because I had time to relax and actually go back into the studio, take it slow, and finish off the album properly.
And ironically, COVID “was probably one of the best things that happened!. “You’re trying to focus but you’re burnt out.” “I was just doing show-to-show, back-to-back and straight into the studio,” Danzal Baker tells triple j. But being in such high demand made it hard to knuckle down and get it done. Truth is, he could’ve dropped an album at most points over the past few years (and have it warmly received). Now, at long last, we have his debut album, Gela, which is - first and foremost - a party that everyone’s invited to.įrom the traditional songlines of opener ‘Announcing The Journey’ to the vibrant 43 minutes that follow, it’s an irresistible brew of beats and bars conceived in getting you to ' Move' and feel ' Cool As Hell' delivered with the zeal and contagious hooks that have made Baker Boy a festival favourite. Nobody could’ve predicted the level of success the Yolngu rapper and dancer would reach when he uploaded his first hit to triple j Unearthed in 2017, commanding us on ‘Cloud 9’ to ‘ Step back, feel the power of my blackness’.
