Ilanda were an Australian-based vocal harmony and dance group which formed in 1991 as Past to Present.
When Hema left the group in 1998 they went into hiatus for a year and reconvened as a three-piece under the name, Ilanda, which had three top 40 Australian singles.
In 1991 the quartet formed there, after Hema and Laga'aia had also migrated, as a vocal harmony and dance group.
[5] In the following month they issued an album, Four Noble Truths, which was produced by Ant Dale and Vince Deltito.
[6][7] In February 1996 they appeared on Peter Andre's cover version of Kool & the Gang's single, "Get Down on It", as featured vocalists.
[3] Their album track "Sexuality", co-written by producers Dale and Deltito with M Stevens, was used on the soundtrack for the TV soap, Home and Away: The Sounds of Summer Bay (1996).
[1] Laga'aia and the Keller brothers resumed performing in early 1999 as a three-piece band under the name, Ilanda, (pronounced the same as "Islander") – a reference to their Samoan heritage.
[3][4][2] In June of that year, Norman told Christie Eliezer of Billboard that "the music of Ilanda is obviously a statement of what we are.