That must be why it's considered a magical instrument".
"It is played with circular breathing, a technique that can put you in a sort of trance. "Still today they make them from eucalyptus branches or logs that have been hollowed out by termites", he explains. Even as a young child he showed a certain ability in playing the didgeridoo ( yidaki), the main instrument of the Aborigine, which has since become a fundamental part of his music. It shines a spotlight on the policies of our government and economic interests that are placing the ecosystems of many virgin areas at risk".ģ6 years old, originally from Torquay in the state of Victoria, but raised near Bells Beach ( made famous by the film Point Break, ed.), he recalls that his "decisive encounter with music was when I was around 10, after a Paul Simon concert". "The project is still in the embryonic stage, but it's really interesting. His commitment to defending the Aborigine community and the enviroment is the subject of an upcoming film, where Rudd will play himself. As a kid, my Native friends called me " the black fellow with the milky skin". It's something I feel deep down, in part because my father has Aborigine blood.
"Their world, their culture and spirituality have always fascinated me. "I grew up among the Aborigine", Xavier recounts. Then he really took off with the album Solace and the hit single Let Me Be, after which came Food in the Belly and the single The Mother, followed by White Moth, nominated for an ARIA award ( the Australian Grammy). He got noticed right away with the album To Let (2002) for the originallity of his style, a mix between Ben Harper, Paul Simon and Jack Johnson, and for his hippy surfer look. With his music and philosophy of life so close to Aborigine culture and spiritually, singer-songwriter Xavier Rudd is the world's most important ambassador of the Native Australians. But it's also a country of strong contradictions, where every day is one more step toward the annihilation of the identity of the aboriginal population, and where the younger generations, as recounted in Warwick Thornton's film Samson and Delilah, are relegated to the margins of society. Australia is a place where wonders never cease, a multicultural society, the "promised land"of third millenium. Down under, "the land of wonder", sang the Australian band Men at Work.
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