Pacific Voyage is a really interesting project fusing western music with the Pacific.

Alexander Ivashkin the world famous classical cellist (well-known to New Zealand audiences) joins forces with Kim Halliday (ukulele) and Ora Barlow

(percussion, ukulele, Taonga Puoro, and voice) putting their own spin on well known melodies from the classical repertoire such as Rimsky Korsakov's Bumble Bee, and traditional Pacific favorites such as Moana Nui and Isa Lei.

Paul Gaugin, the great French painter, often rested in Auckland on his way to Tahiti in the early 20th century. Pacific Voyage is an attempt to repeat Gaugin's voyage on a symbolic level, a hundred years later. Gaugin was one of the very first modern artists to explore relations between Non-Western and Western traditions.

This recording was made in Auckland. Nothing here was performed from any written text. All the melodies, all the rhythms and timbres came from memory giving the project such a unique sound.