Your Way is a vibrant new hip-hop song and video clip produced collaboratively by students from First Nations and multicultural backgrounds as a celebration of their diversity.
The song is also unique in that its creative development spans almost 3000 kilometres - from the Perth suburbs of Cannington and Balga, to as far north as Kununurra.
Connecting together participants of Indigenous Australian, Pacific Islander, African, Asian, European and Latin American heritage, the project’s content is cross-cultural and multilingual; building intercultural friendships, and celebrating the experiences, ambitions and cultures of Western Australia’s diverse communities.
Now Sounds is a flagship community youth hip-hop project proudly produced and delivered by Community Arts Network in partnership with a team of leading West Australian artists- Optamus, Flewnt, Mubanga, Anesu and Jayla Davey.
The scale of Your Way is epic! 6 rappers, 70-80 singers, 3 drummers, 1 bass player, 3 guitarists, 2 keyboardists, 5 ableton producers, 40 djembe players, 50 percussionists and 1 whistle flautist!
| Producer | Scott Griffiths |
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| Associate Producer | Shenali Perera |
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| Artist Facilitators | Scott Griffiths (Optamus) |
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| Film Director & Editor | Bernice Jiang |
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| Artwork | ||||
| CAN Team | Shenali Perera |
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| Partners | Balga Senior High School |
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| Thanks to | Nik Culum |
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| Participants | Aaliyah Nestoridis Abbas Yossef Alfred Kamara Ali Ibrahimi Alisa Piliptsevich Angel (Ira) Hill Asingwe Luwange Batull Adem Beer Jodo Omot Brayden White Breeanna Johnson Connor-John Stephen (Will) Darlington Muteyanga Dyc Anh Khoi Nguyen Ehlaular Soe |
Fatimah Meisam Florence Machingura Gemwil Baldomar Hayden Couch Hayley Bucar Hniang Tha Cing Melody Htee Klay Iman Idris Innocent Bizimana Jamie White Jazila Muhwezayi Jimin Pham Justine Nshimirimana Korbin Mynard Lachlan Bucar |
Lai Minh Jlieu Laura Harrison Lenny-Travis Reid Luusam (Lulu) Biriyam Birhane Ma Say Blat Munira Ridwan Abdulhakim Nakita Rugumeza Natchaya Khohan Nazwan Narahmad Oleh Shalko Paige Kidd Phuoc Dai Tran Quce Tran Rahela Ahmadi Samaa Salih |
Samuel Williams |
| Special thanks to | Participants from Kununurra |
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