Musicians
Marliya Choir
- Origin
- Cairns, Queensland
- Genre/styles
- Folk | Hip Hop & Rap | Pop | World Explore more genres
- About Marliya
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The Marliya Choir, one of the Gondwana Choirs, a group of young female Aboriginal singers based in Cairns and born out of a collaboration between Gondwana Choirs and Felix Riebl.
Discography
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Album formats
- 10": 10 inch vinyl records were played at 45 or 33 1/3 rounds per minute (rpm). The former could hold 9, the latter 12 minutes of music per side.
- 7": 7 inch records (often referred to as 45s) were played at 45 rpm or 33 1/3 rpm, with about 4:30 or 6 minutes of music per side.
- LP: Long play, is a vinyl record played at 33 1⁄3 rpm with a 12 or 10-inch diameter.
- EP: Extended play, are vinyl records that allowed two or even three songs on each side.
Ms Dhu (Single)
- Released
- 9 January 2017
- Tracks
- Ms Dhu (feat. Felix Riebl & Marliya) [Radio Edit]
Spinifex Gum
- Released
- 28 September 2017
- Tracks
- Spinifex Gum
- Ms Dhu (ft. Felix Riebl)
- Locked up (ft. Briggs)
- Yurala
- Malungungu (ft. Peter Garrett)
- Gawarliwarli
- Marliya
- Lang interlude
- Make it rain (ft. Emma Donovan)
- Wandanggarli
- Don't shut them down
- Notes
All of the songs are performed by Marliya Choir, with guest artists Felix Riebl, Ollie McGill, Briggs, Peter Garrett and Emma Donovan. This album is an extension of the original 30-minute song cycle, exploring aspects of Aboriginal life in the Pilbara, incorporating Yinjabarndi language.
Website: www.spinifexgum.com
Dream Baby Dream (Single)
- Released
- 6 August 2019
- Tracks
- Dream Baby Dream (feat. Marliya) - Single
Together (Single)
- Released
- 16 September 2019
- Tracks
- Together (feat. Brianna Durante) [with Marliya Choir]
Sisters
- Released
- 8 November 2019
- Tracks
- Sunshine
- Living in a Dream
- Sisters
- Together (feat. Brianna Durante)
- Ready or Not
- Dream Baby Dream
- Voice, Treaty, Truth, Now
- I Am the Greatest
- Out Where You Are
- My Island Home
Live at Sydney Opera House
- Released
- 29 January 2021
- Tracks
- Acknowledgement of Country
- Spinifex Gum
- Wandangarli
- Mine Steal Tender Ore
- Yurala
- I Am the Greatest
- Out Where You Are
- Lang Interlude
- Make It Rain (feat. Emma Donovan)
- Ghosts Whisper
- Malungungu (feat. Peter Garrett)
- The Dead Heart (feat. Peter Garrett)
- Don't Shut Them Down
- My Island Home (feat. Emma Donovan)
- Gawarliwarli
- Ms Dhu (feat. Felix Riebl)
- Locked Up (feat. Briggs)
- The Children Came Back (feat. Briggs)
- Marliya
- Notes
A recording of the live performance on 25 January 2019.
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