Hand to Earth NT Tour

Recently returned from their European tour, Hand to Earth are headed up to the Northern Territory to tour across three busy weeks across August. Following the cancellation of last year's touring leg, we can't wait to return and perform at the following venues:

Aug 16: Ngukurr Arts Centre, 6PM
Aug 18: Numbrulwar School, 6PM
Aug 21: Darwin Festival, 5PM
Aug 24: Marrawuddi Arts Centre, 6PM
Aug 26: Nitmiluk Gorge Park, 5PM
Aug 30: Djilpin Arts

The Cloud Maker

The Cloud Maker is a collaboration that began on the snowy peaks of Canada, where Te Kahureremoa Taumata, Sunny Kim and Aviva Endean met on a residency at The Banff Centre in 2019. In a cosy wooden hut, they connected over a story of the Maori moth goddess Raukatauri, the creation story of the Putorino, a cocoon shaped flute, and just one of the many Tāonga Pūoro (singing treasures) which Taumata plays.

On another mountain, at the Ukaria centre in the Adelaide Hills, The Cloud Maker will delve deeper into their connection, with an expanded line up interweaving Te Kahureremoa's knowledge of the Maori Tāonga Pūoro (including nose flutes, bone flutes and poi) Aviva’s experimental approach to clarinets and winds and Sunny’s evocative vocals, alongside master instrumentalists Freya Schack-Arnott (cello/nyckelharpa) Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung (erhu, yehu) and Maria Moles (drums).

Reimagining folkloric stories of goddesses from their many shared heritages, The Cloud Maker’s powerful music echoes tales of creation, regeneration and transformation, and evokes a time when music and language, art and life, were intertwined.