Passage
Music composed by Tony Lewis for the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre. The works on this disc, commissioned by the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre, deal with the meeting points between Aboriginal and European societies and the ways in which Aboriginal people interact with the contemporary Australian society.
Tony Lewis is a non-aboriginal musician, composer and producer strongly dedicated to the preservation and development of Aboriginal culture. Lewis plays keyboards, percussion and other exotic string and wind instruments; while the evocative sounds of the didgeridoo, bass and tenor saxophones; voice, electric guitar, cello, shakuhachi, birds and frogs can be heard in various places throughout.
Performers:
Tony Lewis · keyboards, percussion, exotic wind and string instruments, studio processing
Graham Blanco · didjeridu · track 1
Kim Sanders · tenor saxophone · track 1
Ben Ewald · baritone and soprano saxophones · track 2
Ron Keelan · extra percussion · track 2
Michael Dowson · voice · track 2
Broc O'Connor · electric guitar · track 3
Michael Hodson · bass guitar drone · track 5
John Napier · cello · track 5
Riley Kelly Lee · shakuhachi · track 6