3 Aug 2013

Adventures in Musicland: Otara Music & Arts Centre

From RNZ Music, 4:00 pm on 3 August 2013
OMAC Singer Sela-Marlene Tyler and drummer Nez Tangianau.

OMAC Singer Sela-Marlene Tyler and drummer Nez Tangianau. Photo: Vinesg Kumaran 2013

If South Auckland’s vibrant music community has an equivalent to Hitsville USA – the famous headquarters of Motown Records – it would be the Otara Music Arts Centre. The OMAC studio has put Pacific pioneers like Tigilau Ness, Ermehn, Nat Rose and the roster of the late Phil Fuemana’s Urban Pacifica label onto tape.

Produced by Sam Wicks for Radio New Zealand National.

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