the band that’s spent four years touring the world by sea
If you are in Sydney this week, and looking for something diffent, then head down to Circular Quay on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday at 8:30pm (18th 19th 20th) and check out the Arka Kinari. It sounds incredible and its free!
Sian Cain Writes in the Guardian….
There are so many famous stories of bands on tour: the Who being banned from every Holiday Inn in America; Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham riding a Harley through the Chateau Marmont. But how many musical acts can say they have circumnavigated the Earth twice by boat, on a tour that has lasted four continuous years, and reached some of the world’s most far-flung places – all without murdering each other?
“Everybody who comes aboard the Arka Kinari is bizarre,” says US musician Grey Filastine, one half of the husband-and-wife duo Filastine and Nova. “I mean, who is going to leave their life for months to make almost nothing and risk their life? It’s a self-selecting group of people.”
The Arka Kinari – a name formed from the Latin word for vessel, and a Sanskrit name for a half human, half bird musician that guards the tree of life – is a 70-tonne sailing ship that serves as a home, touring vessel, music venue and creative project for Filastine and Nova, who mix Javanese folk with psychedelic synths and percussion to spread the word about climate change. The boat also is their stage, replete with subwoofers, costumes, and sails that unfurl to screens during their performances.
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