Maatakitj – Bindari

Maatakitj, aka Clint Bracknell, is a music-maker and language revivalist with a passion for connecting linguistics to song, culture and landscapes.
Originally from the south coast Noongar region of WA, he has performed and written music for the stage and screen, co-translating a full-length Shakespearean work for Perth Festival, feature film dubbing entirely in Noongar language, performed with Kronos Quartet and Angelique Kidjo and has a PhD in Noongar Language.

Maatakitj, Dr Clint Bracknell, joins Breakfast’s Pam Boland to chat about his new single, Bindari.

A classical string piece, complemented by the vocals of Maatakitj in his mother tongue, Noongar, characterizing Bindari, a thunderstorm, in three distinct parts – wild winds and thunder, then light rains moving from west to east, and finally a kangaroo seeking refuge underneath a small tree. The single moves between tones of power and strength, to soft and provocative, to sharp and erratic.

For more information on Maatakitj and his music, head to his website.