Wildflower

Wildflower 2008

Wildflower have a new album on the way..tentatively title "Muningburru Bininj".

August 2007 - Wildflower have finished recording their first studio album. Recorded at Audrey Studios in Melbourne and at their outstation Mammadewerre, this album is sure to turn heads. Wildflower also produced a film clip in Melbourne for their song "Kabbari"

Wildflower were chosen by ABC's triple j for their list of Next Crop acts for 2006. They featured on Sunday November 12th - as part of triple j's Australian Music Month - with airplay throughout that day of "Galiwin'ku" along with a short recorded introduction from the band.

Click here for TripleJ's 2006 Next Crop

Listen to TripleJ Hack's Ronan Sharkey interview with Wildflower

An extended interview with the band will be available on pod-cast and Wildflower's profile will be up on the ABC's Aus Music Month website.

Wildflower, the young band fronted by 5 young women from the remote Arnhem Land Outstation of Mamadawerre, made a huge impact at their many performances for the Darwin Festival this year and with their debut DVD single "Galiwin’ku" which has been broadcast on Rage & on Austar through Aurora Community TV.

Other highlights for Wildflower, who have been involved since 2004 in a three year Aboriginal Music Development Project funded by DEET NT:

-Mahbilil (Jabiru Wind Festival) 2004 & 2005

-Kunbarllanjnja Open Day (2005)

-Brown's Mart (Darwin) February 2006

-May Day Concert (Darwin) 2006.

-Barunga Festival 2006

-Santos Concert, major opening concert for the Darwin Festival 2006

-TripleJ Live (Starshell-Darwin) 2006

- Indigenous Music Awards- Darwin 2006 (Nominated for best emerging band)

- Groovin’ The Moo- Darwin 2006 (Supporting Augie March, Youth Group & Gomez)

- Merepen Festival 2006 (Support Act for Deborah Conway, Zydecats & Nabarlek)

- Triple J live broadcast @ The Starshell, Darwin 2006

"The confidence in the girls to stand up proudly and sing to an audience, (a role that has been traditionally been played out by many male groups only throughout the NT) is exhilarating", said a member of the audience at their debut Darwin performance at Brown's Mart, Darwin on Feb 3rd 2006.

They are not imitating hip hop or rap, or dance, which many groups are now doing, but Wildflower follow in the footsteps of their uncles and fathers from the well known Indigenous rock band Nabarlek, adding their own blend of singable melodies and hook lines with a glowing sparkle.

Local and national touring is on the agenda for 2007.

Contact Details

Mark T Grose – Skinnyfish Music

[email protected]

Ph + 61 8 8941 8066

Fax +61 8 8941 9066

Wildflower may take a while to accept your friendship inviatation as they are out at their outstation, but please be patient, they will view their friends pending soon!!