Mike Hanapi - With Kalama's Quartet LP xx1977 " each track on the

" each track on the EP presents a suite of complications for adventurous ravers

sharing stage with Pink Floyd and Marc Bolan among others)

The bands second full length album has allowed Empress to truly refine their sound

TERRY RILEY & HAMID DRAKE

Contemporaries of the Triffids

Mike Hanapi - With Kalama's Quartet LP xx1977 " each track on theFrom Mississippi Records Mike Hanapi was a brilliant steel guitarist and vocalist from Honolulu, whose recordings with Kalamas Quartet and the Ilima Islanders remain among the highest peaks of early 20th century Hawaiian music. Truly peaceful, tranquil and unique. Hanapis gorgeous falsetto voice is backed by lush harmony vocals, like a lonesome yodel floating above an oceanside choir. The purely acoustic instrumentation of lap steel guitars, ukeleles