Adam Plack is an Australian-born

didgeridoo The didgeridoo (; also spelt didjeridu, among other variants) is a wind instrument, played with vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone while using a special breathing technique called circular breathing. The didgeridoo was developed by ...

player, composer and producer, originally from

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. He moved to New York City in 1991 and released four albums before moving into production and composition for meditation music in partnership with

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Life and career

Plack comes from a family of classical musicians. He studied classical violin, piano, guitar and voice from a young age. He also enjoyed the improvisations on his father's

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records and eventually turned toward the Australian landscape for inspiration. Plack picked up the didgeridoo in the early 1990s and began his recording career together with Johnny "White Ant" Soames, releasing the album ''Dawn Until Dusk (Tribal Song And Didgeridoo)'' in 1992. The duo produced a second album, ''Winds of Warning'' two years later. He has also collaborated with

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and other

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musicians. Plack has performed and recorded under the name "Nomad," releasing two albums. The first one, ''Nomad'' (1994), was nominated for an

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at the

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. The single "With You" from the ''Songman'' (1999) album,Listing
for the ''Songman'' album on Discogs.com, (accessed 1 January 2015). reached Number 2 on the ''

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'' Dance charts and won the 2001

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Rhythm and Soul Music Award. Since then he has worked largely on meditation music with

, including ''A Gift of Love'' (1998), which consists of translations of the poems of

Rumi Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلال‌الدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ( fa, مولانا, lit= our master) and Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( fa, مولوی, lit= my ma ...

. In 2002, Plack released the ''Coco De Mer'' album, a project of new-age interpretations of classical arias. Plack lives in Los Angeles where he works as a life-coach. He was once married to actress

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Discography

Albums

Film/television composer or contributor

*''Undertow'' Didgeridoo for feature film score by

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(2004) *''

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'' "Belly" original song (2000) *''Perfume'' feature film score, directed by

Michael Rymer Michael Rymer (born 1 March 1963 in Melbourne) is an Australian television and film director, best known for his work on the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' TV series, for which he directed the pilot miniseries and several episodes of the ...

(2001) *''Revolution'' TV film score, directed by

(2009)

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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. They commenced in 1987. ! , - ,

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References

External links

* Adam Plack pageat Allmusic
Adam Plack photos
{{DEFAULTSORT:Plack, Adam Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian male composers Australian composers Australian emigrants to the United States Didgeridoo players Musicians from Baltimore Place of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Melbourne