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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng9Dpk4qiP4&start=30&end=40,"{""label"":""Huge Banyawarra G# mago: the biggest & LOUDEST yet!"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng9Dpk4qiP4&start=30&end=40""}",The low quality recording features a didgeridoo melody. It sounds boomy and the recording is noisy and in mono.,2007-05-14T14:46:01Z,ididjaustralia,"This mago is loud. The other 2 things about this mago is that it is loud. Did I mention it is loud?

Okay, now that we've got the joke out of the way, this is a seriously insane mago. It was in a gallery for some months but when I got re-acquainted with it again recently it was like a spiritual moment. I thought the recent mago instruments offered here, by the likes of Dhugurun and Digarrnga were awesome, but this Banyawarra beauty is on another whole new level in comparison. How to describe it in more detail...?

Firstly, the size can't be ignored. The mago is monstrous with a bell size up to 11.5 cm in diameter. This isn't just big, it is... let me think... a witches hat in disguise!

The second thing to notice about this mago is the artwork which is of a very high standard. Banyawarra was an artist-in-residence at iDIDJ Australia in 2006 and her work compares with the best bark painters of Arnhem Land in terms of the fineness of her rarrk. It certainly doesn't get any better than this. The designs in ochre depict Warrnyu (Flying Foxes), creatures sacred to the Ganalbingu people. If you look at the penis of a male Flying Fox, you will see the resemblance to a human penis... there's a story in that but it isn't my place to tell it being restricted knowledge.

The third thing to notice about this mago is its supersonic acoustics. This is simply the loudest, most powerful, most responsive mago we've had at iDIDJ Australia ever. Initially I had concerns about its power as it is a bit like a wild stallion that refuses to be broken in... it tends to be a bit uncontrollable. But listening to Darryl Digarrnga play this stick was like being in a zone. Where only the music issuing from this stick mattered, with the rest of the universe a light year away.

Listen and let me know if you agree.

Out of the bunch of mago recorded by Darryl on this day, this was clearly his favourite.

As with all powerful sticks, the automatic volume adjustment kicked in with my digital video camera, so what you hear is a scaled-down version of listening to it live.

Banyawarra's instruments are exclusive to iDIDJ Australia which you can find in the iDIDJ Store:

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