Sky Songs by Alena Murang
Inspired by the stories of her ancestors that lived in the skies and on Earth, the album is a journey of song through the cosmos; a song for the warriors that watch the mist rise on the morning of battle; a song of watching the clouds to tell of a good time to migrate; a song with lamentations of thunder and the moon.
Alena recently released two (2) singles, Gitu’an and Meno’, which are from this album. In this album Sky Songs, there are two (2) instrumentals, one (1) song in Kenyah language, four (4) in Kelabit language, and for the first time, a song in English. Kenyah and Kelabit are two out of many endangered languages in Malaysia.
Tracklist
| 1. | Gitu'an | 4:13 |
| 2. | We Watched The Clouds | 1:31 |
| 3. | Maya' | 4:49 |
| 4. | Warrior Spirit | 3:49 |
| 5. | Thunder And The Moon | 4:49 |
| 6. | Put Burui | 2:35 |
| 7. | Sunhat Song | 3:23 |
| 8. | Meno' | 4:20 |
Credits
All songs produced Joshua Maran
Mixed and Mastered by Ian Koren at Goldensound Studios
Album design: Alena Murang & Viona Lim
Photos of Alena: Photographed by Clash Donerrin, styled by Saerah Ridzuan (Styllar), hair & makeup by Gebriel Padan. Wearing Alia Bastamam, LANA, Sang Tukang, Meena Studio & Raben Beads
Photos of landscape with thanks to Candy Yik, Rubin Jalla, Paul Anis Pian, Project Room & Zac Labang
Sunhat photo image © The Trustees of the British Museum
License
All rights reserved.
Alena Murang is a singer-song writer, the first professional female sape’ player, The sape’ is a stringed lute instrument from Borneo. She receives songs, music and stories from her Kelabit and Kenyah elders, and presents them in contemporary ways; also writing original songs.Now, she travels to festivals across the world sharing the music of her people.