Migrant Project Musicians have a recording session at Phoenix Farm

‘Phoenix Farm’ is a 300 acre property in Caparra - an hour or so from Taree, following a long and curvy dirt road. It is owned by the lovely Ian and Jessica, who live there with 8 chihuahuas, 2 horses, a kelpie called Bunya, prize winning chickens and herd of cattle that seemed rather suspicious of us.

From 2005 - 2007, The Migrant Project was a series of live performances and forums. In 2008 it has been in its final stage of development as a feature film and interactive CD/DVD.

It was great to unpack the soundscapes developed for the shows and turn them into some beautiful musical pieces. With a number of tracks now down, it’s up to Mick and Shakthi to slowly mix them into short compositions that can be used in the film and DVD - coming out January 2009!

Robin at his best

Mahesh looking dapper

Mick in bass heaven

Bala in the booth

Shakthi at the desk

Aimee the documenter is documented!

The view from the porch

And that’s just a few of them

Tomorrow’s breed of award-winning chooks