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"South Australia’s ethereal dance pop duo Electric Fields will represent
Australia at Eurovision in May, after missing out on the honour in 2019.
The duo is led by vocalist Zaachariaha Fielding, who grew up in the Aṉangu
Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands in South Australia, and often blends
English with the Yankunytjatjara language in his lyrics. He’s joined by
producer Michael Ross on keyboards.
In 2019, the pair’s performance of
2000 and Whatever came second to Kate
Miller-Heidke in a televised competition to represent Australia at that year’s
contest. Miller-Heidke went on to finish ninth at Eurovision for her song
Zero
Gravity.
“We have always had our eye on Electric Fields for Eurovision,” creative
director for Australia at Eurovision, Paul Clarke, said in a statement on
Wednesday. “They came close to [representing Australia in 2019] but they are
far stronger a few years down the track.”
Electric Fields is taking
One Milkali (One Blood) to Sweden: a new single
that name-checks Janet Jackson, Fleetwood Mac and the Golden Ratio, and
incorporates Yankunytjatjara.
“We are buzzed with euphoria at our chance to share this music with the world,”
the pair said in a statement. “Our music comes from the deepest place in both
of us and Eurovision is the most exciting opportunity to bring together our
cultures and share the joy of our global connection.”
Fielding is a painter as well as a performer; his depiction of Mimili, the
small community in which he was raised, won the $50,000 Wynne prize for
landscape painting at last year’s Archibald prize.
The pair were nominated for best Australian live act at the 2019 Arias, and
have won eight prizes at the National Live Music Awards; their 2023 single
We
the People was the official theme song to Sydney World Pride."
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