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Jabula! - Nganyerre

from Wantok Musik Vol. 3 by Wantok Musik

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Location: Zimbabwe / Australia
From the album 'Nganyerre'

'Nganyerre is a Dhudhuroa word meaning 'Dance' and the song about celebration through dance.

An album rich in African percussive textures combined with strings and vocals to create a tense yet playful collection of songs about celebration, greener pastures, pilgrimage, resilience and reverence. The project is Tawanda Gadzikwa’s five year labour of love exploring musical possibilities through effortless and sincere collaborations with artists from Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Brazil, Australia and England. The album was recorded in locations ranging from outdoor sites of spiritual significance in Zimbabwe to professional recording studios in Australia and performed in languages ranging from Sanskrit (Pilgrims) to Lingala (Tingama).

Tawanda carried out field recordings in Zimbabwe during visits to family and friends. He spontaneously recorded social, cultural and spiritual events as a means of capturing the vibrancy of music in daily life in Zimbabwe. The string performances are by the Letter String Quartet and arranged by Biddy Connor who patiently got to know the songs and their meaning.

The group is an assemblage of various artists under the single name JABULA! which means rejoice in Zulu, a South African language. The album’s title track Nganyerre, written and performed by Jida Gulpilil, is about celebration through dance and is performed in the Dhudhuroa language of Jida’s North East Victorian Aboriginal heritage.

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from Wantok Musik Vol. 3, released May 20, 2022
Voice, yidaki and clap sticks - Jida Gulpilil
Berimbau - Bruno De Moura Floriano
Volin - Steph O'Hara and Sue Simpson
Cello - Zoë Barry
Viola – Biddy Connor
Additional voice sounds - Mudadisi Gadzikwa
Songwriter: Jida Gulpilil
String arrangement: Biddy Connor
Recording engineer: James Cecil; percussion recorded and performed by Tawanda Gadzikwa
Mixing: Ben Hellmig
Mastering: Richard Putnam
Producer: Tawanda Gadzikwa

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Wantok Musik aims to generate and foster various cultural exchanges between Australia and our neighbours throughout Oceania by establishing a leading, not-for-profit Music Label representing First Nations and World Music groups of this unique region.

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