HANDS TO EARTH - NJURRU WÄNJA (CD)

?urru Wä?a traces notions of home, belonging, and displacement. In the two parts of the title track, Sunny Kim intones the words of Korean poet Yoon Dong Ju's poem, Another Home, in counterpoint to Daniel Wilfred's song, sung in the Wáglilak language. ?urru Wä?a (pronounced Wooroo Wanga), translates as 'the scent of home', and as we travel we long for that fragrance, passing the bee, guku, making the bush honey while the crow circles calling overhead. This theme - this search for a sense of belonging - is at the heart of what drives Hand to Earth, a group of five people, who come together from different backgrounds, different birthplaces, and different musical approaches to share our songs, and by doing that to create something new. The six tracks on this album map our respective journeys into the now and express the connections that have developed within Hand to Earth over the years we have travelled and played together. Daniel Wilfred - voice, bilma; David Wilfred - yidaki, voice; Sunny Kim - voice, percussion; Peter Knight - trumpet, electronics, synthesisers, bass guitar; Aviva Endean - clarinets, winds, electronics; Amalia Umeda - violin (The Crow); Lawrence English - field recordings, atmospheres, bass synthesiser; Quinn Knight - percussion and SPD (?urru Wä?a Part 2)