Music News - AJA returns with timeless single 'Quiet Storm' ft. MĀ + announces much-anticipated debut album
11 October 2024 - 0 Comments
Award-winning, Aotearoa bona fide talent AJA has today shared her breathtaking new single Quiet Storm ft. celebrated MC MĀ + announced the release of her debut album Kāwai - out this November!
An introspective reflection on the complexities of confronting pain and finding peace, Quiet Storm melts together AJA’s ethereal vocals with the hypnotic and evocative poetry of the two performers, and a lush bed of instrumentation with contributions from some of Aotearoa’s finest.
“Our ‘state of mind’ can be a wild Quiet Storm - a raging tempest that overwhelms the inner, but remains serene on the outer,” says AJA (pron.Asia). “Listeners can embrace this song as a process; as part of your own hīkoi, and find strength to carry you through.”
Made with the support of NZ On Air, Quiet Storm was produced alongside legendary Aotearoa creative Mara TK, a collaborative friendship that spans the stage, studio, and AJA’s forthcoming debut record Kāwai!
The track also features celebrated Aotearoa musicians Cory Champion (drums) and Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper (strings). Quiet Storm illustrates and speaks to a strong kaupapa of collaboration - a key theme throughout the artist’s career so far - receiving the 2022 Maioha Silver Scroll Award for waiata Te Iho - a collaboration with Byllie-Jean and Chris Wethey.
“The strength needed to endure the storm comes from those we rely on,” says AJA.
Since then, AJA (Aja Wairere Ropata - Ngāti Raukawa, Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Porou) has enthralled Aotearoa in her quiet storm - she’s toured with L.A.B, headlined Newtown Festival, performed at Cuba Dupa, the Matariki Awards and opened Wellington’s Kia Mau Festival with her self-produced show ‘Manawa Pao’. Her most recent single True Love (2023) made several appearances across the RadioScope Airplay Charts, NZ Official Hot NZ Singles Chart, and the SRN Top 10 - peaking at #1 in the latter.
Having already achieved so much, there’s no telling the new heights that Kāwai will reach upon its release this November. Until then, AJA invites listeners to find peace and reflection in Quiet Storm.
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