{"product_id":"ea-through-ea-vinyl-digital-copy","title":"Ea through Ea Vinyl + Digital","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrder includes full digital album. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEa through Ea is an exploration of sovereignty through melody—a musical journey where ea carries its dual meaning: the breath of song and the enduring spirit of self-determination. Rooted in Hawaiian oli and expanded through contemporary classical and avant-garde Hawaiian music, this album honors the living continuum of ʻike, memory, and sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe project was born from Piano Ahiahi (Piano at Evening), a work inspired by an oli composed by Pālea of Kaʻū after his first encounter with the piano. In that chant, an unfamiliar instrument is welcomed through an ancestral voice. Drawing from the words preserved in The Echo of Our Song by Mary Kawena Pukui, Piano Ahiahi imagines the piano not as a foreign object, but as another vessel through which Hawaiian expression can live and grow. Here, the performer becomes both pianist and chanter, weaving voice and instrument into a single current of remembrance and renewal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuilding upon that foundation, Ea through Ea brings together celebrated mea olioli—including Kumu Hina, Kaumakaiwa Kanakaʻole, Hawane Rios, and myself—alongside remarkable kānaka maoli and diaspora musicians such as Nicholas Kaleikini, Makaʻala Perry-Tario, Kalia Vandever, and other collaborators. Together, these artists create a sound world where oli, composition, improvisation, and experimentation exist in conversation rather than opposition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis album is a reminder that Hawaiian music has never been static. It has always adapted, listened, remembered, and transformed while remaining deeply rooted in its ancestral foundations. Ea through Ea asks how we carry the voices of our kūpuna into the sounds of today—not by leaving the past behind, but by allowing it to reverberate through every new melody.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough ea, we find ea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e~T.J. Keanu Tario\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eT.J. Keanu Tario—piano, voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaumakaiwa Kanakaʻole—voice\u003cbr\u003eMakaʻala Perry—voice\u003cbr\u003eHāwane Rios—voice\u003cbr\u003eHinaleimoana Wong-Kalu—voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicholas Kaleikini—saxophone, ʻohe hano ihu\u003cbr\u003eKalia Vandever—trombone, electronics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbe Lagrimas, Jr.—drums\u003cbr\u003eJonny Lam—upright bass\u003cbr\u003eKalama Pastor—ipu heke\u003cbr\u003eAhe Mālie (Maria Kaʻiulani, Moana Maeva \u0026amp; Kahula Pilialoha)—backing vocals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Dean Harada\u003cbr\u003eRecorded by Jon Basebase and Dean Harada at Pacific Music Productions, Honolulu\u003cbr\u003eMix and additional instrumentation by Dean Harada at The Hamper, Kāneʻohe\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Stephan Wunderlich at Justified Noise, Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover Art by Solomon Enos\u003cbr\u003ePhotography by Hōkūpaʻa Melim and Duke Kenney\u003cbr\u003eAdditional liner notes by Brandy Nālani McDougall\u003cbr\u003eDesign by Gina Borgia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"T.J. Keanu Tario bio\" href=\"https:\/\/loihirecords.com\/pages\/t-j-keanu-tario\"\u003eBIO\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"T.J. Keanu Tario","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP + Digital","offer_id":68524248006907,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/2197\/8363\/files\/LR-2603_Ea_through_Ea_2.jpg?v=1794331608","url":"https:\/\/loihirecords.com\/products\/ea-through-ea-vinyl-digital-copy","provider":"Lōʻihi Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}