Woolunda

Track Listings

1. Jowelbinna

2. Frog Dreaming

3. Roo

4. Aircave

5. My People

6. Didgerijig

7. Bama Kanbi

8. Kadimakara

9. Earthbounding

10. Woolunda

Woolunda,David Hudson,Celestial Harmonies,Aboriginal,Aboriginal Folk,Ambient,Australia,Ethnic,Pop,R&B,Techno-Tribal,World Music

Woolunda

Tracks:

Jowelbinna
Frog Dreaming
Roo
Aircave
My People
Didgerijig
Bama Kanbi
Kadimakara
Earthbounding
Woolunda

Album Description

In recent years, unprecedented interest in Australian Aboriginal culture and art has helped to bring the visceral sound of the didgeridoo to international awareness. Though little more than a hollowed-out tree branch, this Northern Australian wind instrument is capable of producing a vast array of intricate rhythms and otherworldly tone colors. The elaborate improvisations that result not only suggest the wonders of nature, but the mysteries of creation itself. The didgeridoo speaks with an unforgettable, primordial voice to all who hear it.

Woolunda is the first solo album by didgeridoo virtuoso, David Hudson. Although he makes his own instruments and performs in traditional styles, this artist has also taken the art form to a new level through an innovative combination of extended techniques and modern compositional ideas.

Air Cave for instance, was the result of an immediate response to the sonorous atmosphere created by a Lexicon digital reverb. Hudson's inventive use of voice, space and explosive blasts of sound have more in common with 20th century avant-garde music than ancestral Aboriginal music. Woolunda features another expansion of didgeridoo technique. By fitting together two PVC pipes, one inside the other, Hudson is able to modulate the pitch much like a trombone slide. Didgerijig is an engaging combination of sounds from the Australian outback set to joyful Celtic rhythms. Roo and My People, on the other hand, are rooted in Hudson's years of traditional playing.

Recorded in a single evening, David Hudson's spontaneous, multi-leveled compositions were performed live with no overdubs or post-production enhancements. Producer, Steve Roach, provided a carefully designed resonant setting that inspired Hudson to play with ambience and to take the didgeridoo in some unexpected directions. On Woolunda, Hudson illustrates that the didgeridoo is truly a timeless instrument, able to sustain the ancestral sounds as it expresses the continued evolution of the Aboriginal experience.

Customer Reviews:

The Master.......2004-08-02

David Hudson, is the master (He is of the Tjapukai tribe in Kuranda, North Queensland). Dr. Didg and all of that... really look to David, both as the consummate professional he is and for inspiration on the instrument. Amazon carries a variety of David's work...this one release(an instructional (?)), NOT. It's not even a compilation of techniques. It's the mastery of David Hudson! With over 20+ releases in his homeland (Australia), David is quite busy with the affairs of the "didg" scene. So, please when checking out some of the other reviews for this particular release, go to the David Hudson page and see for yourself. Enjoy!

'nuff said

Quite a awsome cd.......2003-01-03

I too am a beginner didge player, and i mainly bought this cd as a tool to help me get ideas to improve my playing, so you kinda have to have expieriance with this cd to really enjoy it. But i love it. The drone of the didge has always amazed me and David Hudson does a awsome job of capturing the beauty of the didge.

Beginner didg sounds.......2000-03-22

I don't find David Hudson's didg playing to be all that. Even I, a beginner, can mimic most of his sounds (but not hold them as long as he can through circular breathing...YET!) Listen to the audio samples here, and then compare them to, say "Hold On" by "Outback". Now THERE is awesome didg playing!

A wonderful journey, both medatative and exciting.......1999-11-24

This album is for those who want to hear just the didg and only that instrument as Hudson explores many realms and emotions through the pieces. Hudson has created numerous albums exploring his control of the many vocolizations with the didg, but this album centers on his singular ability to excite, entrance and explore the areas of ambience with one of the oldest and fantastic instruments in the world.

dope!! an authentic tour of sounds common to the outback.......1999-07-01

Frogs, dingos, caves, even insects are the focus in this album. The sounds they make are all reproduced through the didgeridoo, and integrated into the aboriginal musical spectrum. A truely native approach.

Average customer rating:

22 tracks are:

Woolunda #2

Manufacturer: Indigenous Australia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Australia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000T7QBT8

Product Description

22 untitled tracks.

Customer Reviews:

22 tracks are:.......2007-08-04

1. yellow wattle
2. oolunda II
3. air voice
4. kurrajong
5. bloodwood
6. woolunda III
7. stringy bark
8. ghost gum
9. wandoo
10. pink eucalyptus
11. wallerdo
12. white gum
13. blue gum
14. grey box
15. match box
16. silver box
17. highway
18. communication
19. yellow wattle percussion
20. ghost gum percussion
21. kurrajong percussion
22. bloodwood percussion

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