Track
Number |
Track
Title |
Track
Time |
Notes |
01
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:23 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
02
|
Mamba
(sandcrab) |
0:03:08 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. Mamba
is the little sand crab. In this song the seagull is trying
to catch the sand crab. The seagull is flying on the breeze
and the bird dives down to catch the crab. I wrote the
song. |
03
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
04
|
Wuyal
(sugarbag Man) |
0:00:52 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. That's
written by me. Wuyal, the sugarbag man was going along
through the bush looking for sugarbag (wild honey) in
the trees. He was following the bees. He was looking for
water. As he sees the water he dances for that waterhole. |
05
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:23 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
06
|
Yinydjapana
(dolphin) 1 Expecting a Baby |
0:00:50 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. Yinydjapana
the dolphin is swimming in the water. She's expecting
a baby. |
07
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
08
|
Yinydjapana
(dolphin) 2 Mother And Father Pass Baby Back And Forth |
0:00:52 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. The
dolphin baby arrives. The mother and father swim together.
The mother flips the baby to the father, chucks it, tosses
it with her flipper and he chucks it back to the mother.
They do that backwards and forwards. |
09
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
10
|
Yinydjapana
(dolphin) 3 Coming in From the Ocean Toward the Short |
0:00:59 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. The
dolphin is coming in from the ocean toward the shore. |
11
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
12
|
Yinydjapana
(dolphin) 4 Young Dolphin Injured on the Shore |
0:01:25 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. This
young dolphin had been hit by a rock, it was chasing some
fish and it swam into the rocks and it was injured and
lying on the beach. I was going fishing and I saw the
dolphin. It was still alive. I was crying for it. I pushed
it back into the water and I made this song for it. |
13
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
14
|
Nadinynga
(waterhole) |
0:00:47 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. The
hunter is coming through the bushes and the mountains
looking for a waterhole, nadinyga. I learnt this song
when I was a youngster. |
15
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:23 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
16
|
Gudurrku
(brolga) |
0:02:50 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. Gudurrku
the brolga is walking around the lagoon and eating some
witchetty grubs and all sorts of insects. It's talking
to the land and talking to the sun while the sun is shining
down on its back and it's dancing, jumping two, three,
four times. My brother Dharritharri wrote this. It's a
traditional Rirratjingu song. |
17
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
18
|
Galkarringu
(crow) |
0:00:25 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. Galkarringu
the crow is diving out of the tree picking up the scraps
left by Wuyal the sugarbag hunter. |
19
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:23 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
20
|
Gurrumattji
(magpie Geese) |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. In the
lagoon, gurrumattji, magpie geese are talking and eating
rakay, the lily roots, digging down under and picking
out the corms and eating them. |
21
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
22
|
Nowulpul
(ghost Bat) |
0:00:26 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. Nowulpul,
the ghost bats are trying to attract the spirit man. The
spirit man is coming in from the darkness, same as the
bat. |
23
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
24
|
Dhambul
(morning Star) |
0:00:37 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. This
is the making of dhambul, the morning star pole, people
singing and dancing, big ceremony, a funeral ceremony.
The spirit man is dancing for the morning star. |
25
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
26
|
Nganuk
(spirit Man) |
0:00:54 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. A nganuk,
a spirit man is coming back from the bushes after collecting
all sorts of fruits. He's singing about all the Yirritja
clans like the Gumatj and the Dhalwangu people, singing
of where they come from, and singing about the Mitchell
Ranges. |
27
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
28
|
Gamadala
(red Kangaroo) 1 Kangaroo Standing in the Mitchell Ranges |
0:01:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. The
red kangaroo is in the Mitchell Ranges. He's standing,
shooting off the flies and twitching and eating. |
29
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
30
|
Gamadala
(red Kangaroo) 2 Eating the Meat of the Red Kangaroo |
0:01:18 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. This
is the eating of the meat of the red kangaroo. The hunter
spears it and this is about eating that kangaroo, eating
the blood and the meat, this is from long back, eating
of the raw meat. |
31
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
32
|
Gamadala
(red Kangaroo) 3 People Are Sharing And Eating the Meat |
0:00:52 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. The
people are sharing and eating the meat of the red kangaroo. |
33
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
34
|
Ganambawurru
(ocean) 1 Rising Up From the Wind And Waves Coming in
From the Big Rain |
0:00:46 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. The
ocean is rising up from the wind, waves coming in from
the big rain, the sounds of the waves hitting the granite
rock standing in the middle of the sea. The spirit man
was a warrior who turned into stone in the sea between
Yirrkala and Dhambaliya. |
35
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
36
|
Ganambawurru
(ocean) 2 Water is Calm |
0:00:56 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. The
water is calm, just breathing. |
37
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
38
|
Ganambawurru
(ocean) 3 Big Winds Make Seas Crash on the Shore By Yirrkala |
0:00:53 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. With
bigger winds behind them, higher seas are crashing on
to Rangi, the beach below our community at Yirrkala. |
39
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
40
|
Milika
(butterfish) |
0:00:25 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. Butterfish
are swimming between the rocks in the shallow waters,
going fast, back and forth. We're hunting the flat fish
with spears but they're too fast to catch. |
41
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:23 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
42
|
Malpinymalpiny
(ancestral Sisters) the Two Wawilak Sisters Are Dancing
in a Sacred Hut |
0:01:05 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land. The
two Wawilak sisters of the creation times are dancing
in a sacred hut. They've been creating land and people
and animals and languages and now they're dancing to celebrate. |
43
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:21 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
44
|
Wuyal
(sugarbag Man) |
0:01:27 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
45
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:22 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
46
|
Mamba
(sandcrab) |
0:03:10 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |
47
|
Ocean
Sounds |
0:00:25 |
Didjeridu
by: Malngay and Narripapa Yunupingu. All tracks are from
the Rirratjingu Clan of Northeastern Arnhem Land |