Andy Tupaia Explained

Andy Tupaia (born 29 October 1958) is a French Polynesian musician. He composes songs, writes lyrics and performs his own music.

Tupaia was born in Papeete.^[1] At the age of 15 he left school and moved to Mo'orea, where he worked at the Club Med resort.^[2] After returning to Tahiti he recorded his first album, Music Api, with the assistance of his childhood friend, Guy Roche.^[2] He established his own record label, Oehau Music, and then worked with other people's music.^[1] Since 2006, he has worked in the radio station Taui FM.^[3]

Discography

• Music Api (1981)
• Come to Tahiti (1983)
• Touche à tout (1987)
• Homage to Paul Gauguin (1990)
• For Tho' I Love (1998)
• Vanilla Island (2001)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andy Tupaia: sensibilité et création musicale . Tahiti Jukebox . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040826110109/http://www.tahitijukebox.com/artistes.php?artiste_id=110 . 26 August 2004.
2. Web site: Andy Tupaia, une vie dédiée à la musique . Hommes de Polynésie . fr . 7 December 2017 . 7 May 2023.
3. Web site: Andy TUPAIA . lesnouvelles.pf . 25 June 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20130625202832/http://www.lesnouvelles.pf/article/a-laffiche/andy-tupaia . 25 June 2013.