- 2024-10-01
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MUSIC
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Jacob Collier & AURORA Perform “A Rock Somewhere” & “The Seed” from The Arctic for Ocean & Climate Protection
British singer-songwriter Jacob Collier and Norwegian singer-songwriter AURORA performed a mash-up of their two songs, “A Rock Somewhere” and “The Seed” from Sveabreen in Svalbard for ocean and climate protection.
They have joined forces in the fragile Arctic to highlight the urgent need to protect the oceans and stop deep sea mining.
The performance was delivered in partnership with Greenpeace International from the organisation’s ship Arctic Sunrise.
“A Rock Somewhere” is featured on Jacob Collier's 2024 fifth studio album “Djesse Vol. 4”, while “The Seed” is featured on AURORA's 2019 third studio album “A Different Kind of Human (Step 2)”.
Jacob Collier said, “The moment I heard about an opportunity to jump aboard one of the legendary Greenpeace ships, head to Arctic waters, and sing a song with one of my favorite artists next to a mighty glacier, I knew I was signing up for something special. What I hadn’t foreseen was quite how transformative and moving the experience would be, and how much it would teach me - musically, energetically and environmentally. I was bowled over at the sheer magnitude of the Arctic – and also its deep fragility. We’ve lost two thirds of all the Arctic summer ice in the last forty years. It’s a shadow of its former self - yet it’s not too late for us to help.”
He continued, “Our oceans are in crisis. Industrial fishing, oil drilling, warming temperatures and plastic pollution threaten one of the most important ecosystems on earth, which threatens all life as we know it. In order for our oceans to recover and thrive, scientists are telling us we must create a network of global ocean sanctuaries that are off limits to industrial activity. We’re joining Greenpeace in their call for a global ban on deep sea mining and for governments to protect at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030.”- AURORA said, “We need to understand, the more we interfere with, or the more we violate, nature we will have a lesser chance to survive the consequences of our actions. We already know the large impact every choice we’ve made so far has had on the health of this planet. And therefore the health of every life that lives on it. I don’t understand why we cannot let things be. Our curiosity has turned sour, and now I feel like we’re only looking to dominate - take the land, take everything it has to offer before anyone else does it. We compete with each other as nations but we forget the one thing we all have in common. If we keep interfering with the few untouched areas of this Earth, there will be no future. We have to stop deep sea mining. I hope our Prime Minister and the other world leaders will do what is right. Not for them, but for the children of the children.”
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Dr Laura Meller of Greenpeace Nordic said, “Hearing AURORA and Jacob’s eerily beautiful voices echo around the glacier and the icebergs was such a reminder of the fragility of our planet, and why we work so hard to protect it. Centuries of human extraction have pushed ocean ecosystems to the brink of collapse. We won a historic Global Ocean Treaty last year, which keeps our goal of protecting 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030 alive. But governments now want to mine the deep. We won’t let that happen. We hope this collaboration will inspire millions of people around the world to join our mission to protect the oceans for future generations. We still have time, but governments must act now. They must protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 and introduce a moratorium on deep sea mining.” - source : YouTube
