NEW SOUNDS: New, Newer, Newest: Some wonder from Down Under
NEW SOUNDS: New, Newer, Newest: Some wonder from Down Under
BY ROSA GOLLAN
“Padma Newsome – Cloud Theory
Australia’s distinctive landscape and environment has always had a significant influence on the art, literature, film and music created by its inhabitants, both before and after colonization.
Padma Newsome was born in Alice Springs, in Australia’s “red center”, he’s a composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, conductor, and dabbles in projects with The National and Clogs.
His latest project, a sonic essay entitled The Vanity of trees, was inspired by the surroundings of Mallacoota, a small town located in the eastern corner of the state of Victoria. As the title suggests, trees are a particular focus; the grey gum, the snow gum, the black wattle, the desert bloodwood, koalas, wombats and fruit bats all serve as inspiration.
The tracks ‘Trunk Proud’ is especially haunting and paints a musical picture of the stillness of Mother Nature, and the particular eeriness that comes being isolated in the remote Australian outback.”