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Guest didgeridoo workshops can be held by Dutch tutors or internationally
acclaimed tutors and performers from Australia and other countries. Guest tutors
include internationally acclaimed didgeridoo performers like Alan Dargin,
Ganga Giri, Mark Atkins and Charlie Mc Mahon. We have made a list of performers
with their biography that gave workshops for AA&I.
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Mark
Atkins is a descendant of the Yamitji people
of western Australia. He started his musical carrier
at the age of ten, and has since become to one of
the most prominent pioneers of didgeridoo music.
His musical skills allow him to play a wide variety
of music styles, be it as a solo performer or an
ensemble player. Mark has performed around the world
and has played with a diversity of musicians, bands
and ensembles such as Philip Glass, Led Zeppelin
and the London Philharmonic. He is also a gifted
guitarist, percussionist, painter, instrument crafter
and story teller. |
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Stephen
Kent was born in Devon, England, and spent much
of his childhood in eastern Africa. When he moved
back to London he started his first band, Furious
Punk, a noisy punk group. With his musical horizon
widening, he worked as a musical director of a travelling
theatre companionship touring Australia where he
first learned about the didgeridoo. Since then he
has developed himself as an important advocate of
the didgeridoo as a contemporary instrument. He
co-formed bands like Trance Mission and Beasts of
Paradise, and played with musicians like Youssou
N'Dour, Herbie Hancock and King Sunny Ade. |
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Lies
Beijerinck and Michiel
Teijgeler both got introduced to the didgeridoo
in the early nineties, when Holland was still largly
oblivious to the instrument. They were instantly
struck by the unique sound and the musical capabilities
of the instrument. After Michiel travels through
Europe as a street musician and plays in several
bands, and Lies spends a year in Australia, and
plays in several bands as well, they form 3ple-D
(Triple Dee) in 1999. Their sound is characterized
by innovative sounds and playing techniques, and
is influenced by Brazilian samba, Togolese and Ghanese
bell patterns, Cuban 'son' rhythms and modern dancemusic.
They recently released their first studio cd. |
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Charlie
McMahon started playing the didgeridoo at a
very young age, long before the instrument gained
popularity among the western population of Australia.
When he was sixteen he lost part of his right arm
in an accident, which motivated him even more to
master the didgeridoo. After a brief academic career
and his encounter with the nomadic
'Lost Tribe' of Pintubi aboriginals, he formed
Gondwanaland in 1983. Pioneering contemporary didgeridoo
music the band was later renamed to Gondwana, and
in all recorded nine albums to date. He is also
very well known for his performances in the nineties
with Australian desert rockers Midnight Oil. |
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Wild
Marmalade is an innovative dance trio featuring
the talented Si
Mullumbi on the didgeridoo. During his travels
across Australia he was already widely appreciated
as a solo artist for his dancable mix of percussive
vocal beats and deep dronal grooves. Along with
Matt Goodwin on drums and Matt Ledgar on percussion,
Wild Marmalade brings energetic and organic dance
music which without the use of samples and electronic
instruments fits perfectly well in todays modern
dance scene. |
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Ganga
Giri was born in Australia and was a serious
percussionist at the age of eight. At this young
age he already became strongly influenced by African
percussion, Indian folk music, traditional Aboriginal
music, reggae, rap and all kinds of dance music.
He taught himself to master one of his favourite
instruments, the didgeridoo, to a level that his
modern style of playing was appreciated by the elders
of the Yolngu tribe, in spite of the cultural differences.
His uplifting, 'manic-organic' didgeridoo sound,
accompanied bij both traditional and electronic
percussion, brings the didgeridoo to new, highly
dancable heights. |
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Alan
Dargin was raised in the north of Arnhemland.
He started playing didgeridoo when he was only five
years old, being taught by his grandfather. His
traditional background didn't prevent him to experiment
with all kinds of musical influences and playing
techniques and to become one of the most prominent
ambassadors of modern didgeridoo music. His intense
affiliation with the instrument combined with his
musical talent make him a true musical virtuoso,
which makes us even more delighted to welcome him
at the last moment to the group of musicians performing
at the Dream.Time festival. |
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