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Senyawa releases album in collaboration with Sunn O)))’s Stephen O’Malley
The album comprises semi-improvised sound performance which narrates the genesis of the Milky Way galaxy through the perspective of Javanese and Greek mythology.
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Senyawa perform at their Tanah Air concert at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta. (Instagram.com/cantsaynotohope/Muhammad Asranur)
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ndonesian avant-garde duo Senyawa has released an album called Bima Sakti in collaboration with Stephen O’Malley of American experimental metal band Sunn O))) via independent label iDEAL Recordings.
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The album features six tracks recorded during a live concert at Kaaitheater in Brussels, Belgium, in January 2018.
Rully Shabara of Senyawa said their friendship started when O’Malley visited Yogyakarta, Senyawa’s home base, in 2017.
“Prior to his visit, he had known Senyawa through listening to our releases. When he visited Yogyakarta, he immediately looked for Wukir (Senyawa’s string player),” Rully told The Jakarta Post on Friday.
The friendship eventually led to art-making when O’Malley’s partner, theater director and choreographer Gisèle Vienne, offered to produce a performance project.
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hen Senyawa toured Europe and visited Brussels in 2018, they performed in a concert which was then recorded, mixed and packaged into an album.
The album comprises semi-improvised sound performance by Rully, Wukir and O’Malley, which narrated the genesis of Bima Sakti or the Milky Way galaxy, through the perspective of Javanese and Greek mythology.
“The songs are about the myth of the fight between Bima, a character in Sanskrit epic The Mahabharata, and the Dragon, as well as the myth of Hera, whose breast milk became the Milky Way,” he said.
The digital release of the album is available for purchase via independent music store Boomkat. (wng)
