The Pyramid Club has been the host for Richard Nunns latest release on Rattle on Thursday last week. Joining forces with Mark Lockett (percussion) and Jeff Henderson (production), Redaction offers the improvised sounds of drums and taonga puoro, resulting in an unequivocally spontaneous and playful soundscape which invites us to travel within, while lifting our spirits into remote corners of the heart of Aotearoa. The music has been matched by photographer Veronica Hodgkinson, creating a consistent transition between sound and vision. Due to health complications, Richard Nunns could not be part of the party, but his presence was there via the tracks that were played straight from the CD, as well as from the energy offered by the live set that both Lockett and Henderson performed.

Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2005, Nunns rarely appears on public these days, though he has been utilizing music as a healing therapy, and is keeping himself busy collaborating and playing as much as his body and energy allows him to. Redaction gives us a chance to hear him speak intimately.

Listen to it/buy it here. Also, check his material at the Library

Richard Nunns in 2011, playing a hue puruhau, a traditional Māori musical instrument made from a hollowed gourd

Cover sourced from Rattle. Used with permission.
Photo from Wikipedia under the creative commons license.