Friday, April 13, 2018

Listening to that Rare Angelic Voice at Husky


Traditional Indigenous singing is, with few exceptions, short, repetitive and very rhythmic.

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Gurrumul's parting gift is a "hugely significant" contribution to Australian music.
Gurrumul's parting gift is a "hugely significant" contribution to Australian music.
It's closely related to modern orchestral minimalism – think Philip Glass and Koyaanisqatsi, Peter Greenaway's films with Michael Nyman scores, and the music of composers such as Steve Reich and Arvo Part.
It was a sudden flash of inspiration that led Michael Hohnen, the producer/arranger behind the work of the late Yolgnu singer Gurrumul Yunupingu, to contemplate bringing these two traditions together.
"What if we tried to match the highest sophisticated levels of our musical expression – which for the last several hundred years has been orchestral – with the traditional," Hohnen says.Gurrumul's final gift: Australia's most original recording?

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