Legendary Aussie Musicians Come Together For Special Collaboration Album

A bunch of legendary Aussie musicians have come together in the Pilbara region of Western Australia for the Vast project, releasing a special collaboration album celebrating the unique landscape they found themselves in. 

An all-star line-up featuring Bernard Fanning, Sally Seltmann, Paul Dempsey, Glenn Richards (Augie March), Oh Mercy, Alan Pigram (Pigram Brothers), Jae Laffer (the Panics), Kav Temperley (Eskimo Joe), comedian Paul McDermott, artist Josie Alec and many others, packed up their swags and camped out in a ghost town some 1,500km from Perth to make the album. 

Enlisting the help of visual artists and a musical instrument maker for a week in the deserted settlement of Cossack (Baajinhurrba), the resulting songs are a collection of the artists immediate response to their surroundings.

Speaking about the experience Alec reflected on the experience saying "the Pilbara is an explosive amazing place".

"You feel it in your feet – especially when you’re an artist, you see something that sparks a thought. It brings energy into yourself, makes you produce something that’s incredible – That’s the feeling of the Pilbara, the feeling of being on really sacred country and really sacred land, that’s the old people’s dreaming. I’m proud and happy to be part of this. To be on a journey with people and be in those peoples journey as well as a traditional owner while I’m standing here. This is something special – very special." 

Vast is due for release on 16 November with lead single The Sky's Gone Missing by Paul Dempsey and Sally Seltmann out today. 

For more information, head over to the project website here.