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2016 Demo

by Arafura

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Amidst mountains, amidst folklore Islands outlined with grey shores Batavia arrives to brutalise Age old tribes We forget, we ignore The falsification of history Your eyes will glass over Your speech will cease
2.
Decolonise 00:57
From the shoreline to mountain ranges We were once unified But corruption has trickled down Who indoctrinated you? Have you forgotten the ones who oppressed you? Decolonise
3.
Rejuvenate 01:26
We did it Timor-Leste We did it to West Papua We should know better We should be better They took our cloves! They took our nutmeg! They beat our women! Destroyed our freedom! Timor Papua Rejuvenate
4.
Detach 02:54
Detach! Under bleach is sulphur and fertility Soar, coast The motherland awaits you

about

These are the first four songs we ever wrote, just under seven minutes of anti-colonial anti-powerviolence. Written and recorded on the land of the Gadigal and Wangal Peoples of the Eora Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

We operate in solidarity with Indigenous communities all over the world who are resisting colonialism and fighting for reconciliation.

Resources:
FreeWestPapua.org
IndigenousRights.net.au
THE MAHUZEs (film)
1965Tribunal.org

All money from digital sales of this demo will be donated to the Asylum Seekers Centre in Newtown, Sydney who help provide individual case management, legal advice, health care, employment assistance, social services and support, development and advocacy for asylum seekers.
asylumseekerscentre.org.au

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released February 16, 2016

Arafura is:

A'isyiyah: Yells
Ed: Beats
Dean: Riffs, also some yells

All music and lyrics by Arafura.

Recorded by Jivin' Josh at Soundworks Studios, Marrickville and Black Wire Records, Annandale between July and August 2015. Also mixed and mastered by Jivin' Josh between August 2015 and January 2016.

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Arafura Sydney, Australia

Anticolonial erratic hardcore made on unceded Gadigal Land (so called Sydney).

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