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Insitu Sessions Volume 6

Compilation of works recorded at the August 19th 2018 Insitu Session at Pura Purusada in Desa Kapal, Kec. Mengwi, Kab. Badung, Bali.

The sixth volume in our Insitu Sessions series includes seven new works recorded in the shadows of Pura Purusada’s 14th century East-Javanese architectural features and a hundred-year-old Banyan tree that towers over its outermost courtyard. Highlights include Ni Made Ayu Dwi Sattvitri’s Ngimbang, wherein gender wayang players invert the register and contour of seed patterns by performing them on both sides of the instruments, and I Made Aristanaya’s rhythmic kaleidoscope Mata Kaki, an expansive study of temporality for small and large gongs that renders audible the potential for different perspectives to be (mis)aligned. Though I Putu Arya Deva Suryanegara’s intersecting explorations of communication, “O” and Zero Sympathy, are perhaps the most boundary-pushing works on this volume, as they apply pressure to aesthetic and cultural boundaries simultaneously. The former combines bronze, bamboo, and iron instruments with 15+ kendang and a battery of special-ordered kulkul typically reserved for signaling community members, while the latter explores the interactive possibilities created when that wireless communication technology is subjected to amplified sympathetic resonance and feedback.

Imprint: Explorasi
Released: 2022/10/08
Length: 67 minutes

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Track Details

1. Ngimbang
Ngimbang (“balanced”) refers to the concept of balance that underlies this music. The composition uses an unconventional spatial arrangement of gender wayang instruments and develops novel playing techniques from this setting.
Komposer: Ni Made Ayu Dwi Sattvitri (Sattvitri)
Instrumen: gender wayang
Musisi: I Gede Dhiyo Pranadhika Tanaya, I Putu Prakash Narendra Putra, Komang Mahendra Adi Putra, I Gede Putu Beni Kurniawan
2. Solar System
This composition uses the circular patterns of a solar system to reflect upon creative processes. Continuous renewal occurs when an artist understands the expressive essence of creative space. The intrinsic similarity within successive stages of cyclical processes allows older events to motivate future developments. These may result in bright or dark futures, the birth of new systems or the stagnation of old systems. Solar System utilizes traditional musical materials in unconventional ways and prioritizes musical text as its means of communication. Please enjoy this musical flow.
Komposer: I Gede Putu Resky Gita Adhi Pratista (Resky)
Gender wayang: Putu Daniswara
Gender rambat saih lima: I Putu Agus Wahyu Budi Yasa, Gede Dhiyo Pranadhika Tanaya
Gender rambat saih pitu: Dewa Gede Rahma Adi Putra, I Made Winantara
3. Tingkah
The outpour of an individual’s musical feeling reflects their intuition and and flows from momentary courses of thought. It will not happen the same way again.
Komposer: I Gusti Nengah Hari Mahardika
Instrumen: reong, gangsa dan jublag semarandhana
Musisi: I Gusti Nengah Hari Mahardika dan I Putu Purwwangsa Nagara
4. 5.7
This continuation of the Anomali series features 15 reong instruments and 7 performers, making it the largest installment to date. 5.7 highlights an exploration of the klenang instrument positioned in the center of the ensemble where it is used to perform fundamental rhythms and melodic material when joined with the encircling reong. This composition develops ideas from Anomali 5, which was performed with friends in Vancouver.
Komposer: I Putu Gede Sukaryana
Musisi: I Putu Harys Arya Wibawa, I Kadek Wahyu Bhaskara Dewangga, I Made Bayu Puser Bhumi
I Nyoman Ganggas Randu Dananjaya, Ayu Dwi Sattvitri, I Wayan Rico Junaedi Putra, I Gede Ngurah Divo Setana
5. Mata Kaki
Mata Kaki is short for ‘mata KAnan KIri’ (right and left eyes). The right and left eyes sometimes align, and sometimes do not. They possess their own points of view, both acute and strong.
Komposer: I Made Aristanaya (Aris)
Instrumen: gong wadon, gong lanang, gong semara pagulingan, tiga kajar, kajar trentengan, tawa-tawa 
Musisi: I Putu Rizky Mulyastra Nata Wijaya, Kadek Dikky Primantara, I Ketut Juliastra 
I Kadek Adi Partha Guna, Putu Wirahadi Putra, Putu Resya Adi Saputra, I Putu Eka Widyana Saputra, 
Gusti ngurah Alit Wira Suryana
6. “O”
The sound of the kulkul envelops traditional Balinese life.
“O” reinterprets instances of musical communication found in Bali into new music for gamelan. The composition utilizes the spatial treatment of sounds from kendang and kulkul instruments, as well as sympathetic resonances from bronze gamelan instruments.
Komposer: I Putu Arya Deva Suryanegara (Arya)
Group: Sanggar Seni Naradha Gita #NAGi
Selonding: I Nyoman Gili Mahendra Putra (Gili), I Nyoman Tri Yoga Sedana Putra (Mang Yoga), Kadek Prema Nandayana (Prema), I Gusti Agung Bagus Tri Saputra (Wah Baguk), I Made Egar Switrama (Egar)
Gangsa slendro: I Putu Agus Awan Setiawan (Gus Awan), I Ketut Adnyana (Ketut), I Gede Galang Parwata (Galang), I Ketut Andre Aldi Wijaya (Andre)
Reyong slendro: I Made Mondana (Mon), I Gusti Nyoman Barga Sastrawadi (Barga), I Komang Alit Gautama Putra (Mang Gogo)
Cungklik gambang: I Made Putra Antara (Gogon), I Wayan Gede Asta Swarjaya (Yan De), I Made Agus Tara (Gus Tara), Nyoman Astadi Jaya Pramana (Mang Adi)
Kendang cedugan: I Gede Yogi Sukawiadnyana (Yogik), I Putu Dwi Adi Semara Jaya (Dwi), I Gede Endra Pratama (Endra), I Gede Mahendra Adi Putra (Mehendra), I Dewa Gede Karcana Subawa (Dewa), I Gusti Putu Agung Eka Wira Setiadi (Gung Lampung), I Putu Wira Andika (Wira), I Made Rai Purna Yasa (Dekno), I Komang Adi Muliawan (Ming Adi), Ida Bagus Putra Legawa (Gus Oman), I Putu Fecky Prasdiska (Fecky), I Nyoman Yudha Putra Widiantara (Yuda), Agus Jaya Widiana (Gus Jaya), I Made Julianta Putra (Putra), I Made Wira Putra (Wira Putra), I Kadek Dwiki Yunadika (Dwiki)
Kulkul: I Putu Arya Deva Suryanegara (Arya), I Kadek Sumanjaya (Gus Blolot), Kadek Sandi Adnyana (Dek Sandi), I Nyoman Adi Saputra (Mang Adi Barong)
7. Zero Sympathy
Zero Sympathy is a section of the composition O, which uses electronics to treat sympathetic resonances found in gamelan instruments. This physical phenomenon is produced by the sound of kulkul instruments, which when struck transmit longitudinal sound waves through air molecules causing gamelan keys with similar frequencies to vibrate. These sympathetic resonances are captured by piezo transducers attached to the keys and amplified using live mixer feedback to create electronic sounds.
For this recording, Zero Sympathy was performed separately from the rest of “O” in order to develop the compositional idea to involve additional musicians performing the kulkul instruments.
Konsep: I Putu Arya Deva Suryanegara (Arya)
Kulkul: I Putu Arya Deva Suryanegara (Arya), I Gusti Nyoman Barga Sastrawadi (Barga), I Made Mondana (Mon), I Putu Gede Sukaryana (Balot)
Amplified sympathetic resonance (mixer): Jonathan Adams

Special Thanks

Special thanks to Pura Purusada for allowing us record in their space.

Production Credits

Recording session coordinator(s): Ni Made Ayu Dwi Sattvitri (Sattvitri), I Putu Gede Sukaryana (Balot), I Made Aristanaya (Aris)
Recording date(s): 2018/08/19
Recording location(s): Pura Purusada, Kec. Mengwi, Desa Kapal, Kab. Badung
Audio recording: I Putu Gede Sukaryana (Balot), Jonathan Adams
Video recording: I Putu Sukaryana (Balot), Lisa Schlenker
Crew: Pande Kadek Ega Sasdicka (Dega), I Wayan Situbanda (Banda), I Wayan Ari Widyantara (Arik Pejeng)
Audio mixing: Jonathan Adams
Audio mastering: Jonathan Adams
Video editing: I Putu Gede Sukaryana (Balot)
Photography: Jonathan Adams, Lisa Schlenker
Cover art: Jonathan Adams