Possibly one of the country's most well-known and diverse artists and producers, Tiki Taane is considered a pioneer in the NZ music scene, first rising to prominence as live engineer & eventually frontman of leading band Salmonella Dub in 1996 before embarking on his solo career in 2007.
Renowned as much for his powerful, headlining live performances as he is for the anthems he writes and produces, Tiki's extraordinary ability to rock the mic as both a gifted performance MC and/or a solo acoustic performer is something to be experienced firsthand.
Although affectionately known as ˜King of the Dubs' in NZ, Tiki's musical influences and appeal are broad, traversing from dubstep,
reggae, drum n bass and hip-hop, to more contemporary pop/rock sensibilities.
Tiki's self produced debut solo release ˜Past Present Future' achieved double platinum sales and picked up a swag of NZ Music awards. His beautiful acoustic love ballad ˜Always On My Mind' rose to #1 and broke two all-time NZ records it sat in the charts for a record 55 weeks and was also the first-ever digital single to achieve platinum sales.
Tiki has produced multi-platinum singles and albums, not only for himself but for top NZ artists such as Salmonella Dub, The Adults (Shihad), Six60 and long time friends Shapeshifter.
