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August 7, 2020
LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE ‘GADIGAL LAND’ OUT NOW
LISTEN TO ‘GADIGAL LAND’ OUT NOW: lnk.to/GadigalLand
Our first new song in nearly 20 years – ‘Gadigal Land (feat. Dan Sultan, Joel Davison, Kaleena Briggs & Bunna Lawrie)’ – is now available to stream and download. ‘Gadigal Land’ takes its name from Sydney’s traditional owners, many of whom continue to live in the city. The Gadigal (also sometimes spelt “Cadigal”) lands include what is now the CBD plus areas from South Head through to the inner west. ‘Gadigal Land’ is a provocative recount of what happened in this place, and elsewhere in Australia, since 1788.
Tomorrow night, a special studio video of the song will premiere during the National Indigenous Music Awards telecast on NITV from 7pm AEST and streamed live on Midnight Oil’s Facebook page. The video was directed and filmed by Robert Hambling.
August 3, 2020
New single ‘Gadigal Land’ out this Friday
NEW SINGLE ‘GADIGAL LAND’ OUT FRIDAY. PRE-SAVE CLICK HERE: midnightoil.lnk.to/GadigalPreSave
This Friday we’ll be releasing our first piece of new music in nearly 20 years with ‘Gadigal Land’ – the first single from our forthcoming mini-album ‘The Makarrata Project’ (out late October). It features special contributions by vocalists Kaleena Briggs, Bunna Lawrie, Dan Sultan plus a lyrical section written and delivered by Gadigal poet, Joel Davison.
The following night, a special studio video of the song will premiere during the National Indigenous Music Awards (www.nima.musicnt.com.au) telecast on NITV from 7pm AEST and simulcast on National Indigenous Television (NITV), Double J, National Indigenous Radio Service, TEABBA, Facebook, Youtube and Twitter.
We’ve always been happy to lend our voice to those who call for racial justice, but it really feels like we’ve reached a tipping point. We urge the federal government to heed the messages in the Uluru Statement From The Heart and act accordingly. Hopefully this song and ‘The Makarrata Project’ mini-album we’ve created alongside our First Nations friends can help shine a bit more light on the urgent need for genuine reconciliation in this country and in many other places too.
After centuries of struggle for recognition and justice, 2017’s Uluru Statement called for the establishment of a ‘First Nations Voice’ enshrined in the Australian Constitution and the establishment of a ‘Makarrata Commission’ to supervise agreement-making and truth-telling between governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We will donate our share of any proceeds received from this release to organisations which seek to elevate The Uluru Statement From The Heart in particular and Indigenous reconciliation more broadly (www.fromtheheart.com.au + www.ulurustatement.org). Sony Music Entertainment Australia will match any artist contribution.
– Midnight Oil
