Govt Boost Pacific Music
The Government have lent Warrior Records’ Pacific Division $130,000 to develop and promote musicians from the Pacific Islands. On November 27 The Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, Richard Prebble, presented Warrior a cheque for $70,000, the first installment of the loan. It will be used to fund a Pacific reggae compilation, the first in a series planned to represent the Pacific region, including Aotearoa. Warrior have a lot of experience in the Islands, after tours from Herbs and releasing records by Dalvanius and the Patea Maori Club, Jean Gabilou of Tahiti, the Moana Fire Band of Tonga, and Herbs.
Some of the money will be used to help buy a MCI computerised desk, formerly from Harlequin Studios, for Mascot, plus a 24track Otari MTR9O. Also planned is a mobile recording facility. Mascot has offered 2000 hours to the recording programme.
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Rip It Up, Issue 125, 1 December 1987, Page 4
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