For the past 11 months, Toby Finlayson and Matthew Priestley from Desert Pea Media have been developing relationships with young people from the remote Aboriginal community of Collarenebri NSW. As part of an ongoing ‘hip hop literacy’ mentoring program at Collarenebri Central School, we created a hip hop track called ‘Close That Gap’ as the [...]
Desert Pea Media & InCite Youth Arts in Alice Springs, N
In May/June of 2010, Matthew Priestley and Toby Finlayson took a trip out to Alice Springs to work with InCite Youth Arts and deliver a series of music mentoring programs with young people in the ‘Hidden Valley’ and ‘Little Sisters’ Town Camps, Alice Springs. We spent 2 weeks working with many different groups around Alice. [...]
‘Step By Step’ begins….
With the support of The Smugglers Of Light Foundation, Desert Pea Media has delivered a long-awaited pilot program in the communities of Boggabilla, Mungindi and Collarenebri NSW. The project is called ‘Step By Step’ – Songlines. The purpose of the projects was to engage the community and develop relationships through the process of songwriting and [...]
The PI Boys Hit ‘Stylin Up’ Festival – Inala, Brisbane
On May 29th, The PI Boys – (by special invitation) performed at the 2010 Inala ‘Stylin Up Festival’ – the biggest Aboriginal Hip Hop Festival in Australia. http://www.stylinup.com.au/ They were interviewed by Triple J’s ‘Hack Program’ while they were there – listen to the podcast here… http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/stories/s2915400.htm Matt, Toby and the 3 boys flew down [...]
‘Step By Step’ – Flat Country
This month, Matthew Priestley and Toby Finlayson from Desert Pea media have delivered their acclaimed and groundbreaking new cultural mentoring program – ‘Step By Step’ Flat Country. In partnership with The Smugglers Of Light Foundation and the communities of Boggabilla, Collarenebri and Mungindi NSW, the project has featured 3 weeks of media and cultural mentoring [...]
Triple J Unearthed!!!!
Check it!!! Aboriginal Justice by Desert Pea Mob is now No. 72 on Triple J Unearthed!!!!! Support social change for indigenous communities… Rate/ Tag Aboriginal Justice NOW http://triplejunearthed.com/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=32358
Aboriginal Justice arrives….
‘Aboriginal Justice’ is the product of a collaboration between Desert Pea Media, The Smugglers Of Light Foundation and three young people from Palm Island, North Queensland. Written and produced in 2009 by Toby Finlayson and Matthew Priestley from Desert Pea Media - with Morris Walsh, Kiefer Walsh and Patrick Seaton. This track has been developed through a [...]
New Media…
Check the latest hip hop tracks from Dubbo, NSW. This clip was created as part of a short documentary titled ‘Courage When Ya Got None’ – Advocating awareness of domestic and family violence in all cultures and all communities… ‘Kamilaroi Boys’ – Written by young men from the Dubbo community – a powerful commentary on [...]
New Project
Desert Pea Media has been invited back to Dubbo, NSW in late July to produce a project with local young people around domestic violence. The project is through ex-staff of the Gordon Neighbourhood Centre and looks at hip hop and documentary production around this particular social issue. Advocacy and awareness is the name of the [...]
A New Dawn on Triple J!!!
I recently learnt that Desert Pea Media’s latest track – ‘A New Dawn’ was played last week on Triple J’s Roots & All program! What a fantastic start for The Desert Pea Mob. Check the playlist – http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/roots/playlist/default.htm
