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"In 1986 Midnight Oil were invited to tour Central Australian Aboriginal settlements with the legendary Aboriginal group Warumpi Band. They staged concerts, talked with tribal elders and saw European occupation through the eyes of its original occupants. This became known as the "Blackfella/whitefella" tour."-- booklet. This tour became the creative catalyst for the writing and recording of Midnight Oil's "Diesel and dust" album.
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"Over four years in the making and completed just weeks before his passing in 2017, 'Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)' is Gurrumul's gift to the world, an astounding achievement of music, presenting traditional songs and harmonised chants from his traditional Yolngu life with dynamic and hypnotic orchestral arrangements in a blend of the highest forms of both his culture and our European orchestral culture. It's a final message. A window into his...
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