Te Tīmatanga traces the primordial origins of the universe, spiralling in and spiralling out in a series of never-ending beginnings like the double movement of creation.

Recited in three parts - Te Pū, Te Aka and Te Whē — Te Tīmatanga begins with kihikihi, evoking the first rustling of Te Kore, and develops further within a soundscape of echoes and delays. The pūtātara signals the initial burst of potent energy, the kōauau and pūtōrino sing its ebbs and flows, and as the waiata inscribes through repetition, its oro reverberates out and begins anew the spiral of creation.

Transversing the islands of Aotearoa, soundcloud.com/toroa is the new project of soundcloud.com/shankaranewzealand, soundcloud.com/te-manu and ngāio, whose music navigates the currents between worlds. As an expression of place, Toroa sonically weaves pūoro Māori, dub and storytelling in all its forms through waiata, taonga pūoro and live hiko.

From the void of limitless potential to the illuminated world, we are woven together.