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Keanu Nelson

Keanu Nelson has been played on NTS in shows including Andras , featured first on 11 December 2023. Songs played include Kutjupa Tjuta, Kapi Tiṉa and Kungkaku Wangkapayi.

Keanu Nelson is a young aboriginal Australian artist from the remote but artistically rich community of Papunya, northwest of Alice Springs. He paints in the Western Desert movement style, and, on his album Wilurarrakutu, sings poems from his notebook over minimalist DIY Casio beats programmed by Yuta Matsumura.

Keanu wrote these songs as private poems about family, home, and loss. He was finally inspired to sing them, make them public and loudly heard, after meeting Matsumura at the…

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Kutjupa Tjuta
Keanu Nelson
Altered States Tapes2023
Kutjupa Tjuta
Keanu NelsonAltered States Tapes2023
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Kapi Tiṉa
Keanu Nelson
Altered States Tapes2023
Kapi Tiṉa
Keanu NelsonAltered States Tapes2023
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Kungkaku Wangkapayi
Keanu Nelson
Altered States Tapes2023
Kungkaku Wangkapayi
Keanu NelsonAltered States Tapes2023
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