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Tiki Taane'', is a New Zealand-based musician, experimentalist, musical activist, producer, live engineer. He was a member of leading New Zealand band Salmonella Dub but left after 11 years on 1 January 2007 to pursue a solo career.〔(Tiki Taane | Artists at muzic.net.nz )〕 His debut album, "Past, Present, Future", was released on 22 October 2007 in New Zealand and has since gone two times platinum, achieving a number one single, "Always On My Mind", which is the most successful single of all time in New Zealand. Becoming the first digital single to reach platinum sales and also holds the record by staying in the NZ Top 40 Charts for 55 weeks. Taane is also the exclusive live sound engineer for New Zealand drum and bass act Shapeshifter since their first gig in 1999. Taane has also produced multi platinum albums for bands such as Six60, Salmonella Dub and Tiki Taane. ==History== Taane was born on 17 December 1976. In 1996, Taane was asked to become live soundman to Christchurch band Salmonella Dub, who were becoming one of NZ’s most popular acts. Through this role, Tiki began to earn himself a reputation for his ability to bring a staggeringly powerful live sound to whatever equipment, venue or environment he was faced with. His time with his metal bands Cultivation and Braaspadeak had become minuscule and irregular, and while on tour with the Dub, Tiki had composed a dub-reggae track in his hotel room. Once he shared it with Salmonella, they recorded it straight away. Tiki and his whanau and friends set to work making a music video featuring Tiki on tour at The Gathering that year. This track, "For the Love Of It", shot into the NZ charts and became a summertime anthem. And so he became faced with not only being soundman for the band, but also the public expectation that he perform his hit song at all their gigs. In both 1998 and 1999, Tiki won the Best Live Audio Engineer award at the NZ bNet awards and though in popular demand, it was clear that Tiki’s success lay with his friends Salmonella Dub. Also winning an award for Best Song for 'For the Love Of It', Tiki’s confidence grew in his song-writing abilities and so he went on to create more hits. By 2000, Tiki was beginning to spend the majority of the Dub gigs mixing the first part of the set, then jumping on stage to perform. Salmonella Dub went on to tour extensively, mainly Australia, UK and Europe, cutting their way through festivals and sell out shows while setting up a touring circuit which would be later used by other up and coming New Zealand acts. Taane played his final gig with Salmonella Dub on New Year's Eve 2006. Describing his decision to leave Salmonella Dub, Taane said, "I felt like I'd gone as far as I could with Salmonella Dub." He described his time since leaving Salmonella Dub as "very lonely" and "very intense". Describing the band in an interview after the release of his album, Taane said, "I have so much love and respect for (Salmonella Dub) because if it wasn't for them I wouldn't be where I am now. I wouldn't be here."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tiki Taane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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