Fuemana: New Urban Polynesian (1994)

Issued on vinyl 30 years after it rose without a trace and sold damn all. The vision of the late Phil Fuemana (who died in 2005) sounded like a terrific template for the soulful sounds of South Auckland where ballads, hip-hop, Stevie Wonder and dancefloor Samoan music all co-existed for the young urban Pasifika audience. Mainstream music which never quite made the mainstream at the time.

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