Name: Sleep baby sleep by James Henry Compositions in Silo String Quartet plays some of my pieces
Duration: 3 min 29 s
Description: I was lucky enough to win a grant from Creative Victoria to record some of my compositions performed by Silo String Quartet. We recorded at Rolling Stock Recording Rooms under the watchful eyes and ears of Jem Savage who also mixed it.

I was lucky enough to win a grant from Creative Victoria to record some of my compositions performed by Silo String Quartet. We recorded at Rolling Stock Recording Rooms under the watchful eyes and ears of Jem Savage who also mixed it.

Silo String Quartet plays some of my pieces

Boxing

Heart like snow

Sleeping days

Sleep baby sleep

Anywhere but here

ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴛᴏᴜʀ: ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴜᴅɪᴏ ᴀʟʙᴜᴍ

A Big thank you to the whole crew from Tongberangi Ngarrga Inc for creating the first Yumaanda Gathering in 2020 and also a big thank you to all the beautiful souls on the Dancefloor who supported me when i was playing. My heart is filled with love and i am so thankful and proud to be a part of this wonderful event. Here is my midnight set, closing the Saturday dance floor, enjoy and hopefully see you next time, 2021! Much love Schmuddelkind

Yumaanda Gathering 2020  Saturday midnight closing Set

This short piece was created during Coronavirus lockdown in Sydney, Australia. When I travel to my homelands I regularly go scavenging in the bush for objects- seeds, bones, shells, stones, bottles, feathers etc. When I bring them home I try to make use of them in some way. Late last year I found an emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), collected its leg bone and made a crude type of whistle with it. The emu is particularly important to me as it is my grandmothers "meat" or totem. I wanted to collect the bone and hear its music, listening to the sound of the animal while paying respects to my grandmother. The track features the Yuwaalraay word for emu "dhinawan" and air and notes being blown through the bone.

Dhinawan Midjul - Emu Bones

You know me... always looking for opportunities to Indigenize. We have dumb ways to die too!

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Singer/Songwriter material here - https://soundcloud.com/jameshenrymusic

Electronic music tracks here - https://soundcloud.com/nurra-gah

Sleep baby sleep

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