Australian made, Australian played

by Michael Atherton

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1.	Crosstalk 01:19	info	buy track
2.	Chasmic 01:43	info	buy track
3.	Air for 2 (played by 1) 02:03	info	buy track
4.	Chance 02:18	info	buy track
5.	Five-play 01:22	info	buy track
6.	Toy 03:11	info	buy track
7.	Walnut pipes 00:46	info	buy track
8.	Pour mon couer 00:46	info	buy track
9.	English dance 00:57	info	buy track
10.	Fantasy 02:29	info	buy track
11.	Baloo baleerie 01:12	info	buy track
12.	Air and jig 03:12	info	buy track
13.	Fanfare 00:43	info	buy track
14.	Wattleflower 01:52	info	buy track
15.	Ad lib 01:34	info	buy track
16.	Dance for 2 (played by 1) 03:23	info	buy track
17.	Daisy 00:06	info	buy track
18.	Junkbox 01:25	info	buy track
19.	Silly bird 00:12	info	buy track
20.	Djerag 00:50	info	buy track
21.	Let me out 00:53	info	buy track
22.	Tarantella 00:58	info	buy track
23.	The drover's dream 01:03	info	buy track
24.	Moreton Bay 00:54	info	buy track
25.	Bush tucker 01:31	info	buy track
26.	Dum-didlee-dum 1 00:32	info	buy track
27.	Follow your partner 00:20	info	buy track
28.	Dum-didlee-dum 2 00:48	info	buy track
29.	18C jukebox 03:10	info	buy track
30.	North of Darwin 01:18	info	buy track
31.	Goat bag hum 02:28	info	buy track
32.	Fleeting memory 01:13	info	buy track
33.	Let's jam 03:01	info	buy track
34.	Fipple in the dark 01:14	info	buy track
35.	Urban gamelan 02:53	info	buy track
36.	Ayers Barock 04:42	info	buy track
37.	Bell bird baritones 02:16	info	buy track

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All original compositions and improvisations by Michael Atherton, except for: 'Pour mon coeur' (anon. 13C France); 'English Dance' (anon, 12C); 'Baloo baleerie' (Scottish folksong); 'The Blackbird' (Irish air); 'Moreton Bay', Australian traditional folksong.

credits

released October 3, 2020

Thank you:
Ceska Baret, viola, track 15; John Napier, cello, track 33; Ian Mackenzie, Uilleann pipes, track 12; Carey Beebe, harpsichord, track 36; Michael Gissing, paired sticks, hubcaps and glass bits, tracks 1, 21 & 35; James Valentine, hubcaps and glass bits, track 35; Martin Wesley-Smith, loan of the Fairlight, CMI, track 37

Bruce Gore & Peter Alway, National Acoustic Laboratories

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Michael Atherton Sydney, Australia

Michael Atherton - multi-instrumentalist whose creative output includes composition, screen music, performance and artistic direction in many genres and styles, including Asia-Pacific musical instruments, Australian instrument makers and intercultural music. His performances and recordings include creative realisations of ancient Egyptian, Greek, medieval and renaissance music. ... more