Ed Noodle - Ka Mate (organic house)
Deep grooves, bass and percussion blended in a tribal mix, that’s what gets Ed Noodle going. So it’s only fitting that he chose a haka from New Zealand as a big inspiration for his first official release. But rather than just taking something and making it his own, he immersed himself into the matter and tried to pay tribute to Ka Mate.
“I’m intrigued by the haka since I first saw the New Zealand national rugby union team perform it years ago. For me it represents power, emotion and a primal feeling, which I also look for when I play music.
Ka Mate is the haka that is made famous by the rugby team. It comes from a story about fearing for your life while being on the run, but in heart it’s a celebration of life over death. ‘Ka Mate’ roughly translates into ‘I may die’, something the tribe leader Te Rauparaha - who wrote the haka - was certain of when he had to flee from his opponents. But when the danger was averted, he changed to ‘Ka ora! Ka ora!’, which means something like ‘I’ll live! I’ll live!’.
Death is certain, and we can go through dark times, but there’s always hope for light. That’s what this haka represents for me, and I tried to build on that idea with my track.”

U-ha Records