RAPOON

Melancholic songs of the desert and the bush prophet both deal with isolationism and the myth of democracy. Manipulated by media and bombarded with political spin we live in a world where our political choices are reduced to almost zero.Faced with a hostile world and lies from every direction is it any wonder that there is a need to retreat to try and find some peace and humanity .The voices on the television make promises and soothing noises then wage unjust wars in our name.The lies fall like honey and nothing changes.These songs are a retreat into the one place that no government has yet found a way into, the free and open spaces of the mind.They are spontaneous and mediative reflections looking for an inner peace in a world made ugly by hatred and war.They symbolise a kind of "walkabout" and a reconnection with a lost sense of belonging spiritually, intellectually and physically with the world we inhabit.The music here looks for a sense of inner being that one can only find in quiet isolation.(label info)