Good Company Arts with
Mark de Clive-Lowe (feat. Mahina Kingi-Kaui)
About: Good Company Arts (GCA) was co-founded by Te Tumu Toi Arts Laureate and artistic director Daniel Belton and creative producer Donnine Harrison. GCA creates live events, exhibitions and installations through the fusion of multiple art forms. Our work has been produced and presented for theatres, art galleries, museums, fashion shows, found spaces, architectural and media facades, cinemas, planetariums, virtual reality and web platforms. Project based, working from southern Aotearoa New Zealand, we are internationally recognised as arts and design innovators, combining contemporary dance and choreographic process with film, music, fine arts, motion graphics, couture, digital cinema and AV technologies.
Mark de Clive-Lowe is a boundary-defying pianist, composer, and producer whose work bridges jazz, electronic music, and ancestral storytelling. Born in New Zealand to a Japanese mother and European father, his artistry explores identity, memory, and cultural hybridity. A pioneer of live remixing, he integrates piano, synths, and real-time production to create immersive performances bridging genres and generations. Over a 25-year career, he has been a foundational voice in London’s broken beat scene, a key figure in LA’s genre-bending jazz-electronic movement, and a sought-after collaborator working with the likes of Kamasi Washington, DJ Spinna, Harvey Mason, and Daito Manabe. Now based in Tokyo, his recent work deepens his connection to his heritage, drawing on field recordings, traditional Japanese influence, and ambient textures to create evocative sonic journeys.
Mahina Ina Kingi Kaui (Kāti Irakehu, Ngāi Tuahuriri Kāti Huirapa, Te Whanau Pokai. Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi)
is a recording artist, composer, an accomplished player and practitioner of Ngā Taonga Pūoro – Māori traditional instruments. She features on the numerous projects and collaborations within Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally. Kingi-Kaui is an award winning music producer and artist, widely regarded as a leader in the field of Taonga Pūoro. She regularly features with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and has worked with both heritage and film projects to acclaim. Kingi-Kaui's current and recent projects include significant collaboration with Mark de Clive-Lowe on projects with Daniel Belton and Good Company Arts, and other award winning works such as PEPE. She works with Chisnallwood Intermediate School Music Department to deliver Taonga Pūoro and create a Taonga Pūoro Orchestra.
Piece: For TIGER & DRAGON, Mark de Clive-Lowe contributes a live score that weaves ancestral memory with sonic futurism. Created in collaboration with Good Company Arts, the piece draws inspiration from East Asian mythology, spiritual dualities, and the eternal dance of opposites. MdCL's score blurs the lines between the composed and the improvised, integrating layered electronics, ambient textures, and acoustic piano motifs to evoke a shifting emotional terrain. His real-time performance - manipulating sound on stage in tandem with the live-keyed projections, creates a dynamic interplay between rhythm, space, and narrative. Drawing from his bicultural heritage and a lifelong fascination with myth, ritual, and transformation, the soundworld of TIGER & DRAGON invites listeners into a liminal space where ancient archetypes meet contemporary expression.

