KOMMI is a non-binary solo music artist, recording and performance collaborator, writer, poet, swamp witch, and a lecturer in Māori and Indigenous Studies and Te Reo Māori, based in Ōhinehou-Lyttelton, Christchurch. Their Witch-Hop / Swamp-Hop music is all delivered in te reo Kāi Tahu, the dialect of the largest iwi within Te Waipounamu.  

KOMMI is most recently known for their discombobulating stage shows with a full live witch-hop band along with their onstage spooks and supernatural beings. Largely ao wairua (metaphysical/spiritual), part mauri tau (chill), part mauri hihiko (hyper), and somewhat theatrical in places. A performance known to slither up and worm its way through you, then carry you through a philosophical reconciliation with KOMMI’s own personal taipō (spooks, goblins, ghosts). 

KOMMI’s new EP TAUWHENUA is a collaborative effort with acclaimed producer Infectiouss, which consists of exquisitely spooky and spellbinding te reo Māori rap songs. 

Kommi me ana Tipua (Kommi and their Tipua) will leave you thrilled and discombobulated.

Ekari ekari! Eaoia! 

Screenshot credit - Paris Baille

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