Indigenous rapper, producer, dancer, visual designer, and editor, THE BOY OF MANY COLORS has released his new single, 'Take Me Back'.
After last year's raw and powerful single 'Good Mourning', this latest offering goes in hard with unrivalled rhythm and flow, and is the second track to be lifted from his forthcoming self-titled debut album – due for release in October."I wrote 'Take Me Back' in 2021 after lockdowns and all the other things that had been happening," THE BOY OF MANY COLORS says, who is also a member of Byron Bay-based Indigenoise.
"It was a product of being isolated like so many songs written during that period. It was recorded at the formidable Hydrofunk Records studio with the incredible Dave 'Dogg' Atkins from the Resin Dogs, a good friend of mine and a co-producer on my upcoming debut album."
The video for 'Take Me Back' was shot in the hinterlands of the Byron shire, Bundjalung nation. It depicts THE BOY OF MANY COLORS in classic street Murrie attire sitting around a sacred fire, in the sky surrounded by emptiness.
It shines a light on the reality that even the most unsuspecting First Nations people hold the magic of their ancestors and are not to be overlooked or underestimated.
"'Take Me Back' was inspired by the old ways of living and the craving all black fullas get whilst living in this modern landscape.
"It's a calling to go out and be on country and practice a more wholistic, wholesome lifestyle, with the same nature that the ancestors would have done before us."
Since his 2020 debut single 'Hungy', THE BOY OF MANY COLORS has delivered a string of singles including 'All The Same', 'Got You', 'Do It For', and collaborations with Kira Divine ('Dance So Wildly') and 'When A Tree Falls' featuring Emily Wurramara.
Coedie Ochre Warrah McCarthy is THE BOY OF MANY COLORS That Came In The Falling Rain, which is the traditional meaning and translation of his name, and the inspiration behind the title of this project.
Coedie is also a founding member, vocalist and Didgeridoo player with Indigenoise.
Here are five other deadly things THE BOY OF MANY COLORS does. . . his other shades.
1: He is the founder of Onetime productions, a blak film company he started with his cousin Jaymen 'GARNA' Drahm.
2: He has been traditional dancing since a young age and first got into performing and showcasing under the wing of his uncle Dhinawan (emu).
3: He has been a youth mentor for many years and spent a few years travelling the country to rural areas working with multiple production companies supporting mob's stories.
4: He is a cultural engagement officer and cultural liaison, working with multiple festivals to ensure proper protocol is followed and all needs of the First Nations community are met.
5: He is a translator between old and young, black and white, common and corporate. The one thing that is recurring in all his practice is that he is a middle man, walking between worlds.
