CDHand to Earth / Australian Art Orchestra.
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Work | Composer | Performers | Duration | |
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Hand to Earth — duos: 2 voices with chamber ensemble Daniel Wilfred – voice/bilma ; David Wilfred – yidaki/voice ; Sunny Kim – voice/electronics/percussion ; Peter Knight – trumpet/electronics/percussion ; Aviva Endean – clarinets/flute/objects/percussion. |
Daniel Ngukurr Boy Wilfred, Sunny Kim, Peter Knight, David Yipininy Wilfred and Aviva Endean | Daniel Ngukurr Boy Wilfred, David Yipininy Wilfred, Sunny Kim, Peter Knight, Aviva Endean | 45 mins, 19 sec. |
Product details
Hand to Earth is a call to open ears: eluding genre,
traversing continents and fusing ancient and contemporary. At its
heart are Yolgnu manikay (song cycles), a 40,000+ year-old oral
tradition from South East Arnhem Land, northern Australia. These
songs exist to cross vast time and space, to continuously make
the continuous - known as raki, the spirit that pulls all
together, all performers all
listeners.
Hand to Earth developed during an Australian Art
Orchestra (AAO) residency in the remote highlands of Tasmania.
Yolgnu songman, Daniel Wilfred, and Korean vocalist, Sunny Kim,
formed an effortless rapport; their combined vocal approaches
expressing a deeply human commonality whilst also invoking
raw
elemental forces. Trumpeter and composer, Peter Knight draws upon
his minimalist influence to create a bed of electronic
atmospheres that meld beautifully with these contrasting voices.
The combination of Aviva Endean and David Wilfred's evocative
sounds transport the listener to previously unimagined sonic
plains. Together the ensemble wields these mystical elements with
a masterful improvisational touch that AAO is famous for.
Daniel sings in Wägilak language, in his 'own', the old people's
and his son's voices, as the carrier of knowledge and the caller
of raki. He has collaborated with the AAO for many years sharing
his song with the world. As he explains: "You're not singing from
your head, you're singing from your heart…Working with the
Orchestra, I can share my culture with other musicians, tell them
my stories, sing my songs. They learn from me, and I learn from
them."
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This album can be purchased from Bandcamp.
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