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'Over four years in the making and completed just weeks before his passing in 2017, ‘Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)’ is Gurrumul’s gift to the world, an astounding achievement of music, presenting traditional songs and harmonised chants from his traditional Yolngu life with dynamic and hypnotic orchestral arrangements in a blend of the highest forms of both his culture and our European orchestral culture. It’s a final message. A window into his supreme culture. A recording of an iconic artist at his creative peak, and a legacy that will not be surpassed.'
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Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu made history by becoming the first artist to top the ARIA charts while singing in an Indigenous language. Djarimirri, debuted at number one on the ARIA charts on the 22-23 April, 2018.
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Aria Awards 2018 : Amy Shark, Gurrumul and Kasey Chambers Win Big in Moving Ceremony
2018
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— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 November 2018;'Amy Shark and Gurrumul were among the big winners of this year’s Aria awards, at a star-studded ceremony held at the Star casino in Sydney, which featured live performances from UK pop star Rita Ora, and Australia’s 5 Seconds of Summer, Courtney Barnett and Shark herself.'
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Gurrumul Yunupingu : Boundary-breaking Final Album Djarimirri Is One like No Other
2018
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2018;'In Skinnyfish Music's studio, a cavernous converted garage with instruments in every corner, Michael Hohnen's phone is running hot.'
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Gurrumul Yunupingu Album Is First in Indigenous Language to Top Australian Charts
2018
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2018;'Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu's final album, released nine months after the acclaimed musician's death, has become the first in an Australian Indigenous language to top music charts in Australia.'
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A Master's Music Lives On
2018
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 7 March no. 671 2018; (p. 8)'A new album from the late Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu will be released next month, along with a documentary about his life.'
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A Master's Music Lives On
2018
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 7 March no. 671 2018; (p. 8)'A new album from the late Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu will be released next month, along with a documentary about his life.'
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Gurrumul Yunupingu Album Is First in Indigenous Language to Top Australian Charts
2018
single work
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2018;'Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu's final album, released nine months after the acclaimed musician's death, has become the first in an Australian Indigenous language to top music charts in Australia.'
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Gurrumul Yunupingu : Boundary-breaking Final Album Djarimirri Is One like No Other
2018
single work
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2018;'In Skinnyfish Music's studio, a cavernous converted garage with instruments in every corner, Michael Hohnen's phone is running hot.'
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Aria Awards 2018 : Amy Shark, Gurrumul and Kasey Chambers Win Big in Moving Ceremony
2018
single work
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— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 November 2018;'Amy Shark and Gurrumul were among the big winners of this year’s Aria awards, at a star-studded ceremony held at the Star casino in Sydney, which featured live performances from UK pop star Rita Ora, and Australia’s 5 Seconds of Summer, Courtney Barnett and Shark herself.'
