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New tour dates Posted 11/07/08

Darwin Festival 21st August, Jabiru Festival 13th September, Byron Bay 2nd October and Bellingen Global Carnival 3-5th October.

Yilila win national Music in Communties "Award for Excellence" Posted 25/06/08

Yilila have just been given an award for developing music and business in their remote Arnhem Land community.
Judges’ comment : “The two talented leaders behind this project have taken their passion, skills and commitment and turned them into an economic force in this remote community. Here, music also plays a critical role in delivering the school curriculum and boosting school attendances. It is a wonderful project.” more info - musicincommunities.org.au

Yilila to Perform at Festival Mundial, Netherlands Posted 15/05/08

We are making another big trek from our remote community in Arnhem Land to the Netherlands to play alongside some of our favourite artists like Alpha Blondy and Natasha Atlas. We are opening the festival on Sunday 15th June and then playing a headline spot later that evening. For more info go to http://mundialproductions.nl/

Watublapi release CD produced by Yilila Posted 15/05/08

Musicians from Watublapi, a remote village in Indonesia, have just released their 1st compilation CD produced by Yilila, with another 3 CDs and DVD to be released soon. Our collaborative CD will be released later this year. These releases are a very unique example of what can be acheived even when everyone involved live in remote poor communities. You can't sit back and let living conditions and politics hold you back, progress comes from hard work and commitment. There are always people around who can help you, you just need to keep pushing forward.

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Yilila and Watublapi's collaborative music and dance project in The Australian Newspaper Posted 1/02/08

There is a great article in The Australian newspaper about our project with the village of Watublapi in Flores, Indonesia. The article is written by the acclaimed arts writer Iain Shedden, who travelled to Indonesia with us to see what we were doing. Click on the link to read. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22999075-5013172,00.html

Numbulwar women Jocelyn Uibo gives Yilila's "Aeroplane" EP and "Red Flag Jamajama" DVD to Al Gore Posted 1/11/07

Numbulwar's Jocelyn Uibo has attended a famous Al Gore "slide show" in Melbourne and passed on a copy of our DVD and new CD. Jocelyn, one of the bands close family, is passionate about making our remote community alot greener. Mr Gore said he would watch our DVD on the plane home.

"Aeroplane" EP & "Manilamanila" CD to be featured on "The Daily Planet" ABC Radio National Posted 3/10/07

Our 2 CD releases will be featured on Lucky Oceans "The Daily Planet" radio show from the 5th October. The show is hosted by the well known musician and radio presenter Lucky Oceans, who will give you a musicians insight into Yilila's unique style of Australian music. Mon-Fri 2:20pm, repeated Mon - Thurs 11:20pm.

Watublapi & Yilila, a new direction and partnership for culture in Indonesia & Australia Posted 23/1/07

We have just returned from our first visit to the village of Watublapi on the island of Flores in Indonesia. After a week of some of the most amazing countryside, food, culture and people, we discovered Yilila and Watublapi are following the same paths to build their remote communities with their traditional music, dance and art. We are already planning to go back as soon as possible to continue to share our culture and experience with eachother. We will start a new web site soon to show you what we have been doing, but of course, we are already well underway with a few exciting new recording projects. Click here to go to the videos page and see Grant Nundhirribala working on some new songs in Indonesia.

"Aeroplane" EP Released with John Butler & Raka Mukherjee Posted 23/1/07

The title track & new rippin' single "Aeroplane" features a guest appearance from John Butler on slide guitar & acclaimed Indian singer Raka Mukherjee collaborating on a breathtaking remix of our song "Manilamanila". There is also a remix of our award winning song "Mijiyanga". For all of you who love hearing Yilila play unique music from the remote Arnhem Land, Australia, now is the chance to hear us performing along side two world class artists & check out some new tracks.

"Act of the Year" & "Male Musician of the Year" Awards Posted 28/8/06

Yilila were this years NT Indigenous Music Awards winners of "Act of the Year" and our lead singer Grant Nundhirribala won "Best Male Musician" along with a prize of $10,000 worth of International touring support. Thanks to Music NT for an outstanding awards night at the Darwin Amphitheatre

New music video & interview downloads Posted 2/8/06

Two full length music videos are now available for download. Click on these links Rharrarharra or Dhararri, or download from our videos page There are also 9 interviews about the band, music and culture and 6 traditional dancing videos by our musicians

Yilila's music is now available online from the iTunes music store Posted 1/8/06

If you want to hear our songs or buy our mp3s online then click on the iTunes link

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 Winners of the 2006 NT Indigenous Music Awards "Act of the Year" & "Best Male Musician" winners of the 2005 "Best CD Release" & "Song of the Year" Winners of the 2004 "Best New Emerging Act"

Community Development

• Eastern Indonesia Residency
• Artstories

Music in Communities Award Nomination Posted 15/08/08

Below are the judges comments on our award nomination - “The two talented leaders behind this project have taken their passion, skills and commitment and turned them into an economic force in this remote community. Here, music also plays a critical role in delivering the school curriculum and boosting school attendances. It is a wonderful project.”

Indonesia Residency Posted 10/12/06

Yilila have just received a residency in Eastern Indonesia that has been initiated by Asialink, Melbourne, and the Kelola Foundation, Jakarta. We will travel to Indonesia over the next year to develop a partnership between our remote community Numbulwar, Australia, and traditional musicians from villages in Flores, Indonesia. We think this will be a great chance to encourage traditional music from Australia and Indonesia and work on some fresh new sounds through cross cultural music. Yilila's traditional and band music came from Indonesia hundreds of years ago. Now Yilila can go to Indonesia to revitalise and take the next step in their ongoing music & dance relationship between Eastern Indonesia and Arnhem Land, Australia. More info about the aims of the project click here

Numburrindi Band and Artstories project release first CD "Ngalaligi"

The linguists from Numbulwar and the Artstories project, have just released their first CD called "Ngalaligi" (turtle) . The CD was officially released at the Artstories festival day in Darwin. The CD is the first of its kind, all in Numbulwar's traditional language Nunggubuyu. The CD contains fun songs in language to help teach children language in the classroom and at home.

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