About Sirocco
Sirocco are Australian world-folk pioneers, weaving instruments and traditions from many cultures into a sound that still feels grounded in local landscapes. Over decades of touring they have developed a language of long, modal lines, hand-played percussion and carefully shaped soundscapes, equally at home in concert halls, festivals and outdoor settings. The albums on this page show different sides of that work – studio craft, live suites and concerts that treat whole environments as part of the band.
Sirocco – breath of time
breath of time gathers key strands of Sirocco’s world–folk language into one flowing arc: misty soundscapes, driving bouzouki grooves, desert winds and river music. Long phrases, modal harmonies and hand-played percussion give the album a lived-in warmth – you can hear the years on the road in every turn of the melody. It’s a panoramic listen that moves easily from intimate detail to wide horizons, inviting the listener to sit inside the sound rather than simply observe it.
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Sirocco – Wetlands Concert Live
Recorded in concert, Wetlands Concert Live is Sirocco in full storyteller mode – a suite that traces billabongs, mists, rivers, birds and night-time soundscapes. Acoustic instruments and environmental textures blur into each other, so that frog calls, whistles and frame drums feel like one extended instrument. The music breathes with the room: tempos flex, textures swell and fall away, and the audience is carried through a whole ecosystem in a single performance.
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Sirocco – Live at the Royal Botanic Gardens
Sirocco live at the Royal Botanic Gardens catches the band outdoors, surrounded by trees and open air, playing a set that’s both expansive and intimate. Pieces like “The Evergreen Realm”, “Layers of the Forest” and “Chai and Guy” feel tailor-made for the setting, with melodies that seem to rise up out of the landscape itself. This is Sirocco as festival band and sound-sculptor at the same time – a concert that turns the gardens into an instrument.