Michael Atherton

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Atum - Creator Sun God 00:00 Tools
Khet - The Physical Body 00:00 Tools
Atum: Creator Sun God [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Maat - Truth, Balance, Order 00:00 Tools
Atum: Creator Sun God [Song] 00:00 Tools
Shen - Eternity 00:00 Tools
Maat: Truth, Balance, Order [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Shen (Eternity): IV. Instrumental (Nay) 00:00 Tools
Maat: Truth, Balance, Order [Song] 00:00 Tools
Khet: The Physical Body [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Shen: Eternity [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Shen: Eternity [Song] 00:00 Tools
Khet: The Physical Body [Song] 00:00 Tools
Shen (Eternity): II. Instrumental (Rewap, Riq, Gaval) 00:00 Tools
Atum (Creator Sungod): II. Instrumental (Harp, Undongo) 00:00 Tools
Atum (Creator Sungod): I. Song 00:00 Tools
Fantasy 00:00 Tools
Atum (Creator Sungod): III. Instrumental (Bendir, Tapan) 00:00 Tools
Atum (Creator Sungod): IV. Instrumental (Sistrum Ensemble, Voice) 00:00 Tools
Atum (Creator Sungod): V. Instrumental (Arghul) 00:00 Tools
Harvest Moon 00:00 Tools
Ketuk 00:00 Tools
A Monk Reflects 00:00 Tools
Storm Warning 00:00 Tools
The Potter's Wheel 00:00 Tools
A Poet's Longing 00:00 Tools
Summer Breeze 00:00 Tools
Sunshower 00:00 Tools
Singer of Tales 00:00 Tools
Afrodidj 00:00 Tools
Threshing 00:00 Tools
Shaman-speak 00:00 Tools
Love Song 2 00:00 Tools
Crossings 00:00 Tools
Bronze Casting 00:00 Tools
Love Song 1 00:00 Tools
Etching 00:00 Tools
Watercourse 00:00 Tools
Creator Sun God Instrumental III + IV 00:00 Tools
Forest Light 00:00 Tools
Shall We Dream 00:00 Tools
The Call 00:00 Tools
Mask Dance 00:00 Tools
Blue Globe Saltarello: III. Dancers of the Fourth Sphere 00:00 Tools
Blue Globe Saltarello: II. The Joyous Round 1 00:00 Tools
Calliope 00:00 Tools
Summer Rain 00:00 Tools
Osiris 00:00 Tools
Blue Globe Saltarello: I. Forgotten Skies 00:00 Tools
Khet (The Physical Body): I. Song (Voice, Modified Oud, Crotala, Hand Claps, Papyrus) 00:00 Tools
Aten 00:00 Tools
Maat (Truth, Balance, Order): II. Instrumental (Egyptian Trumpet, Barrel Drums, Puk, Cymbals) 00:00 Tools
Maat (Truth, Balance, Order): I. Song (Voice, Sistrum, Tapan, Puk) 00:00 Tools
Mountain Grandeur 00:00 Tools
At the Rising of the Dawn 00:00 Tools
Blue Globe Saltarello: V. Distant Flares 00:00 Tools
Shen (Eternity): I. Instrumental (Sistrum, Clapper Bells, Pellet Bells, Crotala, Cymbals) 00:00 Tools
Chasm 00:00 Tools
Shabaka 00:00 Tools
Inscribing 00:00 Tools
Rejoicing World 00:00 Tools
Song of Seikilos 00:00 Tools
Maat (Truth, Balance, Order): IV. Intrumental (Nay) 00:00 Tools
Maat (Truth, Balance, Order): III. Instrumental (Boat-shaped Harp, Rewap) 00:00 Tools
Atum -1- 00:00 Tools
Atum -5- 00:00 Tools
Caverns 00:00 Tools
Groves of Bronze 00:00 Tools
Desert Horizon 00:00 Tools
Atum: Creator Sun God [Song] (Keper - Kheperu - Ra (manifestations of Ra are everlasting)) 00:00 Tools
Maat (Truth, Balance, Order): V. Instrumental (Double-reed Pipes, Gaval, Riq) 00:00 Tools
Atum -3- 00:00 Tools
Virtuoso Didj 00:00 Tools
V. Instrumental: double-reed pipes, gaval, riq 00:00 Tools
Atum -2- 00:00 Tools
Shen (Eternity): III. Song (Voices, Boat-shaped Harp, Trigon, Sistrum) 00:00 Tools
Khet (The Physical Body): II. Instrumental (Bamboo Flute, Tar) 00:00 Tools
Khet (The Physical Body): III. Instrumental (Boat-shaped Harp) 00:00 Tools
Atum: (b) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Maat (Truth, Balance, Order): III. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Maat -2- 00:00 Tools
Atum -4- 00:00 Tools
A Hymn to Nemesis 00:00 Tools
Maat -1- 00:00 Tools
Khet (The Physical Body): IV. Instrumental (Voices, Rewap, Arghul, Trigon, Riq, Bendir, Hand Claps) 00:00 Tools
Maat: (c) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Atum: (a) song 00:00 Tools
Atum: (e) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Atum: (c) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Maat: (b) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Logtalk 00:00 Tools
Moonrise 00:00 Tools
Maat -3- 00:00 Tools
A Hymn to the Sun 00:00 Tools
Boreas' s Journey 00:00 Tools
Shen -3- 00:00 Tools
Shen -2- 00:00 Tools
Khet -2- 00:00 Tools
Atum: (d) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Shen -4- 00:00 Tools
Maat (Truth, Balance, Order): V. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Khet -1- 00:00 Tools
Maat -5- 00:00 Tools
The Kite 00:00 Tools
Maat -4- 00:00 Tools
"Shen: Eternity" 00:00 Tools
Khet -3- 00:00 Tools
Shen -1- 00:00 Tools
Atum (Creator Sungod): II. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Atum III 00:00 Tools
Atum (Creator Sungod): V. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Atum V 00:00 Tools
Maat: (e) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Khet: (c) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Spirithouse 00:00 Tools
Khet: (b) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Khet: (a) song 00:00 Tools
Twirly-Birly 00:00 Tools
Resophonica 00:00 Tools
Maat (Truth, Balance, Order): I. [Song] 00:00 Tools
Maat: Truth, Balance, Order [Song] (extract from the hymn to Osiris on the stela of Amenmose) 00:00 Tools
Atum (Creator Sungod): I. [Song] 00:00 Tools
Atum (Creator Sungod): III. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Khet -4- 00:00 Tools
Shen (Eternity): IV. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Song: Extract from the Great Hymn to Aten in the Tomb of Ay 00:00 Tools
Shen (Eternity): III. [Song] 00:00 Tools
Passage 00:00 Tools
Maat: (a) song 00:00 Tools
Khet (The Physical Body): I. [Song] 00:00 Tools
Shen (Eternity): II. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
After the Rain 00:00 Tools
Zephyr 00:00 Tools
Soaring 00:00 Tools
Maat: (d) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Windmill 00:00 Tools
Shen: (d) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Khet: (d) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Behold the Yak 00:00 Tools
Fresco 00:00 Tools
Invocation to the Muse 00:00 Tools
Song Bird 00:00 Tools
Khet: The Physical Body [Song] (from Contendings of Horus and Seth (Papyrus Chester Beatty, 1r.)) 00:00 Tools
Atum (Creator Sungod): IV. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Maat (Truth, Balance, Order): II. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Khet (The Physical Body): III. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Khet (The Physical Body): II. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Maat (Truth, Balance, Order): IV. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Waterfall 00:00 Tools
Shen: (c) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Shen: (a) song 00:00 Tools
Gaia 00:00 Tools
Shen: (b) instrumental 00:00 Tools
Maat 1 00:00 Tools
I. Song (Voice, Sistrum, Tapan, Puk) 00:00 Tools
Again the Stars 00:00 Tools
Atum 1 00:00 Tools
Shen 00:00 Tools
Shen: Eternity [Song] (extract from thr Great Hymn to Aten in the tomb of Ay) 00:00 Tools
Khet (The Physical Body): IV. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Shen (Eternity): I. [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Whispers 00:00 Tools
Invocation to Kalliopeia 00:00 Tools
Initiation 00:00 Tools
Christian Hymn 00:00 Tools
Lament 00:00 Tools
Fantastic Plastic 00:00 Tools
Ayer's Barock 00:00 Tools
Khet 3 00:00 Tools
II. Instrumental (Bamboo Flute, Tar) 00:00 Tools
Maat 00:00 Tools
Shen 4 00:00 Tools
Tik Tik 00:00 Tools
Going to Town 00:00 Tools
Khet 2 00:00 Tools
Maat - Truth, Balance, Order: I. Song: voices, sistrum, tapan, puk 00:00 Tools
Maat 4 00:00 Tools
Khet 1 00:00 Tools
Atum - Creator Sun God: I. Song: voices, nay 00:00 Tools
Maat - Truth, Balance, Order: II. Instrumental: Egyptian trumpet, barrel drums, puk, cymbals 00:00 Tools
Khet 4 00:00 Tools
Atum 4 00:00 Tools
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Michael Atherton was born in 1950, Liverpool, England – the eldest of five children. His father is of Irish and Welsh extraction. His mother is German. The family migrated to Australia in 1965 and lived at Bunnerong Migrant Hostel, a former army barracks, NSW. He went to Matraville High School and mixed with the Indigenous community at La Perouse. He taught himself to play guitar and formed bands with friends – who were Greek, Italian and Maltese migrants – as well as playing soccer with them. The migrant experience and his curiosity about vernacular as well as notated music led Atherton to study music formally at the University of Sydney and the University of New England where he was attracted to ethnomusicology. Atherton's career began in popular music. He played early music in the Renaissance Players (1974–1980), and played with Sirocco (1980–6). He formed Southern Crossings (1986–1993) with a focus on commissioned repertoire. Atherton became Professor of Music at the University of Western Sydney in 1993, building a department committed to contemporary Australian music making. He helped establish a music therapy centre and is now an Associate Dean (Research). Atherton is also a film composer with several nominations. Credits include the feature, Dogwatch (2000), as well as APRA and Australian Guild of Screen Composers nominations and awards for the documentaries: Admission Impossible and Riding the Tiger. His concert music includes Jiriyai! (2006) for percussionist and dancer; Kamawarah (2001) for orchestra and Indigenous performers; The Mahogany Ship (1994) for the Sydney Children's Choir; Exhortation (1996) for the Contemporary Singers and Synergy (1996); and Kalliopeia Sopha (2001) for Gondwana Voices. Recordings include Parallel Lines (2006) – electroacoustic music with Garth Paine; A pocketful of songs (2004) – songs and instrumentals for pre–school children; Sea and Mountain: music in the Korean style (2003); Melismos (2003) – an investigation of ancient Greek music; Aurora (2003) with Jim Franklin; Ankh (1998); and Ankala: rhythms from the outer core (1997) with Janawirri and Mark Atkins. Atherton supports research into Australian made musical instruments and sound producing objects. He authored Australian Made, Australian Played (1990) and compiled 'Sounds Unlimited: building the instruments', Sounds Australian No. 62. Atherton is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce and in 2003 was awarded a Centenary Medal for service to the community. Recent performances include New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) opening concert, New York, June 2007 and NIME, Paris, 2006. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.