In Dreamtime, Curawaka weaves a captivating soundscape. Their second album is a journey through sound and soul, through fabrics of waking and dreaming reality, with stitches of world rhythms and celestial melodies. Within these sounds, Curawaka is leading the way back to the heart, with a message to take care of nature and protect the natural world.
The concept of Dreamtime comes from the long and dark Arctic winters that have sculptured the heart and soul of vocalist and songwriter Anna Bariyani. “When the land itself is sleeping, we say that nature goes into dreamtime. We believe the seeds are sleeping and dreaming underneath the snow, somehow receiving its mission and the vitality needed to grow and blossom in spring. Dreamtime provides the soul with the conditions to rejuvenate and prepare to fulfil its original purpose.” Anna Bariyani.
From the frozen embrace of the Northern lights and crystalline white winters of her native Scandinavia, Bariyani’s voice and storytelling brings us across the ocean through jungles of the Amazon, deserts in Mexico and over the mighty Andes mountains, which adds lush scales and passionate Latin-American folk rhythms into Curawaka’s expression.
Dreamtime is also a profound testament to Curawaka's mission to highlight the voices of First Nation Peoples. The album, which includes six languages, features collaborations with, and guest appearances by, several indigenous leaders, elders and wisdom keepers from around the world, continuing Curawaka’s commitment to celebrating and honouring native cultures, emphasising their pivotal role in the healing of humankind.
Anna Bariyani elaborates: "Native cultures still have a living connection to the land, which most of the modern world has lost. This connection to nature is the very umbilical cord to life itself. In order to restore harmony in the world, we need to restore our connection to the land, we must listen to nature, listen to the wise folk, listen to their songs and stories, listen to our own bones. Listen deep, and remember."
Dreamtime tells musical stories of prayers and prophecies; it celebrates the infinite beauty and sacredness of life, and carries a message of hope, trust and unity in a time when the world yearns for reconnection and authenticity.
credits
released October 13, 2023
Credits
Anna Bariyani - Vocals / Guitar / Hand drum / Udu / World stick
Tavo Vazquez - Charango / Quena flute / Siku / Guitar / Ronroco / Percussion / Vocals
Alberto Arroyo - Guitars / Bass / Backing vocals / Mandolin / Atecocolli (caracol)
Txai Fernando - Percussion / Backing vocals / Keyboards / Piano / Udu / Jaw harp /Kantele
Muwieri Xaure Eusebio Lopez - Canari / Wixárika violin/canto del marakame (track 1)
Ricardo Sanchez - Percussion (track 1,6,9) Juan Carlos Weishaupt - Percussion (track 1,5) Gabriel Aisenmann - Percussion (track 2,8)
Adrian Freedman - Shakuhachi flute (track 2)
Endre Hareide - Bass (track 3,7,9)
Elina Reale - Violin (track 3,9)
Chandra Lacombe - Kalimba (track 3,4) / Percussion / Mouth slap (track 8)
Doña Francisca Shawandawa - Vocals (track 4)
Moussa Dialo - Bass (track 4)
Uriel Seri - Congas (track 4,8)
Dario Santamaria - Gauta / Silver flute / wind arrangement (track 4)
Célio de Carvalho - Pandeiro (track 4)
Paolo Rizzardini - Tenor saxophone (track 4)
Roberto Lorenzo Eleves - Trombone (track 4)
Martin Dubois - Kora (track 4)
Wolf Graterol - Violin (track 5,9) Taita Nando: Icaro / Spoken words / Waira (track 6)
Jasmin Engman - Guitar / backing vocals (track 7) Cesar Alcedo - Charango (track 7)
Lassi Logren - Jouhikko (track 8)
Aurora Citlali Arroyo-Stokkeland - backing vocals (track 8)
Maité LaMuse - backing vocals (track 8)
Steinar Ofsdal - Cello (track 9)
Hivshu - Vocals / Spoken word / Hand drum (track 10)
Recorded in Nixi Studio, Oslo.
All tracks mixed by Txai Fernando
All tracks mastered by Jock Loveband, Urban Sounds Studios, Oslo.
Digital distribution by Nixi Music
Original artwork by Delfina Mun
Graphic design by Irene Domínguez Márquez
Photography in Wirikuta by Marta Kowalska Additional photography: Benjamin Wedemeyer
Producer: Txai Fernando & Curawaka
Executive producer: Anna Bariyani
Gratitude:
Alberto Arroyo
Tavo Vazquez
Txai Fernando
Nils Noa Lausund
Kim Booth
Julia Jennings
Jock Loveband
Kai Stokkeland
Muwieri Xaure Eusebio Lopez & family, Familia Carrillo and all Wixarika people
Hernando Villa & Kathi Von Koerber
Hivshu & Marianne
Doña Francisca, Tuchawa & the Shawandawa people
Dario Santamaria Romero, Wolf Graterol, Elina Reale, Cesar Alcedo, Jasmin Engman
Chandra Lacombe, Adrian Freedman, Martin Dubois, Steinar Ofsdal Endre Hareide, Gabriel Aisenmann, Juan Carlos Weishaupt, Ricardo Sanchez, Lassi Logren And all the other amazing musicians who play the medicine of the heart
Delfina Mun
Irene Domínguez Márquez
Maité LaMuse
Rob Allen
Åsa Backmann
Lone Beate Ebeltoft
Anne Maria Carmona Deville & Qenti Aiyana
Per Stokkeland and Stokkeland family Aurora Citlali, Amélie Tonantzin, Yaretzi, Tonatiuh, Yoali
Casa Aurora tribe & Aurora Alliansen
All dear friends and relatives around the world
Kayumari - Aurora Boreal - Jiboia - Huiracocha Wirikuta - Arctic - Amazon - Andes
Fire - Water - Earth - Air Pacha Mama - Padre Sol - Mama Quilla - Padre Cielo
Sacred Design of Life
All Allies All Around
THANK YOU - I LOVE YOU
Dreamtime is dedicated to my daughters Amélie Tonantzin & Aurora Citlali, as well as the memory of my mother Irene Myran. May dreamtime nourish our wells well forever.
I heard a few of the songs from this album at a sacred sound healing retreat. My favourite tracks are Que Florezca La Luz and Nuestro Mundo. Absolutely stunning music I never get tired of listening. Dj Rise
