Dyerren Dyerren Soundtrack

boyd 2020-08-05

Musicians from diverse cultures and traditions were invited to contribute to a composition, a deep, sonorous drone that throbs and rumbles through the Dyerren Dyerren Dragon Tree – from horsehead fiddle, to bass gaida, horn, and tanpura. Voices and instruments emanate from speaker-houses made from the twigs of the tree, and from sound-speakers emerging from beneath its root. The wiring, red as sap or blood, connects the parts, meandering from the root, like fungal mycelium.

Gundungurra words are spoken by Traditional Custodian Taylor Clarke from who's Country the work originates, Dharug and Dharawal words from where the work was first show by Matthew Doyle Muruwari nation, & Gathang words by Worimi traditional owner Aunty Theresa Dargin who welcomed the work to her Country.

1. Bidjwong (Water Dragon) 3:23

Taylor Clarke voice, Burragorang Valley Dawn Chorus recording Boyd

2. Wadi (wood) 1:24

Matthew Doyle voice

3. Djirang (leaves of a tree) 1:46

Mary Rapp double bass, Boyd contrabass clarinet, Robert Maxwell-Jones bass flute, Bob McIver trombone

4. Bugi (bark) 6:34

Matthew Doyle didgeridoo& voice, Mary Rapp double basses, Bukhu Ganburged khoomei (throat singing) morin khuur (horsehead fiddle)

5.Djuraduralang (bark used to make fishing lines) 3:43

Richard Petkovic harmonium, Mary Rapp cello, Bankstown World Music Choir: Linda Marr (conductor), John Evans, Karen Hamblen, Margaret O’Connor, Ros Borghi, Sandra Perrin, Xin Chen, Perpetua Ekechukwu, Sundus Altai, additional voices Richard, Myka and Ria Petkovic and Diane Townley

6. Gumir (hole in a tree) 1:21

Linsey Pollak playing Kim Sanders’ aardvark (bass gaida bagpipe), Robert Maxwell-Jones bass flutes

7.Birragu hollow tree 3:43

Mary Rapp cellos, Bankstown World Music Choir: Linda Marr (musical director), John Evans, Karen Hamblen, Margaret O’Connor, Ros Borghi, Sandra Perrin, Xin Chen, Perpetua Ekechukwu, Sundus Altai, additional voice, Diane Townley

8. Bulbi (leaning tree) 1:45

Bukhu Ganburged khoomei (throat singing) morin khuur (horsehead fiddle)

9. Guwibul (dead tree) 3:00

Riff Raff Radical Marching Band brass drums saxophones clarinets, Stephen Morley horn, Boyd contrabass clarinet

10. Dhuraga (splinter) 2:04

Bankstown World Music Choir voices (on zoom), Stephen Morley tanpura, Richard Petkovic harmonium

11. Bulu (shadow of a tree) 1:55

Matthew Doyle voice, Stephen Morley horn, Boyd contrabass clarinet

12. Four Dreaming* 3:07

Amos Simon didgeridoo Aunty Theresa Dargin voice

Gundungurra words spoken on Track 1 by Taylor Clarke Gundungurra Traditional Custodian. 1. Ganbii Fire 2. murruul Grass 3. ngula Wood 4. dyagula Birds nest fern 5. dyiibung Geebungs 6. dhuarunyaa Sunshine 7. birak Dead 8. baaraakbaarraak Squeaking tree 9. guraanin Flower 10. Gedumba fern tree root (food) 11. Dundowra she oak 12. Bidjwong water dragon 13. boo-reen stringy bark tree 14. dyiiwaa Yamstick 15. waarruunnguu Tree trunk 16. ngula Trees17. guula Koala 18. gurugu lang Haunted tree 19. Dhungaa bark 20. dhunggaling Warty growth on a tree 21. dhaura Earth 22. gurrit Rain 23. gumbaa Bush 24. milliwa Poison bark 25. mudaa Paper bark 26. dyiran Branch 27. ngula Stick 28. ngula Bulgarabang Big forest 29. gungal Hump from a tree 30. dalwarumbuu Oaky country 31. wirruumba Stringy bark country 32. yurrawaang Strong 33. gunaa Tall tree 34. bunguun Vine for tree climbing 35. dyirrang Green leaf

Dharug and Dharawal words spoken on Tracks 2, 4 & 11 by Matthew Doyle Muruwari nation. 1. Dyerren dyerren (Native Cypress) 2. Banga’ly (Swamp Mahogany Eucalyptus robusta) 3. Burringora (Forest Red Gum Eucalyptus tereticornis) 4. Cobajora (Stringybark Eucalyptus eugenioides) 5. Mogargro (White Ironbark Eucalyptus beyeri) 6. Mun’ning (Red Bloodwood Eucalyptus gummifera) 7. Mundowey (Grey Gum Eucalyptus punctata) 8. Tarrin’ny (Scribbly Gum Eucalyptus haemastoma) 9. Torrangora (Grey Iron Bark Eucalyptus paniculata) 10. Tarunde’a (Blackbutt Eucalyptus pilularis) 11. Torumba (Red Mahogany Eucalyptus resinifera) 12. Werraboyne (Peppermint Gum Eucalyptus piperita) 13. Mugagaru (Narrowleaf ironbark Eucalyptus crebra) 14. Wadi (wood) 15. Guwibul (dead tree) 16. Bulu (shadow of a tree) 17. Gumir (hole in a tree) 18. Birragu (hollow tree) 19. Bulbi (leaning tree) 20. Djirang (leaves of a tree) 21. Bugi (bark) 22. Djuraduralang (bark used to make fishing lines) 23. Dhuraga (splinter) 24. Duga (brush or forest—thick wood about a watercourse) 25. Djaramada (scrub) 26. Bidjawong (Eastern Water Dragon) 27. Ngarang (Bearded Dragon) 28. Mugadun (Bluetongue) 29. Wirriga (Goanna) 30. Bayagin (Leaf-tailed Gecko) 31. Marragawan (Brown Snake) 32. Daning (Death Adder) 33. Wirragadara (Bandy Bandy snake) 34.Djirrabidi (Red-bellied Black Snake)

Gathang words spoken on Track 12 by Worimi traditional owner Aunty Theresa Dargin 1. nayiri ngaya nyukang (Mother) 2. wangi /wongi (a premonition or warning 3. danggi (rainbow) 4. batjiya (snake) 5. nyara (spirit, ghost, shadow) 6. bakaabakaa (angry, wild, savage) 7. witiwiti (lightning) 8. nyaa (watch out, take care & see) 9. walanwalan (rain) 10. bilama djukal (flood) 11. Worimi (language and people) 12. birriwal (strong) 13. girrba (carry out increase rites) 14. baliyangbu (alive) 15. nyara (spirit, ghost, shadow) 16. danggi (rainbow) 17. batjiya (snake) 18. bulgi barray (drought, dry earth) 19. witja (smoke & burn) 20. gulu (forest) 21. watha / watja fire 22. Worimi (language and people) 23. girrba (carry out increase rites) 24. walanwalan (rain) 25. danggi rainbow 26. girrang (alive & leaf, leaves) 27. ginyaangba (make happy) 28. nayiri ngaya nyukang (Mother)

* "the number 4 is significant to us, It’s to do with wind/fire/water/air, 4 legs/paws that animals have, 4 gases in the atmosphere, Caucasian, Native American Indian, indigenous and Asian peoples, our 4 ochre colours, 4 materials that make earth." Amos Simon