Upper Hutt Posse have been absent for far too long so it excellent to have them back – now officially as UHP – with the powerful double vinyl Hau (the breath of life, spiritual energy).

It opens with a strident slice of socio-political Sly Stone funk-rap on Preeach before some old school reggae reaches out on Counterattack with a positive vibration and a slippery Studio One sound pushing the mana motuhake message.

Across these 26 tracks Side 3 has seven terrific dub versions and Side 4 six instrumental versions there is a serious meltdown of scratching, free jazz wailing sax, ragga, soundscapes (Culture of Violence), spoken word (Deficit of Love), samples (powerful snatches of Farrakhan on the anti-rape/violence against women on Patua Te Pawhera)