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Welcome To The Neighbourhood (Instrumental version)

from Welcome To The Neighbourhood by Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra

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The instrumental-only version of 'Welcome To The Neighbourhood'.

Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra addresses refugee rights, black lives and racial injustice in new single ‘Welcome To The Neighbourhood’ — a collaboration with diverse artists of First Nations, refugee, immigrant and gender diverse backgrounds.

Once again playing nearly all instruments heard in his music, Matt’s soul-inspired piece provides a lush backdrop for five diverse artists of colour to excavate their personal experiences, set against the real-time developments of the Bla(c)k Lives Matter movement and the Kangaroo Point blockade in solidarity with refugees.

‘Welcome To The Neighbourhood’ is a response to the very real, ongoing Australian issues of unethical detention of people seeking political refuge, black deaths in custody and systemic racism. It is a message of welcome and acknowledgement to those denied safe harbour and fair treatment, and a celebration of people in our community speaking, blockading and standing in solidarity against these injustices.

This song features some of Meanjin’s best loved artist and activists, with vocals by Solchld (aka Aurora Liddle-Christie, a Jamaican/Indigenous-Australian activist-artist), spoken word by Anisa Nandaula (Ugandan-Australian award-winning poet and author) and Naavikaran (Indian-born LGBTIQ+ activist and body-movement artist), rap by Nima Doostkhah (Iranian-Australian hip-hop artist), vocals and instruments by Cieavash Arean (Iranian-Australian refugee and multi-instrumentalist), and baby sounds by Mira and her father Amer Thabet (Syrian actor). Alongside Matt, each of these featured artists appeared in La Boite Theatre Company’s The Neighbourhood, with which this track shares unofficial DNA.

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from Welcome To The Neighbourhood, released September 1, 2020
Composed and recorded by Matt Hsu using vibraphone, flugelhorn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, harp, rhodes, mbira, double bass, clarinet, furulya, flute and percussion.

Oud performed by Cieavash Arean.

Mixed and mastered by Matt Hsu and Peet Gardner of So Soap Studios.

Music video directed by Matt Hsu with the support of La Boite Theatre Company and Aleea Monsour.

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Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra is a 2020 QMusic Award winning composer and multi-instrumentalist who creates intricately- crafted otherworldly music using rethought everyday objects and rare instruments. His one-person orchestra project is the brainchild of his offbeat musical sensibilities, creating sounds that celebrates difference, inclusivity and fuzzy spaces in-between cultures. ... more

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