Respecting The Elders – Turtle skull

This record is about the intimate connection we share with the Earth on which we stand.

It’s about the world and your place in it. It’s about looking deep inside yourself and seeing what you find. It’s about life and death and everything in between. It’s about greed, racism, colonialism and technological destruction. It’s about hopelessness and despair. It’s about self love and introspection. It’s about friendship and the power of shared experience. It’s about life-changing psychedelic journeys. It’s about connecting with the source. And most of all it’s about the pure joy of creation. We are very happy to share it with you.

We suggest you set aside some time to immerse yourself. Remove distractions, get comfortable, do what feels good to get in your zone, use your favourite speakers or headphones, and listen all the way through. Or not, it’s up to you. Either way, we made this record to accompany your journey, in any form you choose.

The bulk of this album was recorded during a week long session at La Cueva in northern NSW with some of our closest friends and family. The rest was recorded in Dan’s studio in Coogee, Sydney.

We recognise Australia as Aboriginal land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this album, the Arakwal people of the Bundjalung Nation, and the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We understand these cultures share a deep spiritual connection with the land, water, plants, animals and spirits. We pay our humble respects to ancestors and to Elders past, present and emerging.

Release: 28.08.2020, Art As Catharsis / Kozmik Artifactz

Formats: LP, CD + Digital

Tracklist:

Leaves

Rabbit

Heartless Machine

Why Do You Ask?

Who Cares What You Think?

Halcyon

Apple Of Your Eye

The Clock Strikes Forever

Tobia Blefari – Percussion (congas, rain stick, shaker, tambourine) Julian Frese – Bass, piano, vocals – Dan Frizza – Synths – Charlie Gradon – Drums, vocals Dean McLeod – Guitars, vocals

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All songs by Turtle Skull

Lyrics by Charlie Gradon, Dean McLeod & Rachel Pascall

Produced by Dan Frizza & Turtle Skull Recorded and mixed by Dan Frizza Mastered by Michael Lynch

Artwork by Davey Fenn

Graphic design by Jim Grimwade