From traditional style didjs through to the newly launched Didjeribone (Sliding Didj). Charlie with his band Gondwana are a truly live sound and have always pushed the barriers of musical sounds, blending driving rhythms with an outback ambience. 

Charlie has played on Soundtracks for the films; Pricilla Queen of the Desert, Mad Max and The Bear. He has recorded / performed with Snakefinger, Janes Addiction, Def Fx, Rio Isibashi, Ed Kuepper, Sunrize Band, Midnight Oil, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and many others. 

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Brisbane-based International Didjeridu performer Tjupurru is a proud descendant of the Djabera Djabera tribe of the West Australian Kimberleys. Born in Port Moresby P.N.G., he moved to Cairns (North Queensland) where he first heard the didj music of Gondwanaland. Employment took him to Sydney in the late 80s, where he learnt his trade as a sound engineer.

Tjupurru and Charlie McMahon came together for all night outdoor corroboree jam sessions on the beach, as an alternative to pub & club venues. The atmosphere of playing music & dancing around a campfire encouraged improvisation and trance like endurance playing.

Now, playing the Didjeribone and the Face Bass, both Charlie McMahon inventions, Tjupurru's life has come full circle.

Tjupurru's trajectory has been fast on the rise since being discovered at last year's Big Sound Festival in Brisbane. 2007 began with an invitation from Airto Moreira (the man who brought Latin music to the world via Miles Davis, John Coltrane etc) to collaborate live onstage at the Jazz in the Domain for The Sydney Festival in front of 120,000 people, a mind-blowing experience for any performer, let alone someone so new to the big stage.

He has toured with or supported amazing international artists such as Kaki King (USA), Leo (France), That One Guy (USA), Pitch Black (NZ), Bela Flek and the Flecktones (USA) and performed with Marissa Monte (Brazil) over two nights in the Concert Hall at The Sydney Opera House.

Tjupurru has also been invited to perform at festivals across the country, including The Dreaming, Bellingen Global Carnival, Wollumbin, Festival of the Sun, Earthdance and more over the coming months. With invitations being finalised for New Caledonia, France, Canada and Korea, Tjupurru is set to go global... All of this with MySpace being his only promotional tool.

Now in October, Tjupurru has his debut EP, Stompin' Ground, released. Recorded with legendary producer Buchman (Blue King Brown, Whitlams, and Macromantics) and featuring 5 great tracks the EP comes complete with bonus mini documentary EPK. Selection in the Top 10 World Charts on groundbreaking American radio station KCRW, as well as airplay on Triple J and Radio National, are the first stirrings of international success.

Stompin' Ground proves that new levels of ingenuity and innovation are delivered from the creative Indigenous element of Australia.

For more info go to : www.tjupurru.com