RONA. Returns with Pulsating Single ‘Mars’, Announces New EP and Tour Dates
The Kaytetye producer and DJ has also announced she’s dropping a brand new EP, It’s All Here.
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We love what Kaytetye producer and DJ RONA. is doing in the electronic music space, so we’re super excited to discover she has a new EP on the way.
It’s All Here arrives on Friday 19 September via her imprint Rarre Records (pre-save here). The EP is a six-track collection of songs that “integrates Kaytetye knowledge, soundscapes from Country, and electronic production in a provocative manifesto of sound and storytelling.”
Speaking on the EP, RONA. explains, “It’s All Here is a sonic journey that juxtaposes the contemporary race to space with the profound knowledge and wisdom embedded within ourselves and within Country. The EP challenges the idea that the future lies somewhere out there in the stars in distant galaxies, instead, it calls us to turn inward, to remember that everything we need is already here: in ourselves, in each other, and in relationships in place.”
Accompanying the EP announcement is the release of RONA.’s pulsating new single, ‘Mars’. A straight-up club track with a funky heartbeat, it’s the perfect dancefloor groover.
“‘Mars’ reimagines a future not in the stars in the contemporary race to space, but in the soil. It’s a love song to Earth, to the possibility of regeneration, even when everything feels lost. In a world racing to escape, ‘Mars’ slows down to listen to the dirt, to the water, to the memory we carry in our bodies,” says RONA.
”The song poses a question: what if the most radical thing we could do was stay? To tend to the ruins. To let the flowers grow through us, because everything we need is here. It’s all here. Mars is a track for those who still believe this world can bloom again.”
RONA. has also released a music video for ‘Mars’ that is directed by Arrernte and Kalkadoon filmmaker Tyson Perkins and features a symbolic orb created by Carmen Glynn-Braun, a Kaytetye, Anmatyerr and Arrernte artist. Watch the clip below.
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To celebrate the release of her new EP, RONA. has announced a run of shows across the country. Performing both headline and festival sets, RONA. starts her tour in October, performing at the North Australian Festival of Arts in Wulgurukaba Country/Townsville, Mode Festival in Wareamah/Cockatoo Island, Haven in Bundjalung Country/Byron Bay and Sub Club in Naarm/Melbourne.
November sees RONA. take over Ancient World in Tarntanya/Adelaide and Lubly Dae in Boorloo/Perth, before festival slots at Meredith Music Festival, Beyond The Valley and Wildlands.
Tickets for several of RONA.’s festival appearances are on sale now, while the rest of the shows go on sale at 12:00pm AEST on Tuesday 2 September via ronamusic.com.
Catch RONA. at Ancient World on Saturday 1 November. For ticketing information, visit ronamusic.com.It’s All Here arrives Friday 19 September via Rarre Records. Pre-save here.
RONA. Australian Tour Dates
Saturday 4 & 5 October – North Australian Festival of Arts, Wulgurukaba Country/Townsville, QLD
Saturday 11 October – Mode Festival, Wareamah/Cockatoo Island, NSW
Friday 17 October - Haven, Bundjalung Country/Byron Bay, NSW
Friday 24 October – Sub Club, Naarm/Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 1 November - Ancient World, Tarntanya/Adelaide, SA
Sunday 2 November - Lubly Dae, Boorloo/Perth, WA
Friday 5 to Sunday 7 December - Meredith Music Festival, Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, Meredith, VIC
Monday 29 to Wednesday 31 December - Beyond The Valley, Barunah Plains, VIC
Thursday 1 January - Wildlands, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 3 January - Wildlands, Perth, WA
