Famili Collab

Famili is a collective of artists from the Pacific diaspora and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities exploring themes of climate change, gender identity, immigration, sexuality and third culture. FAMILI reflects who we are as a people. Individually and collectively. It is expression through contemporary electronic music, yet we are drawing on instruments traditionally used in our music like conch shells, log drums (garamut, pate), bamboo shakers, split canes, flutes, and an incredible range of percussive and melodic instruments. We use song structures and harmonies common to Pasifika music where there’s a lot of spiritual collective singing, and it’s different from what you’d hear in a Western religious context. There’s something sacred about people singing together, to each other, and that’s something present across most cultures. We are currently completing work on our first full-length album exploring skin, culture and queerness. Expect HIPHOP, NEW WAVE, RNB & OCEANIC MUSICALITY to drop later in 2022. We acknowledge we are primarily working on the lands of Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nations. We acknowledge all First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners of the sacred lands and waterways, seas and communities. We pay deep respect to all elders past, present and emerging and to ancestors ever-present. Sovereignty has never been ceded, treaties have never been signed. We stand in solidarity with Bla(c)k people fighting for justice and self-determination across this land.