Dirtmusic - BKO

Double LP gatefold Sleeve, 180 g black vinyl. Includes the CD and the DVD!

CD packaging - cardboard digifile with 28pg booklet and an outside banderole + DVD.

Bonus DVD - documentary, 3 music videos and 4 bonus songs

What is dirt music? Well that's relatively straightforward. Luther Fox, fish-poacher, lonely hunter, enchanter, "shamateur" and tragic hero of the modern Australian masterpiece 'Dirt Music' by Tim Winton conveniently drawls out a definition for us: anything you could play on a verandah. You know, without electricity. Dirt music.

Who are Dirtmusic? Well, that's a little more complicated. What we're dealing with are three veterans of the independent musical state of mind, CHRIS ECKMAN. The Walkabouts melancholic,introspective songwriter extraordinaire. CHRIS BROKAW 'Boston's hardest working indie rocker'& HUGO RACE, one of the original members of The Bad Seeds. Eckman had been a fan of African music for years, since the earliest days of The Walkabouts in fact. But by the end of the 1990s, he'd lost the thread. It took some field recordings brought back by a friend from the West African state of Mali to reignite the flame. And so, in January 2006, Eckman found himself juddering down the dirt track to Timbuktu, on the southern fringe of the great Sahara desert to the Festival in The Desert. The highlight was a showcase of young Touareg bands, in the spirit of Tinariwen. Two years later, he and his fellow Dirtmusicians touched down at Timbuktu airport & met Tamikrest. The aim was to make two separate records...one by Dirtmusic and one by Tamikrest, but to leave room for plenty of cross-pollination and mutual inspiration. And that's exactly what happened. Under the influence of Tamikrest, Dirtmusic's songs became simpler, more skeletal and essential . Under the influence of Dirtmusic, Tamikrest experienced their first adventure in a professional studio. It was a mutual appreciation society, a win-win hoedown of music generosity.Two days of rehearsal, three days of recording...simple!

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