Spunkrat Records features an eclectic mix of original music by Tokerau, Big Fat Raro, Bluebear and friends from 1994 and beyond.
Genres include alternative, folk, hiphop, reggae, jungle and electronica.
First up, the illustrious Toki Wilson, all wired-up and armed with colourful plastic sound toy machinery, rarotongan militant psychedelic hip-hop southern side and the harsh realities of Stafford street art-skool old-skool. Subtle, to the point of evil, Toki’s Otepoti Underground project, now in it’s solo form, set the standard of the evening – an electronic rat-a-tat-tat. His rhyme slick, his stage presence diminuitive yet simmering, cool incarnate.
Source: http://www.fink.net.nz/autoharpies.html
31 August, 2007
…Mixed media pieces are always dear to my heart. Toki Wilson’s piece, a combination of cut and shaped painted plywood, clapboard house siding, a 45 rpm record entitled ‘I’m Gonna Write a Song’, and a little speaker sticking out with the sound of running stream water is both touching and funny. The piece brings to mind elements of nature and the urban, natural sounds, and Toki’s life creating sounds as a musician, each element inseparably influencing the other, hence portrayed in mixed media…
Source: http://www.critic.co.nz/about/reviews/348?page=2&review_type_id=1