Adam Plack

Adam Plack is an Australian-born didgeridoo player and recording artist. He is originally from Melbourne (specifically the southern suburb of Camberwell) but lived for many years in New York City beginning c. 1994. He now lives in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife Sonja Sohn and stepdaughter Sophia Wang.

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 jazz records and eventually turned toward nature sounds for inspiration [ [http://www.users.bigpond.com/apertout/Nomad.htm Adam Plack interview in "Australian Musician"] ] . He picked up the didgeridoo in the early 1990s, after being inspired by hearing a world beat song by Peter Gabriel and Youssou N'Dour. [This was likely the track "Shaking the Tree (1990 remix)" from Peter Gabriel's 1990 album "".]

Plack has often performed and recorded under the name "Nomad." He has participated in a number of cross-cultural music projects, including the No World Improvisations ensemble (with Jin Hi Kim, Joseph Celli, and Mor Thiam). He has also released several recordings of meditation music with Deepak Chopra, including "A Gift of Love" (1998), which consists of translations of the poems of Rumi. He has recorded with Johnny "White Ant" Soames, from whom he purchased his first didgeridoo at the crafts fair at St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne. He has also collaborated with David Gulpilil and other Aboriginal musicians of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory [ [http://www.users.bigpond.com/apertout/Nomad.htm Adam Plack interview in "Australian Musician"] ] .

Plack's single "With You" reached Number 2 on the "Billboard" dance charts and won the 2001 ASCAP Dance award.

He is currently writing a children's book.

Discography

olo

*"Didgeridoo" (1994)

As Nomad

*"Nomad" (1994) (Australian Music International)
*"Songman" (2002), with the Ramingining Songmen (Australian Music International)

With Johnny (White Ant) Soames

*"Dawn Until Dusk" (1992), with Ku-Ku Yalanji & Ku-Ku Imaji Tribes (Australian Music International)
*"Winds of Warning" (1994 ) (Australian Music International)

As contributor

*"A Gift of Love: Deepak & Friends Present Music Inspired by the Love Poems of Rumi" (1998) (Rasa Music)
*"Buddha-Bar, Vol. 2" (2000)
*"Rasa: Exotica" (2001)
*"The Soul of Healing Meditations" (2001) (Rasa Music)
*"Waves" (1991)
*"The Best of Lounge Music" (2002)
*"Coco de Mer" (2002)
*"A Gift of Love II: Oceans of Ecstasy" (2002) (Rasa Music)
*"Karma Collection" (2002)
*"Namaste Experience" (2002)
*"Je Nous Aime" (2003)
*"Rasa: Exotica II" (2003)
*"Rasa Mello II" (2003)
*"Chakra Balancing: Mind, Body and Soul" (2004) (Rasa Music)
*"Music of Undertow" (2004)
*"Revive: Music to Restore Balance & Wellbeing" (2005)
*"Rasa: Exotica, Vol. 3" (2006)
*"Rasa Mello, Vol. 3" (2006)
*"Relax, Vol. 2: Sublime Music for Reading and Lounging" (2006)

References

External links

* [http://www.users.bigpond.com/apertout/Nomad.htm Adam Plack interview]
* [http://www.rasamusic.com/category_25_30.html Australian Music International site]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:vhjm7ip8g7or Adam Plack page] at Allmusic
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0dq7g4ebtv4z~T4 Adam Plack discography] at Allmusic
* [http://www.musiconphoto.com/UD_020601_3/gallery_ethno_Nomad1.htm Adam Plack photos]

Listening

* [http://www.wnyc.org/shows/newsounds/episodes/2003/08/25 Adam Plack audio] , rec. live at WNYC, November 1992 (scroll to 26 minutes to listen)

ee also

*Didgeridoo