Until recently, throughout Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, Australia, both ceremonial and popular music forms have been almost entirely the domain of men. This article is written by an innovative group of women from this region, who are currently forging new ways to negotiate musical practices, compose, play instruments, sing and perform in public. The Ripple Effect Band are a ground-breaking all-female rock band from the community of Maningrida on the north central coast of Arnhem Land who are using a contemporary music framework to enter a socio-musical space dominated by men. The article will examine the band’s creative processes and how they are negotiating agency as women performing music. The authors will discuss the construction of identity with a particular focus on the role of language and song in the expression of cultural knowledge and the assertion of clan allegiance.

直到最近，在澳大利亚北领地的整个阿纳姆地，仪式和流行音乐形式几乎完全是男性的领域。这篇文章是由来自该地区的一群创新女性撰写的，她们目前正在寻找新的方式来协商音乐实践、作曲、演奏乐器、唱歌和在公共场合表演。Ripple Effect Band 是一支开创性的全女性摇滚乐队，来自阿纳姆地中北部海岸的 Maningrida 社区，她们使用当代音乐框架进入以男性为主的社会音乐空间。这篇文章将探讨乐队的创作过程，以及他们如何与女性表演音乐进行谈判。