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Vinyl LP pressing. The Makarrata Project is a themed mini-album of collaborations with Indigenous artists. Midnight Oil will donate it's share of any proceeds it receives from this to organizations which seek to elevate The Uluru Statement From The Heart in particular and Indigenous reconciliation more broadly. After centuries of struggle for recognition and justice, 2017's Uluru Statement called for the establishment of a 'First Nations Voice' enshrined in the Australian Constitution and the establishment of a 'Makarrata Commission' to supervise agreement-making and truth-telling between governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Clearly this mini-album has ended up being timely in ways nobody could have anticipated as the Black Lives Matter movement surges globally and renews local focus on Aboriginal deaths in custody. However, The Makarrata Project was actually recorded late last year after the band regrouped for a European tour. They entered the studio with about twenty songs of which seven revolved around themes of reconciliation so they decided to record that batch of material separately with a wide range of Indigenous collaborators (the rest of the new recordings are slated for a 2021 ). Album Tracks 1. First Nation Featuring Jessica Mauboy & Tasman Keith 2. Gadigal Land Featuring Dan Sultan, Joel Davison, Kaleena Briggs & Bunna Lawrie 3. Change the Date Featuring Gurrumul Yunupingu & Dan Sultan (Backing Vocals Leah Flanagan, Kaleena Briggs & Ursula Yovich) 4. Terror Australia Featuring Alice Skye 5. Desert Man, Desert Woman Featuring Frank Yamma 6. Wind in My Head (Makarrata Version) Featuring Kev Carmody and Sammy Butcher (Backing Vocals Leah Flanagan, Kaleena Briggs & Ursula Yovich 7. Uluru Statement from the Heart Read By Pat Anderson, Stan Grant, Adam Goodes, Ursula Yovich and Troy Cassar-Dale
