8CCC’s Feature Album is a transcendental, reflective and deeply enveloping body of work, Crown and Country, recently released worldwide via ABC Music and French label Akuphone. Wanta Jampijinpa is a critically important figure in contemporary Warlpiri philosophy and research, a leader in cultural education and community-based art, and an international ambassador for Warlpiri culture. He joins his father, First Contact elder and one of the most important Warlpiri songmen alive today, Jerry Jangala Patrick OAM, whose traditional singing grounds the work in Warlpiri ceremony.
The album was created in collaboration with award-winning music producer and composer Marc ‘Monkey’ Peckham. The three share a remarkable creative relationship spanning 15 years in
Lajamanu, working on the innovative community-based Milpirri Festival.
If you want a more immersive experience, Crown and Country has been brought to life as a film with filmmaker James Gillot shooting Wanta Jampijinpa, Jerry Jangala and their grandson/great-grandson Keshawn Patrick on Warlpiri country, with support from filmmaker Jeff Bruer. The film will see its debut screening as part of Darwin Festival’s opening weekend, before travelling to Melbourne to screen as part of the interdisciplinary art festival Now or Never in late August.