Four Winds Bermagui - Music In Nature

Yirinda

Position: Contemporary First Nations

Butchulla Songman Fred Leone and musical innovator and contrabassist Samuel Pankhurst’s debut album Yirinda, invoke the sounds of thousands of generations of story and culture, while emerging as something entirely new.
Yirinda has been performed at Mona Foma, Melbourne Recital Centre, Brisbane Festival, HOTA and more.

It is a stunningly beautiful record that combines, ancient Aboriginal language with sublime modern production.

Fred’s role as a Songman sees him as one of the custodians of the traditional songs of the Queensland Butchulla tribe and one of a handful of keepers and custodians of their language.

Often described as ‘holographic’ and ‘visceral’, Yirinda’s sound is a result of Fred and Samuel’s willingness to be guided by the ancient stories of Fred’s old people. Yirinda means ‘Now’ in Butchulla language. Butchulla country is in the Fraser Coast region including K’gari.

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