Baker Boy Features on Treaty '18

The fresh new prince of Arnhem Land - Baker Boy has created a powerful rap as featured artist on a highly anticipated contemporary update of Yothu Yindi's iconic protest anthem, 'Treaty".

The funky new jam, entitled TREATY '18 by Yothu Yindi & Gavin Campbell ft. Baker Boy, was released today on digital platforms worldwide, ahead of NAIDOC Week, featuring in the No. 1 position on the coveted new music playlists of Spotify and Apple Music. It features a host of emerging next generation Indigenous talent who guest alongside the young Yolngu rap star, including Dhapanbal Yunupingu - daughter of the band's late frontman Dr M. Yunupingu - and serves to introduce stunning Yolngu vocalist and clan member Yirrnga Yunupingu, along with an additional rap in the third verse from Baker Boy's MC and collaborator Dallas Woods.

Since recording the track, Baker Boy has been slaying audiences with his live rendition of 'Treaty -18" at festivals and headline shows around the country.

Produced by Jerome Farah, with additional vocal production and percussion by Filthy Lucre and mixed by Tony Espie, Treaty '18 also features three sections of rap, as written and performed by Baker Boy and Dallas Woods.

Treaty '18 is an exciting addition to the 25^th anniversary collection of new remixes commissioned by Filthy Lucre founding member Gavin Campbell, who reunited with Yothu Yindi on what has become an on-going collaboration. Campbell has also reformed the Filthy Lucre production team, now comprising of himself, DJ/producer Nick Coleman, Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project member Ania Reynolds, with Robert Goodge also still involved in the songwriting.

Says Campbell, 'When Jerome sent me his first draft of this version of Treaty, it conjured up that same feeling of excitement I had when Robert Goodge, Paul Main and I finished work on our Filthy Lucre remix all those years ago.

'In addition to featuring such a stellar artist as Baker Boy, Razor is very proud to be highlighting young singers from our new live show Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project, particularly Dr M's daughter Dhapanbal. Let's start the chant again!"
 
Treaty -18 will be released by Campbell's label, Razor Recordings under exclusive licence from Liberation Records on 6 July.

It was recently previewed at the 30th anniversary of the Barunga Statement celebration at this year's Barunga Festival on Queen's Birthday Weekend. 

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