'MIRAGE' .. following the recent successful release of their debut track ‘He whakakitenga mou’ are releasing a fresh new waiata ‘Kotahitanga’ which translates to ‘Uprising’.
This talented three-piece group from Tauranga, 'Mirage' are a reggae band building an audience around Aotearoa. The band are Ben Horlock (Ngāti Porou / Ngāi Te Rangi) 20 years on vocals, Jahvyn Douglas (Ngāi Te Rangi) 18 years, on bass and Benji Seiuli (Samoa /Aotearoa) 19 years on drums/keys.
The track 'Kotahitanga' was written by lead singer Ben, and the band's bass player Jahvyn has again translated the group’s inspired lyrics into Te Reo Maori. Ben says "this track is about the unity of the people... all of us walking and working together for change...we gotta turn things around, just because at the moment, this world we live in feels like craziness is happening every other day. Make a change, for us the people and have some sort of uprising…”
MIRAGE continues to build their momentum with various features on radio, online and releasing more music to build their fanbase. Their recent debut single release had just over 8000 views on Youtube...
Lead singer Ben recently appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine November edition alongside Tiki Taane, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Troy Kingi, Boh Runga and other notable musicians as part of the magazine essay profile on world renowned music photographer Chris Cuffaro.
The group is in collaboration talks with some leading reggae artists and producers (i.e. Christian Tjandrawinata / Blue Eyed Maori), exciting things ahead for MIRAGE…watch this space!!!
Catch Mirage live at 'One Love' Jan27 /28 2024 in Tauranga on both Saturday and Sunday!! To enhance their live show, the band will soon add more members to their line up in 2024, First up is Jacob Roos (Ngāpuhi) on guitar and drums.
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