A collection of mixes featuring exclusively First Nations artists.

cue: red earth & 60,000+ years of history

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of note: First Peoples' voices

All First Nations mix series curated by @djpgz 4 hope st radio (Naarm)

21.10.21: DJ PGZ First Nations Take Over - e fishpool

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

I wish to acknowledge that the land I learn, create, and grow upon is the traditional land of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region.
I wish to honour the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people past, present, and emerging, and respect their deep spiritual relationship and connection to country.
I recognise that this relationship has existed over many hundreds of years and will continue to exist.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the first custodians of this land and their history, culture and spirit must be recognised and shape our understanding and responsibility toward the land.
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Tian Dian 甜点008 First Nations Sovereignty
This mix shares and celebrates the sound and wisdom of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and speakers.
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+ Beginning of the Day - Frank Yamma [Wantok Musik] https://frankyamma.bandcamp.com/track/beginning-of-the-day
+ Ceremony of Seed - Dark Emu [Bangarra Dance Theatre] https://my.bangarra.com.au/cd/dark-emu
+ Esther Perel The Erotic Is an Antidote to Death (Podcast) [On Being with Krista Tippett] https://onbeing.org/programs/esther-perel-the-erotic-is-an-antidote-to-death/
+ #6 – Medicine ft Aunty Fran Bodkin (Podcast) Indigenous Perspectives, Knowledges and Empowerment https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/indigenous/6-medicine-QFcNZYGsOoB/
+ Bruce Pascoe – Dark Emu – APC14 2018 – 04 – 16 (Podcast) [Align in the Sound] https://soundcloud.com/behind_the_lines_98_3/bruce-pascoe-dark-emu-apc14-2018-04-16
+ Rainbow Serpent - Waak Waak Djungi [Efficient Space] https://efficientspace.bandcamp.com/album/waak-waak-ga-min-min
+ Ngurrmarla (Love Song) - Kardajala Kirridarra [Kardajala Kirridarra] https://kardajalakirridarra.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled
+ Black Magic - Baker Boy [Danzal Baker, Dallas Woods, Dion Brownfield and Jerome Farah]
https://play.google.com/music/preview/T4uzy56uafloyk2xlhfxwqz3g2a?play=1&u=0
+ Two Worlds Collide - Kardajala Kirridarra [Kardajala Kirridarra] https://kardajalakirridarra.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled
+ Redfern Address (In Memory of Vision) - Paul Mac [Kompakt] https://kompakt.bandcamp.com/track/redfern-address-in-memory-of-vision
+ Ancestors – DRMNGNOW [Neil Morris] https://drmngnow.bandcamp.com/track/ancestors
+ Empire - [Ziggy Ramo] https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/ziggy-ramo
+ Ngurra (Rain Song) - Kardajala Kirridarra [Kardajala Kirridarra] https://kardajalakirridarra.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled
+ Ngarrukwujenama - Emily Wurramara [Wantok Musik] https://emilywurramara.bandcamp.com/track/ngarrikwujeyinama-2
+ Indigenous fire methods protect land before and after the Tathra bushfire [ABC Australia] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM72NtXxyLs&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1K9ms3oqPkD3iqYdApTxo2kK9-ey72Kx3TaGPFv5qkAEcs2GQlSH008Zg
+ White Cockatoo - Waak Waak Djungi [Efficient Space] https://efficientspace.bandcamp.com/album/waak-waak-ga-min-min
+ Gurtha (The Fire) - Featuring Shellie Morris - Dhapanbal Yunupingu [Dhapanbal Yunupingu] https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/5125871/reviews
+ Pretty Boy - Ziggy Ramo [Ziggy Ramo] https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/ziggy-ramo
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Aired 9 January 2020
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Tian Dian 甜点 - 008 First Nations Sovereignty - 9 January 2020

𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘹 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺.

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We open on red earth and whistling winds. The fire crackles, and the night creeps in. Fading light is met with rising sound. The bilma (clapsticks) play. We hear stories and songs; ones that speak to the rich history of the Yamitji and Wongatha peoples. Their ancestors have been here a long time. A long time.

Walya Ngaamadiki. 

As darkness turns to light, we travel north-east. We pass from red dirt to white sand. Through the sound of the waves, we hear songs from the Nunukul people and the Munaldjali clan of the Yugambeh. 

Red earth trails beneath us as we head west again, inland. Uluru rises before us. Here we pay respects to the central desert and its custodians, the Pitjantjatjara people.

The yidaki (didgeridoo)plays, calling us north. We’re greeted by Yolngu songmen from Yirrkala, before following calls east by the Mudburra peoples. We pause. We embrace the calm. 

Abala Barlawa (Everything is at peace)

We gaze out to the ocean. 

Islands to the north sing out, and a Kalaw Kawaw Ya voice arrives on the shores. We take stock, before we're beckoned south again.

We revisit the Yolngu songmen and greet the Pitjantjatjara people before heading east, to the Wannyi, Lardil and Kalkadunga tribes.

It's the gaagum (kookaburra) that welcomes us to our final stop. Gumbaynggirr country. 

Darkness starts to fall.

It’s been a long time. A long time. 

Walya Ngaamadiki. 


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Tracklist: 

Walya Ngaamadiki - Ankala
https://www.discogs.com/Ankala-Australia-Rhythms-From-The-Outer-Core/release/855659

Black - David Page
https://www.discogs.com/artist/598749-David-Page

Tjukurpa Wiru - Frank Yamma (Corin Ileto mix)@corinmusic
https://frankyamma.bandcamp.com/album/the-kulila-project

Nyapillilngu (Spirit Lady) - Rrawun Maymuru & Nick Wales @nick_wales
https://soundcloud.com/nick_wales/nyapililingu-spirit-lady

Kuburu - Waak Waak Jungi
https://www.discogs.com/Waak-Waak-Jungi-Crow-Fire-Music/master/1745464
https://efficientspace.bandcamp.com/album/waak-waak-ga-min-min

Abala Barlawa (Everything was at Peace) - Kardajala Kirridarra
https://kardajalakirridarra.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled

Sik O - Christine Anu
https://www.discogs.com/Christine-Anu-Stylin-Up/release/2734425

Beginning of the Day - Frank Yamma (Haus Bilas mix)
https://frankyamma.bandcamp.com/album/the-kulila-project

All Gone Dead - Waak Waak Jungi
https://www.discogs.com/Waak-Waak-Jungi-Crow-Fire-Music/master/1745464
https://efficientspace.bandcamp.com/album/waak-waak-ga-min-min

Stock Route - Ankala
https://www.discogs.com/Ankala-Australia-Rhythms-From-The-Outer-Core/release/855659

Kinkachoo, I Love You - Steve Allen, William Barton
https://www.amazon.com/Kinkachoo-I-Love-You/dp/B07T945X8C

GUNI YU-GI - DISPOSSESSED
https://dispossessed.bandcamp.com/track/guni-yu-gi

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cue: red earth & whistling winds (First Nations ambience)

Yawung is a proud Wiradjuri woman who has recently kicked off her DJ career with a residency at Lossless Radio. Lossless radio is an online community broadcasting platform committed to featuring diverse artists and sounds. Her radio show 'Pay Day' echoes this, exploring broad-spectrum sounds from downtempo and rnb to percussive bass-leaning cuts perfect for any dancefloor. Yawung has expertly curated one of the most special mixes to come across the Passing Notes desk, showcasing First Nations artists.

Tracklist available at passingnotes.radio!

Passing Notes is broadcast on the stolen land of the Woiwurrung and Boonwurrong peoples this week and every week. I pay my respects to, celebrate the Traditional Owners of the land, their culture, connection to Country and community and Elders past present and emerging.

Yawung - PN 89 (NAIDOC Special)

A second small collection of music produced by or in association with Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander peoples. 

A few years ago, Lew and I made a 'change the date' mix for our RRR show. I find it mind boggling that we're still celebrating dispossession with a public holiday in 2021. Not to mention our Anthem, which just stinks - both words and music. 

As a so-called 'Australian DJ', I am always trying to find ways to incorporate more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music into DJ sets, radio, etc. I am 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 again seemed like a simple way to provide an alternative soundtrack for a day that otherwise resounds with a dull, universalist rhetoric. 

If you like this stuff, have a dig for it. I've put a few links to music organisations below the tracklist so you can stream, download and support the musicians directly. Go listen to this kind of stuff direct from first nations artists, djs, broadcasters, etc. 

Dispossessed - Guni Yu-Gi
Kevin Birch - The Ghost of Werner Runtz
John ‘Whiskers’ Cox - Lulu’s Tune
Wuj Wuj - Harmony
John Bennet - Emus
Jupurrupu - Yello
Zenaida Gallagher & Kathleen Gibson - Ngurra Nyirripi
Dharma 87 - Sonny Boy
Electric Fields - Vision (cover of Lajamanu Teenage Band)
Bärra + Krazy J - Miyalk Dirramu
Kmace - Wayirribarra (remix 2)
Arnold Moscow ft. KMace - Djongi Raah
Callum Scobie - Karnta
Mambali Band - Yuwani
King Stingray - Get me out
Gondwana - Mook Mook
Ub Ubbo Exchange - Guyang Giiny (Fire Heart)
Bärra + Krazy J - Yolngu (Electronica Mix)
Nyawa Kulila Wangka - Look, Listen, Speak

https://pakam.com.au/
https://kingstingray.bandcamp.com/track/hey-wanhaka
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq73rnFy2bUInDsY5Mw1Ppw
http://incitearts.org.au/rsc/
https://www.indigitube.com.au/
https://ububboexchange.com/
https://caama.com.au/caama-music/music

pic: edible acacia seeds

Coloured Stones 2

Invasion day is not a day of celebration.⁣
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It is a day for pause, for silence and for listening. Skylab Radio will be OFF-AIR today, and in place of our regular programming we have prepared this mix of First Nations tracks for our archive.⁣
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We hope to see you all at the rally today and if you have the means, please pay the rent.⁣
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https://paytherent.net.au/
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Sovereignty never ceded 🖤 💛 🖤

Music Featured:

Braydon Roger Fts Josiah Porter - Smoking Weed
Lajamanu Teenage Band - Vision
Larrtjannga Larry Gurruwiwi - Balaypalay
Josiah Porter - Beautiful Lady
Moonlight Reggae Band fts Isaac Bates - Ngura Wantira Yarnu
InCite Youth Arts and the Mt Theo Program - Bikey Boys
InCite Youth Arts and the Mt Theo Program - Trouble Storm
Baby Kool - Games
Miiesha - Self Care
MissGenius - Laugh
T Breezy - Devil
Troy Allen - Bederirong Rest
Blekbala Mujik - Mimi (Wajbagada)
Bärra & Krazy J - Miyalk Dirramu
Blekbala Mujik - One More Story

skylab-radio.com

OFF - AIR: First Nations Selects for Skylab Radio

Recordings focused on the scenes they draw and the scenes they draw from.

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𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘪𝘸𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘨 (𝘞𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘫𝘦𝘳𝘪) 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘌𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨. 

𝘚𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥.

of note: First Peoples' voices

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