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DDP007 The First Album

by Aboriginal Voices

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1.
Voices In The Memory 05:36
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2.
Your Desease Is My Hope 04:09
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3.
Los Pajaros 04:09
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4.
The Biggest Fight 04:47
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5.
I 01:57
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6.
II 03:21
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III 02:56
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IV 00:32
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V 01:37
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VI 03:32
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"ab"; a formal element occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “away from”. Consider its significance when applied to words such as "above", "abdicate" and "abolition". When expanding this idea through sonic form, you could think of the paired words "Aboriginal Voices". This also has been the chosen band name for this couple in the Zurich eighties scene. Coming from a classical or Jazz background as well as being part of some of the more successful 80s Zurich punk bands, the pair's knowledge in pop songwriting did not convince them into stapling this format for their creative endeavours.

Consisting of Heinrich "Wüste" Zwahlen and Micheline "Misch" Pfister, their music features themes in the likes of the need for constant creation, the dullness of routine in one's life, anguish, revenge and uncertainty. The story of a nihilistic couple that drives forward in self-expression away from their immediate surroundings.

“The First Album” is the earliest works of the band’s artistic path. Haunting, eerie with punk tonality, the story behind this music is narrated by Magda Vogel, the lead singer of avant-gardist Zurich band UnknownMix. Diverging in various genres in the likes of synth pop and post-punk, “The First Album” is the snapshot of the musical accomplishment of a couple over the career span of three years. Organic and lush, rough and electric, Aboriginal Voices, primitives of Zurich.

A fever daydream with samba-like curious rhythms that waves towards what could be perceived as the fundamentals of early techno music. Loops, diverse, repeat. A more naive approach to songwriting, as these were the first recordings by the Aboriginal Voices, resemble more to compositional experiments as to a means to a more familiar, pop-oriented structure that are more reoccuring in their later works. The music presented in front of you aims to create a meeting place, a scenario, where an outsider’s perspective can catch a glimpse into seeing the duo’s artistic synergy. To witness through a squint their environment. To see each other and hear how their stories intersect and interact with their own music. In addition to their EP, tracks I-VI are compositions that served as a soundtrack for an experimental film for a friend of Magda’s.

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released March 27, 2023

Vocals: Magda Vogel, Heinrich “Wüste” Zwahlen, Micheline “Misch” Pfister.

Composition and production by Heinrich “Wüste” Zwahlen, Micheline “Misch” Pfister.

Mastering by Déandrah.

Graphic design by Debbie.

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