Homeland Movement

Homeland Movement is the debut album by Australian rock band Yothu Yindi that was released in May 1989 on the Mushroom Records label.

Homeland Movement
Studio album by
Yothu Yindi
ReleasedMarch 1989
Recorded1988
GenreAboriginal rock
Length38:51
LabelMushroom
ProducerLeszek Karski
Yothu Yindi chronology
Homeland Movement
(1989)		 Tribal Voice
(1991)

Following a tour of Australia and North America in late 1988, supporting Midnight Oil, the band signed with Mushroom Records and spent a day in Sydney recording a demo tape. Mushroom Records released the demo as the band's debut album.[1] One side of the album comprised punchy politicised rock songs, such as "Mainstream", whilst the other side concentrated on traditionally based songs like "Djapana (Sunset Dreaming)", written by former teacher Mandawuy Yunupingu.[2]

"Mainstream"/"Gudurrku" was released as a single in March 1989 and was followed by "Djäpana" (Sunset Dreaming)/"Gunmarra" in August. A follow-up, non-album single, "Tribal Voice", an outtake from the sessions, was released in 1990 and had a music video filmed for it. It was re-recorded and became the title track to the band's follow-up album.

Track listing
  1. "Mainstream" (Bakamana Yunupingu)
  2. "Yolngu Woman" (Yunupingu)
  3. "Homeland Movement" (Yunupingu)
  4. "Yolngu Boy" (Yunupingu)
  5. "Djäpana" (Yunupingu)
  6. "Gamadala" (Traditional song, arranged by Witiyana Marika, Milkayngu Mununggurr, Yunupingu)
  7. "Garrtjambal" (Traditional song, arranged by Marika, Mununggurr, Yunupingu)
  8. "Mambulmambul" (Traditional song, arranged by Marika, Mununggurr, Yunupingu)
  9. "Gudurrku" (Traditional song, arranged by Marika, Mununggurr, Yunupingu)
  10. "Barrwula" (Traditional song, arranged by Marika, Mununggurr, Yunupingu)
  11. "Gunmarra" (Traditional song, arranged by Marika, Mununggurr, Yunupingu)
  12. "Luku-Wangawuy Manikay" (1788) (Djenarra Galarrwuy)

Personnel

References
  1. Nimmervoll, Ed. "Yothu Yindi". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. Scott-Maxwell, Aline; Whiteoak, John, eds. (2003). Currency companion to music and dance in Australia. Currency House Inc. p. 539.
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