The first indigenous artist with folk music of this genre, Matiu comes from the North Shore and is one of those artists who are the opposite of sequin artists. What he calls his “bipolar folk” blends into a music of everyday events that seeks to understand human relationships, identity and, ultimately, the meaning of life, that of reserve as well as that of city.
This singer-songwriter from the Mani-Utenam community gives us his first EP telling us what he sees outside, where what he likes to call Indian 2.0 is located. A unifier, “among the people”, Matiu makes his raw voice derail like unsanded wood. He is an artist always in conversation who savors a “calculated quiver” life.
EP track:
1. Indian Times
2. Werewolf
3. Petekat
4. Terre Sarage
5. Twilight