlooking the stunning Mokihinui river.
Main Tracks: 2 – 4
Whilst riding the Old Ghost Road we had an opportunity to talk in the huts that are scattered across the trail. You can clearly see his musical creativity flowing all the time.
He’s stoked that all the Shapeshifter band members have managed to live off their art. I obliviously can’t talk it about it much, but it was really good and P. Digsss sang his part to us sitting in the hut, which was a real a privilege.
The next day we awake to the clouds lingering in the hills that surround Mokihinui Forks Hut, and while we wait for the helicopter, we cook up some brekkie.
Man, this guy has a ton of energy and style.
At Mokihinui Forks Hut we settled in and unpacked our gear (including beers and a bottle of wine). The song ‘Twin Galaxies’, which is one of my favorites, is an emotional song for P. Digsss as it’s about his dad passing away and another band member’s relative passing away. Digsss was MCing for Sunshine Sound System just before Shapeshifter took the stage, and he ended up freestyling with them with only 10 minutes' notice.
One of Shapeshifter's founding members, Sam 'Sambora' Trevethick, remembered the magic moment, saying Digsss performed "like no other MC they'd ever had".
"[He] gets on stage and he's just got a beautiful singing voice and singing all these real cool melodies," Sambora said.
Sambora was stoked to hear the tale of Digsss first brush with the band, saying he had no idea Digsss had been hoping for an 'in' with them since he first saw them.
"I didn't know that you came armed like that," Sambora told Digsss.
The reggae tunes continued to play as P. Digsss busted some rhymes over them whilst dancing along. He was doing a ton of gigs with Downtown Brown in the late ‘90s, then Downtown Brown said he was too good for small local acts and he should MC for a band called Shapeshifter. At the time, there wasn’t a plan for the recordings, and they sat in the archives until the idea came up to record a Cook Island Māori song - inspired by The Waiata Anthems movement.
The vocals are in te reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani.
It’s like being inside the Shapeshifter encyclopedia! After a beer he opens up about his early days growing up in the skate parks and beaches of Hawkes Bay. As a teen it was there he would grow and develop his enthusiasm for music. I noticed instantly, P. Digsss always had music playing or was singing whilst he was riding along – his enthusiasm was infectious.
Hut talk; P. Digsss yarns about the association with playing live music and the endorphins you get after a concert.