A small collection of music produced by or in association with Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander peoples. Lew and myself put this mix together in mid 2015 for our radio show on the community broadcaster 3RRR 102.7fm. 

We're hardly in a position to make commentary on the vastly diverse musical cultures that exist across the cities, towns and communities in Australia, but this seemed like a simple way to provide an alternative to the JJJ countdown. We encourage you to have a look and listen for yourself - you'll fine everything from desert reggae to 90s house, and stomping rock. 

Thanks and gratitude to all the musicians involved in these projects, both living and deceased; to C.A.A.M.A. for releasing almost half the songs on this mix, Incite Youth Arts (http://redsandculture.com/) for their excellent compilations, and resources like IndigiTube (http://www.indigitube.com.au/) for a chance to hear these fantastic artists. Thanks to Peter Mumme for providing a deeper understanding of the Waak Waak Jungi project (for which there is a reissue in development). 

The refusal to celebrate Australia Day is part of an ongoing fight for the recognition of first nations people's rights. If nothing else, we hope this mix can serves as an alternative soundtrack for a weekend that otherwise resounds with a the cannons, fireworks and bells of Australia's colonial history. If you are able bodied and free, I encourage you to attend one of the many rallys that will be taking place on the 26th January. 

Waak Waak Jungi - White Cockatoo (Contemporary)
Archie Roach - Weeping in the Forest
Joe Geia - Yil Lull
George Rrurrambu & Birdwave - Kulilaya (Listen)
George Rrurrambu & Birdwave - Bäru
Jon Royle, Joe Geia - The Island
Waak Waak Jungi - Kid’s Hunting Song
Lajamanu Teenage Band - Vision
Blekbala Mujik - Come-n-Dance 
Waak Waak Jungi - Mother I'm Coming
Blekbala Mujik - Mibala Yubala
Maroochy Barambah - Mongungi (Tribal Mix)
Napthali Willis and Messiah Long - Here Comes the Rain
Sunrize Band - Lem Bana Mani Mani
Coloured Stone - Island of Greed
Joe Geia - Fighting for our Rights

VA - Coloured Stones

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'Hold Me In The River' is the first single from Borneo's EP due out March 2017.
Produced by: Julian Abbott @ NO WAVE STUDIOS
Mixed by Rick O'Neill @ Turtlerock

Hold Me In The River

This is our tasty debut single!
Everything is recorded, mixed and mastered in-house.

Pitt St

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BORNEO are a funky-punk 5 piece from Sydney. 

Sounds Like:
Mental As Anything having a cup of tea with DEVO on the steps at Bennelong Point. 

There was a time before Borneo when we played under aliases such as Charlie Charles & The Cherry Pickers, Milky Sanchez & Tubby John. Life was good then, as it is good now. New Kid Nick came on the scene. Papa Mark was called Tim. Felipe caught barrels instead of piles of Profit & Loss statements and Wacko Jacko, well... He was the same. We even got to fill a 3pm slot at Peats Ridge Festival (RIP) the day after our beams of sonic goodness were met with blank stares and sneezes at a venue in Sydney's Inner West.

Like all journeys, this has been a journey like no other journey. Borneo is self assured. When good sounds come, ears stand to attention. From our hallowed turf at Countess St we have shaped some sort of identity that can only come when plucking a word from a 6 foot x 10 foot World Map, printed in 1944 for the American Military Service. We still feed each other cherry's obviously. Who wouldn't? It's more about the groove now. The Blinkers are off and if we were DEVO, then Tomato Sauce Bottles would most definitely be covering our eyes instead.

We call Sydney home. It's a place where change is happening. Even New Kid Nick is starting to settle. It was in this beautiful city that we decided to spend our last night of the Old World back in 2012 - together - singing rambunctiously - each of us knowing that if the sun was to to rise for a New World - that surely it meant there was a place for us to fill with bass, with rhythm stick, with rhyme, with voice, with finger, with foot tap, with hip swing, with our first Superhit "Caught Short." Papa Mark felt the energy flow through his veins upon morning as a glimmering sun rose - It was a sense of relief. The dream of dreams lived on - not only for each of us - but in every person who feared that they may go through life without having found that perfect Cappuccino. Since the New World began - we've been noticing the smiles around town. The tunes are good too. The people are demanding change. Everybody's feeling alright and it feels like we all suddenly know which way to go...

We have dreams of confetti guns, a brass section, putting out Rap music, international travels to destinations where the waves have barrel formations and the venues have decent PA setups - BUT most of all we want to make that little difference in someone or something, somewhere so that we can be sure that when a 90 year old Wacko Jacko looks to Felipe in a moment of despair and says "Funk?" - Felipe at 95 years of age will know exactly what to do.

Hold Me In The River

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