DOBBY - Dirrpi Yuin Patjulinya (Official Music Video)

Dirrpi Yuin Patjulinya is the first song from DOBBY's debut album: WARRANGU; River Story, out Friday, June 14th 2024.
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Directed by DOBBY
Produced by Vyvienne Abla
A.I. footage and animation prompted, generated and edited by Micke Morphingaz of Eating Music.

Content and footage credits used to generate AI:
When the River Runs Dry, Nora & R.D. Productions
Rory McLeod
Luke Currie-Richardson

Label: ABC Music
Publishing: Sony Music Publishing

SONG CREDITS
Written and Produced by DOBBY aka/ Rhyan Clapham
Mixed by Tom Garnett
Mastered by Andrew Edgson
Pied Butcherbird recorded on Ngemba lands.

The music video for Dirrpi Yuin Patjulinya features AI Generated footage of animals and the Murray Darling Basin, as developed and coordinated by Micke Morphingaz. The video also includes real footage of the Murray Darling Basin as captured by Nora & R.D. Productions, Rory McLeod and Luke Currie-Richardson. These images document the severe drought that heavily impacted the Murray Darling during 2019.

The combination of real and fake imagery of our rivers is intended to provoke thoughts about Country and question the authenticity of our connection with Country. In this video we champion both the natural beauty of Ngemba and Murrwarri Countries, as well as highlight the sheer damage that Westernised agriculture and floodplain harvesting has put upon our lands and waterways.

On a hot morning in Brewarrina 2018, I recorded a beautiful Pied Butcher Bird calling from right outside my window at my Aunty Noeleen Shearer’s house. He forms the basis of the song, and I’ve provided some more music around his melody.

“Dirrpi Yuin Patjulinya” means “The Bird Names Himself” in the local Ngemba language of Brewarrina NSW, as told and spoken by Brad Steadman. The bird sings a story of Country; land, water and sky, in the triumphant sound bed of strings and driving drums that help support this Pied Butcher Bird’s ancient flight across the Riverina.

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