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Creative Australia - Timothy Cole ISPA pitch application Video from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

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PINAGSANGA - Small Island Big Song ft' Putad from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

Pinagsanga begins with a spoken-word piece in Amis language by singer-songwriter Putad's own family - four generations of Amis women, a matriarchal indigenous nation of Taiwan. Putad's Grandmother: We are the lineage of our people Putad's Mother: Through our mothers Putad: Maintaining the connection to our land Putad's Daughter: Mummy

Pinagsanga is a collaboration, with -

Lead vocals, composer Putad - Amis, Taiwan Paiwan chant, Jaw harp Sauljaljui - Paiwan, Taiwan Purerehua Horomona Horo - Aotearoa/New Zealand Kundu, shakers Richard Mogu - Papua New Guinea Sanza Emlyn - Mauritius Udu, Balafon Luc of Vaiteani - Tahiti Warup, Kundu drum Airileke - Papua New Guinea & Australia Monika Yumi Yet Bamboo Band - Bougainville Valiha Tarika Sammy - Madagascar and four generations of Amis women of Putad's family (her grandmother, her mother, herself, and her daughter) Music Producer Tim Cole - Australia

MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION CREDITS

Director - Shih Ting Hung @shihtinghung Performed - Putad Pihay Special Appearance - Sauljaljui, Liyad Putad Pihay Executive Producers - BaoBao Chen, Shih Ting Hung, Yu Cheng Tu & Tim Cole

Productions Production Company Image Monster Co,.Ltd Executive Producer Yu Cheng Tu Line producer(pre-production) Penny Chen Line Producer Hung Hsi Chiu Line Producer Wen Yu Hsieh Assisant Producer Guan Ying Cheng, Chih Yao Luo, Pei-Cih Jhang

Underwater Unit Cinematographer Howell Chang Assistant Camera Yi-Ting Liu

Drone Unit Cinematographer Yu Cheng Tu 1st AC Chen Jia Yang 2nd AC Yu Hsiu Chen Best boy Jun Shen Wang, Yu Chen Lin

Art Department Art Director Michael Sabyan Assistant Polly Chen

Costume Department Tapa Cloth Designer Halomai Costume fitting Siku Pihay Costume Care Polly Chen

Safety Department COVID Compliance Officer James Young Shih Lifeguard Pei Chen Chang, Zih hao Li On-set Yoga Teacher Chiou wen Chen

Post Production Editor Shih-Ting Hung Colorist Lynn Chiang Post Production Producer Chen Jia Yang Assistant Editor Yi Fang Su Assistant Editor Yi Liang Liou DI Artist James Wu

Behind the scenes Bon Wu

Music Music Producer - Tim Cole Recording - Tim Cole, Richard Mogu, Airileke, Tafita, Luc Totterwitz, Kan Chan Kin Mixing / Mastering - Tim Cole Project Producer - BaoBao Chen

Supported by Taiwan Creative Content Agency Australia Council for the Arts National Taitung University Ling Tung University HiONE World Niceday production Studio Chih Yao Luo Precondition Productions LensBank Akiyama House

Presented by Small Island Big Song

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MMM VERSION WITH FACES V3 from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

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00 Soundcheck AV test pattern Stereo Audio 400Hz -20db V2 from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

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00 Soundcheck AV test pattern Stereo Audio 400Hz -20db V2 from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

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Small Island Big Song - live - 'Our Island' for TIFA 23 (Taiwan International Festival of the Arts) from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

NOT FOR PUBLIC - yet, this version is for us to check we are happy with everything. You can share with family and friends but not online. Once everyone gives the thumbs up, we plan to put the whole concert on YouTube, along with individual clips, also on spotify and bandcamp.

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Mercy Mercy Me (the ecology) - Small Island Big Song from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

'What will we tell our children if we fail to protect the planet? - Vaiteani

Thanks for watching our video, we are artists of the Pacific & Indian oceans drawing on our islands cultural voice and our love and fears for nature, the heart of our communities to create music which speaks for our island homes and ocean.

Marvin Gayes powerful eco-anthem, connected with us during the recording of our album 'Our Island', with each of the verses speaking directly to us and our islands environmental issues, sadly still relevant 50 years later. Once the groove got going we wanted to keep it going so we added more verses singing out for current eco issues, in the language of our islands, (of course).

We feel apart of a movement across our small island Earth, reshaping our relationship to nature, more like waking up to the fact that we are nature, we are all (everything) is a dynamic part of an incredible living eco system. There are better minds than ours expressing this, we are artists so we hope our music uplifts, consoles inspiring hope in action. - Tim, the producer.

Our version of Mercy Mercy Me (the ecology) features,

Emlyn from Mauritius singing in Creole. Putad of the Amis peoples of Taiwan singing in Amis. Sauljaljui of the Paiwan peoples of Taiwan singing in Paiwan. Vaiteani of Tahiti singing in Tahitian. & Selina Leem with an excerpt of her spoken word piece, 'Just a Blue Planet'.

Selina was the youngest delegate at COP 21 Paris speaking just after the hopeful 1.5 threshold was committed to, her speech touched the world and moment. We have placed her 'Just a Blue Passport' excerpt over these images as a reminder to the commitment the world made at that time to protecting our planet and large ocean nations.

'1.5 is all we've got' - Selina Leem

Mercy Mercy Me (the ecology) by - Small Island Big Song

Song Credits Composer - Marvin Gaye Produced, Arranged & mixed by Tim Cole. Project Producer - BaoBao Chen

Music Sammy of Madagascar played the Kabosy Putad played Bass Sauljaljui played a few layers of Moon Lute. Luc Totterwitz played Ukulele Kokol of Mauritius played the Calabash Airileke of Papua New Guinea played Kundu Drums & Conga Tim Cole from Australia added a shaker.

Nature Sounds - Dawn on Mount Gulaga, Tilba Tilba, Australia Opening & closing statements by an 11 year old after the devastating 2019/20 Black Summer forest fires. Both her and and the wildlife of Mount Gulaga (Dromedary) narrowly escaped the fires.

Video. Concept by Sammy Directed & Post Production by Tim Cole Filmed & Recorded on location by Kan Chan Kin, Tafita, Kui Taruzaljum, Luc Totterwitz, Airileke & Tim Cole

Fridays for Future Rallies - courtesy Guardian News, ‘Students around the world go on climate strike’ - Creative Commons Selina’s COP 21 Footage - courtesy 350.org, ‘Selina Leem, 18 year old from Marshall Islands, speaks at final COP21 plenary’- Creative Commons Earth from Jupiter - Courtesy NASA - ‘Earth and Moon Seen by Passing Juno Spacecraft with Music by Vangelis’

Marshall Islands drone footage - Stock Footage, Shutterstock.

Dedicated to all the artists standing up for nature.

a SMALL ISLAND BIG SONG production 2023 WWW.SMALLISLANDBIGSONG.COM

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SIBS - MADJADJUMAK MV HD VERSION.mp4 from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

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Lament for a Dying Ocean MV V14 for VIMEO.mp4 from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

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Small Island Big Song - Intro trailer from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

We sing for our ocean & Islands

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Small Island Big Song - An Oceanic Songline (Italian Version) from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

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Ta'u Tama - Behind the scenes video from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

Small Island Big Song is a collaboration of islander musicians for climate justice.

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Small Island Big Song - An Oceanic Songline PENN state Screener.mp4 from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

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SIBS FILM 52min TV EDIT H265 vimeo sm from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

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Small Island Big Song - An Oceanic Songline (Official Trailer) from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

Small Island Big Song - An Oceanic Songline (Official Trailer)

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Small Island Big Song - An Oceanic Songline_2K_SCOPE_H265_3-3-21 from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

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Small Island Big Song ft' Monja Manitsindava - Fafy Rano (Small Island mix) from Small Island Big Song on Vimeo.

FAFY RANO (Small Island mix) Small Island Big Song ft' Monja Manitsindava

Featured Artist – Monja | Antandroy - Madagascar | Marovany (Stringed box) & Vocals.

With – Will Kepa | Kulkalgal language group - Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait, Australia | Warup (large skin drum), Tharum (Slit Bamboo Drum) & Urub (Bamboo Hand Percusion) Recorded at 4MW radio studios on Thursday Island, Torres Strait, Australia. Leweton Village Cultural Group | Mwerlap - Vanuatu | Percussion Tsaralalana (Childrens Street Group) | Malagasy - Madagascar | Drums We were with Sammy in downtown Tana’ when we heard this children’s busking group, Sammy knew them and had given them music lessons at his charity music school, so we recorded some of their performance, some of them went on to write a viral song for the Madagascan football team.

Natural Ambience | Antananarivo cityscape, Madagascar.

Lyrics by Monja in Malagasy (translated by Tarika Sammy)

o! o!o!o!oe!oe! a amba!!!! We must take the blessing.

Andao ry angala tso drano alaina avao ty maka tso drano hikarama atoy fa tsy ho Come here, we will take the blessing of our ancestors mosary amin ity ray amandreny masoandro amam bolana This is very important in our life if we want to do something

o!o!o! oe!oe!oe! a amba!!!!! We must take the blessing. Go there

zay ty niniko te hangala tso drano zay mpanabe te hangala tso drano fiainana Blessing is very important atoy tena miha sarotra ty tomobila tsy mitondra anao Water is a gift of life eke andao ry kahy angala tso drano ity tsodrano tazomy avao

For our urban landscapes We recorded with Monja in Madagascar’s hectic capital Antananarivo, breaking our goal of recording all the songs in nature. Our cities and urban landscapes are nature too, everything is part of nature’s precious web of life.

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