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Artist:Matalja

Genres:
  • Dance
  • Electronic
  • Hip-Hop
Kimberley, WA

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West Australian singer songwriter and producer Tornina 'Matalja' Torres is an emerging artist, creating contemporary Indigenous fusion music influenced by blues, roots, soul, jazz, Rnb, hiphop, world music, pop, reggae and indigenous languages. She identifies with the Dampier Peninsular tribes of Djugan, Yawuru, Karajarri, Jabirr-Jabirr, Nyul Nyul and Barrd, on her matrilineal side. Also Nyoongar and Bindjareb from southern WA on her patrilineal side. She has a passion for culture, language, singing, creative writing, audio production and acting. She functions under the alias 'Matalja', which is an ancestral name from her Jabirr-Jabirr people, given to her at birth by her mother. Tornina 'Matalja' writes from inspiration, dreaming, cultural knowledge and life experiences and hopes that the use of her tribal languages in her music may serve to educate, inspire, bring the people together and awaken some of the more dormant languages. Matalja grew up surrounded by song. Her lullabies ...

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Tornina 'Matalja' Torres
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