Mario Amahiro Tuki is an indigenous singer, songwriter and musician from Rapa Nui. Born and raised in the rich cultural environment of his island home and with strong artistry background from his family side, he followed the path of music developing a personal style of songwriting, playing and singing that meanted him to become one of most respected rapanui artist of his time.
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Starting in music from young age, his first particpation in an album was with Ohiro hiro (Whirlwind), a project recorded with Mauricio Romero on lead guitar, Yoyo Tuki on vocals and rythm guitar, Miguel Pate on vocals, Martin Tuki on percussions, Francisco Edmunds on bass and Pablo Allende on drums, releasing the album Taiko (Abundance) in 2006. ​
In 2010 he adopted the artistic name of Amahiro, starting to sing his own creations across the island's venues and recording in 2012 his first album called Tapu (Consecration), with Vai a Tare Paoa on vocals, Te Uira Tuki on bass and Guy Weisweiller on drums. The Album was in Santiago de Chile by Juan Pablo Escares and mastered in Buenos Aires by Gustavo Fourcade in 2014, with an official release at Easter Island in 2016.
After the release of this first album, the band configuration changed with the departure of its former bassist and drumer, establishing a new line up with Vai a Tare Paoa in vocals, Andres Pakarati on lead guitar, Bruno Rojas on bass and Felipe Vega on drums, working along for 7 years and releasing a second album called Mana (Sinergy) in 2023. This album was also mixed by Juan Pablo Escares and masterized by Gonzalo Gonzales in Santiago de Chile.
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In his path in music, he shared the musical journey with Carlos Campusano, Dario Pakarati, Francisco Salas, Alberto Rapu and Felipe Cabrera as official band members in different stages of the project history.
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A solid leadership, perseverance and professionalism characterises his career and work ethic, leding to recognition among his peers of rapanui music scene and drawing attention from outer music industry assets, achieveing to perform at most of the major venues across the nation and also touring overseas, serving as well as example for other rapanui bands on how a music proyect of its extreme remote origin could successfully participate on events and festivals worlwide on the basiss of endeavour and good music.
Confirming the quality of his music and tagging it amidst the most important names of the independant music scene in Chile, Mario's creations and Amahiro's sound enjoy actual recognizance in his homeland as an iconic, eclectic and powerful indigenous rapanui music representative, and a "must see and listen" performer.
​Since their origins to nowadays, outsantds shows at Pablo Neruda's house of Isla Negra 2014, Puro Chile tv show 2015, FITAM 2017, Lollapalooza 2017, Tapati Rapa Nui 2010 - 2020, fiiS 2018 - 2019, Pikano Live Session 2018 - 2019, Pulsar 2018, Fluvial 2019 - 2020, Rockodromo 2019, FIFIG 2019 in France, The Post and The Stag's Head in London 2019.
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