Rare Earth Records

Peaches

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:47:40 +0000

BambiZilla comes up with another textural master piece, make sure its saturday night when you first hear this one….

Even Fr4nk Banana thought this one was way off in the distance. Yet there is a kind of magical balance between undulating guitar chained to wooky synths.

Again make sure it’s Saturday night the first time you hear this.

Bring it on Penelope!

BambiZilla-Peaches

Fire in the Flame

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:40:31 +0000

Fire in the flame….

by BambiZilla

Fire In the Flame

This number is for all you math loving penguin freaks who happen to channel a bit of Jamaica here and there….

Yes matey that’s you! This one was hard for me. Rap is not my natural thing, but you know the world wants what the world wants. Comment on the track if you dare or care…

Dance about your life and your living room..!

p.s. I love elipsyses… … … … … … …

Earth Tones

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:33:48 +0000

earthtone.mp3

http://www.rareearthrecords.com/audio/earthtone.mp3

This is the link

Rare Earth Records

meleuka — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:37:57 +0000

Connecting to Country

meleuka — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:37:11 +0000

Connecting to Country projects that work with Tribal Elders and Youth to connect with their traditional country and culture to strengthen personal and social identity for future generations. The Connecting to Country projects connect young people to their country, under the guidance of elders to teach young people about culture, language, health and the environment.
“We are creating new ways to continue to educate our future generations about country, culture, story and song lines.” (Lance Riley, Indigenous Elder 1999)
Having a connection to country and culture is important to help foster healthy social, emotional and physical development for young people and society at large.

Luritja Media

meleuka — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:38:56 +0000

REF have been working with the Papunya community to help create a media organisation to record the dreamtime stories. Funds from the sale of art are being used to help create a new business for the people of Papunya.

The Dreamtime is a way of sustaining culture and the environment. The main focus of Indigenous people is to keep the culture strong. This means having a connection to country and the Dreamtime.

An Indigenous vision shared with REF is for all people to continue to work together for a strong society for future generations.

“We are creating new ways to continue to educate future generations about country, culture, story and song lines.” (Elder)

REF use multimedia to create cultural education tools that strengthen Community identity. A whole of community approach is being used where Elders are guiding Youth on how to use multi media to continue cultural traditions for future generations.

Si Positive Hip-Hop

meleuka — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:23:05 +0000

Positive hip-hop has been facilitating Indigenous community development programs with the Liverpool school, Western Sydney.

Rare Earth Foundation

admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:34:35 +0000

The Rare Earth Foundation is a non-profit community organisation that generates funds to
support and deliver cultural development programs.

These programs are focused on developing living global cultural heritage networks.

REF believe that we are all part of a global community and together
we can engineer a sustainable cultural and environmental future.

All cultural development services, technologies and information developed remain
global property, open source, equal access and free.

REF recognises that through maintaining and transmitting Indigenous
Elders knowledge, we can help to ensure cultural vitality and
reconciliation for future generations.

REF supports projects that develop social capital and assist in
creating cultural development tool kits. These tool kits can help
strengthen the concept of a shared global cultural heritage.

REF invite you to be involved in co creating a sustainable future.

Finke Freestylers

meleuka — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:09:04 +0000

Finke community development

Finke Freestylers - Rare Earth TV Hip hop music video from community development projects in the Indigenous community of Finke (Aputula) Northern Territory, Australia in 2007. All music and lyrics written by the Finke upper primary class and Thomas Stuart, Indigenous Youth Worker. This project would not have possible without the help of Jane and Peter from the Finke school, CAYLUS, Multi Vision Media and Rare Earth Foundation.

Tjupi Band

meleuka — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:41:23 +0000

Tjupi Band is an is a Central Australian Indigenous band from the community of Papunya, Northern Territory. They sing in Luritja and English and play desert reggae.[1] The lineup changes depending on who is available and can include Barnabus Daniels, Sammy Butcher, Jeremiah Butcher, Jason Butcher (from Spin.FX), Malcolm Karpa (from Spin.FX), Esau Marshall (from Spin.FX), Dwayne Abbott, Ethan McDonald, Samuel Inkamala, George Butcher and Peter Lowson. Tjupi Band were featured on an episode of triple j tv’s The Hack Half Hour which covered an annual Alice Springs concert, the Bush Bands Bash.

Tjupi (Honey Ant) come from the Papunya region 250 – 300k north west of Alice Springs. Tjupi Band members are made up of fellas with strong country and family ties right across the region including Mt Leibig, Kintore, Haasts Bluff, Kiwikurra communities. The main language spoken in this area is Luritja and this is the language used to perform their songs.

Papunya is the main base for Tjupi Band activity; Papunya is place with a rich music tradition. It is the home community of Sammy Butcher, mentor for musicians throughout the region. Sammy, who is famous as lead guitar for the Warumpi Band, has been a major influence in the development of contemporary indigenous music; his skill as a guitarist has been emulated by many but not matched, by any. He has encouraged the establishment of a recording studio in Papunya which has led to various independent productions and contributed generally to the fertile music environment of Papunya.

The sound of Tjupi, in many ways epitomizes Central Australia desert reggae – sparse upbeat, driving kick and snare, in-language; the songs are about loneliness for country, love lost, listening to elders, following tradition, social issues, skin pride, tribal unity.

The Tjupi line up is variable, it depends on who is ‘on the road’, ‘in town’, ‘playing football’; mainly, Tjupi includes a preponderance of members of the Butcher family. A typical set up includes Barnabus Daniels (vox, keys, rhythm), Sammy Butcher (lead, keyboards, bass, drums), Jeremiah Butcher (drums), Jason Butcher (drums).

BAND MEMBERS:
Jason Butcher Lead Guitar
Malcolm Karpa Rhythm Guitar
Jeremiah Butcher Keyboard
Dwayne Abbott Vocals
Barnabus Danials Vocals
Ethan McDonald Vocals
Samual Inkamala Drums
George Butcher Bass Guitar