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| Yothu Yindi (Yolngu for "child and mother."The Aboriginal members come from near Yirrkala on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory's Arnhem Land.Their sound varies from traditional Aboriginal songs to modern pop and rock songs.Their most widely known song is "Treaty", found on their 1991 album Tribal Voice.They have established the Yothu Yindi Foundation, which produces the annual Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures celebrating Yolngu culture.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Yothu Yindi is a band which combines traditional Australian Aboriginal music with modern western instrumentation.The indigenous members of Yothu Yindi are among the traditional owners of North East Arnhem Land, a region of Australia's Northern Territory in which Yolngu (Aboriginal) people have lived in relative isolation for thousands of years.Today Yothu Yindi also seeks to unite Australians and all peoples of the world in peace.Taken from the official Yothu Yindi web site.P) (C) 1989 Yothu Yindi.Engineered by Colin Freeman.Track 14 traditional from the Gumatj and Rirratjinu Clans of Yirrkala, Northern Territory.Thanks to Brian Harris for this information.Released 1994 on Mushroom Records.Released 1994 on Mushroom.C) 1999 Yothu Yindi Music.Thanks to Brian Harris for this information.Bilma by Witiyana Marika.Dario G provide a superb remix of this track, featuring a very catchy melody and vocals that make you stop and think.Other Info:
For further information on Yothu Yindi see their Official Web Site.Yothu Yindi inspired a
whole generation of 'new' Aboriginal bands..After One Blood and it's remixes of Yothu Yindi's earlier hits like Treaty, Djapana and Dots on The Shells, the arrival of Garma is probably one of Yothu Yindi's most anticipated album releases in its 14 year history and where better to launch than at the annual Garma Festival.Garma (meaning foundation of life) reflects the continuous philosophy of Yothu Yindi; combining ancient Yolgnu song cycles with western pop and rock 'n' roll.This time round, Yothu Yindi shares stories about Trepangers from Sulawesi (Macassan Crew), the eerie stillness of night in North East Arhnem Land (Ghost Spirits) and land rights campaigner, Roy Marika (Gone is the Land).Yothu Yindi also offers up what they call their welcoming song for the Olympic year (Calling Every Nation) a very catchy dance tune beginning with the trademark yidaki (didgeridoo) and Yolgnu chant.It's a song that's sure to inspire the country towards reconciliation and our Olympians at the Sydney 2000 Games.One thing I noticed in Calling Every Nation and Lonely Tree (about a lone tree that stands on Melville Bay which holds great significance to Yolgnu people) is how both contain what's best described as the "INXS sound".Perhaps I think there's an INXS sound because I heard first that Andrew Farriss had teamed up with Yothu Yindi to produce Garma before I heard the music.I'll leave that up to you to decide.Another element of the album, which is exciting especially for Yothu Yindi's only female band member, Jodie Cockatoo Creed, is her expanded involvement on this album as a writer and lead vocal.Garma is well worth listening to, although someone told me it's not the Yothu Yindi of old.For my mind, Yothu Yindi will always be Yothu Yindi.No matter how you combine Yolgnu culture in pop, rock or dance music what counts are the lyrics and the unique access to 40, 000 years of Aboriginal history and tradition they give.Visual QuickMenu Pro, (c) 2004 OpenCube Inc.Each nav occupies 128 pixels in width : equating to 768 which is the fixed width of the site.Content, graphics, text or any other part of the headers and footers automatically delivered as part of this distributed service are provided by the end user, and neither education.Search results provided by EdNA Online.Feel free to link to our site, or any page on it as long as you acknowledge it: P.Foundation launched the Yirrnga Music Development Centre at Gunyangara at the 1999 Garma Festival.Chairman of the Yothu Yindi Foundation is Galarrwuy Yunupingu.Copyright 2006 Yothu Yindi Foundation. |
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