Feature: WILDFIRE MANWURRK – The Next Future
Raw and primal, WILDFIRE MANWURRK explodes with monolithic riffs and frantic drums interlaced with pulsating didgeridoo (morle); proudly unveiling their tenacious debut EP The Next Future.
The Next Future, is literally thousands of years in the making.
Living remote between Maningrida and their ancestral home, Korlorbidahdah – eight hours drive from Darwin, it was sheer tenacity enabled the band to record and travel interstate during a pandemic.
The Next Future was recorded at Nowave Studio in Mullimbimby over three days, engineered by James Boundy (Dune Rats) and co-produced by WILDFIRE MANWURRK, Matt Smith and Natalie Carey.
The result is a melting pot of thrashing guitars, traditional songlines from ancient times, and the stories they face as men in a world of culture, chaos and change.
Raw and primal, WILDFIRE MANWURRK explodes with monolithic riffs and frantic drums interlaced with pulsating didgeridoo (morle); proudly unveiling their tenacious debut EP The Next Future.
“This music, it’s looking at both worlds. We’re telling our honest story using Balanda (whitefella) and Bininj (blackfella) music together. Kunborrk (ceremony songlines) with modern instruments are our double tools,” says Victor Rostron. “We have a story to tell and this is our voice, in our language, one of the oldest languages in this world. That language will help you connect to where you are standing. It will help us come together, where we learn from each other,”
WILDFIRE MANWURRK ‘s debut EP The Next Future is available NOW.
