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Encyclopedia > Blek Bala Mujik

Blekbala Mujik is a large band hailing from Arnhem Land, Australia. They have a unique pop/rock/dance/reggae sound and have a huge support base for their live shows and recordings. Arnhem Land is an area of 97,000 sq. ... This article mainly describes pop as used in its more recent sense, as a subgenre of popular music, but a list of popular music performers since the 1920s is included. ... 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Reggae is a style of music developed in Jamaica and is closely linked to the Rastafari movement, though not universally popular among Rastafarians. ...

Contents


History

Blekbala Mujik was formed around 1986. Their base was located in the small community of Barunga (Gulin-Gulin) in central Arnhem Land in Australia. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arnhem Land is an area of 97,000 sq. ...


The founding member, Peter Miller, lives in Alice Springs, but the band is based in Barunga. The band sings partly in English and partly in Kriol, which is a Australain Aboriginal dialect. Alice Springs on a large scale map Alice Springs is a large town in the Northern Territory of Australia located at 23°42′ S 133°52′ E. Its population of 28,178 (2001 Census) makes it the second-largest settlement in the Territory (the only other towns of significant size... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Australian Aborigines are the main indigenous people of Australia. ... A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ...


Blekbala Mujik is Kriol for "blackfella music"


Band Members

The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... This is an old and authentic didgeridoo collected in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia in the 1950s. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Fender Precision Bass Bass Guitar is a popular term that refers to electric and acoustic basses - stringed instruments similar in design to the guitar, but with longer scale and tuned lower in pitch. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Lead guitar refers to a role within a popular music band, especially a rock band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played with a musical keyboard. ... An accordion is a small portable free-reed wind instrument with a keyboard, the smallest representative of the organ family. ... Categories: Music stubs | Percussion instruments ... Categories: Music stubs | Percussion instruments ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ...

Discography

Nitmiluk

Released: 1990 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Tracks: To be posted


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Midnait Mujik

Released: 1990 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Tracks: To be posted



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Come-N-Dance

Released: 1993 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...


Tracks:

  1. Black Cockatoo
  2. Come N Dance
  3. Drangkinbala
  4. Children of the World
  5. Love is a Beautiful Thing
  6. Come N Dance (radio mix)
  7. Farewell

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Blekbala Mujik

Released: 1995 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


PRODUCTION CREDITS

  • PRODUCERS: Ian Faith, Peter Millar, A Murphy
  • ENGINEERS: D Lumsdaine, G Courtney, S Satour, I Faith

Tracks:

  1. Mimi - Wajbagada [Listen to sample]
  2. Walking Together [Listen to sample]
  3. Drangkinbala [Listen to sample]
  4. Buffalo Stampede [Listen to sample]
  5. Don't Worry Just Be Happy [Listen to sample]
  6. Come n Dance [Listen to sample]
  7. White Cockatoo [Listen to sample]
  8. Mibala Yubala [Listen to sample]
  9. Mimi [Listen to sample]
  10. Walls [Listen to sample]
  11. One More Story [Listen to sample]
  12. Farewell [Listen to sample]

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Walking Together

Released: 1995 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


PRODUCTION CREDITS

  • PRODUCER: Peter Millar/Allen Murphy
  • REMIX: Mark Ovendon, Ian Faith
  • COVER DESIGN: Giant Beer

Tracks:

  1. Walking Together - Radio Mix [Listen to sample]
  2. Walking Together - Full Mix [Listen to sample]
  3. Walking Together - Instrumental [Listen to sample]
  4. Walking Together - U.S. Mix [Listen to sample]
  5. Buffalo Stampede (Traditional) [Listen to sample]

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Awards List

1996 Deadly Sounds Album of the Year 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...


Bibliography

Blekbala Mujik have been sited in numerous articles on Indegenous Music.


See also

External links

Official links

Resources links

(Lyrics, discogs, tabs, ...)


Other links

[Promotion of Anhem Land Music]


[Blekbala Mujik Albums online at DigiRama]


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In 1980, the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) began broadcasting traditional music and has become a vehicle for social protest, and has only recently begun to be revived, often with modernised influences.
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