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Douglas R. Ewart
Songs of Sunlife: Inside the Didjeridu (Innova)
A deeply spiritual yet innovative approach to this ancient aboriginal instrument is at the heart of the composition and performance philosophy of Ewart's work
Solo and ensemble performances by Ewart on didjeridu, flutes & rain stick, with Adam Lane on bass, Steve Goldstein on acoustic & electronic percussion and the poetry & voice of Louis Alemayehu.
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The record label says:
The didjeridu was here long before gunpowder, the pyramids, writing, or the wheel. Invented more than 40,000 years ago by the Aboriginals of Australia, it's one of the world's oldest musical instruments, and on the surface, one of the simplest. When quickened by the breath and spirit of a master, though, this seemingly simple cylinder is capable of springing to life in a manner that might very well give the deities of the didj themselves reason to pause.
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Douglas Ewart is such a master. It's hardly surprising that he designed and built all the didjeridus he employs on Songs of Sunlife. Ewart holds profound respect for the tradition of the instrument and the culture that produced it; he understands that, like any ritual implement, a didjeridu must be fashioned by its user if that user hopes to unleash the implement's power to the fullest---and unleash it he does!
This long-time AACM pillar also teaches this most ancient of instruments more than a few new tricks, taking it to hitherto unexplored psychic regions and generating an astonishing mass of new sonic material, guiding its spirit the way gravity guides dust and gasses to create stars. Whether you've heard zero didjeridus or a thousand, Songs of Sunlife provides the best introduction to the ancient instrument's future imaginable.
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