February 28, 2009 • 2:58 am
A review from a project that i contributed.
Source: http://audiostylites.com/2009/02/the-dark-horror-of-a-fictional-soundtrack-maujud/
Adit Bujbunen Al Buse – Maujud OST
Have you ever downloaded music from countries whose language you don’t understand? If you’re a regular on AudioStylites then be prepared for this to happen to you often. And pleasantly.
Here’s a gem from Indonesian graphic designer and sound designer Adit Bujbunen Al Buse. The EP is a 9-track, 27-minute soundtrack to a fictional horror film entitled Maujud. In it, he juxtaposes rock and swing jazz with industrial white noise, spitting sounds, musique concrete, distorted guitar riffs, spoken word, mechanical reverberations and even snippets of bossa nova guitar. On several tracks he collaborates with 4 other artists elsewhere in the world.
The overall effect, rather than being a disunified mess, is actually a united body of downtempo and sound art that would be perfect for a horror movie. Or simply a sleepless night of fevered dreams.
Track by Track
Track 3 “Gothesque and the Pond of Thousand Sad Faces” is a lazy downtempo track mixing female spoken word samples with a creepy drum track and a simple piano melody. Nightmare sequence? Poetry while under a trance? Theme music for serial killers? All of the above.
Track 6 is nothing but a male vocal chant over a drone and effects.
Track 9, “Eulogi Arsenikum,” is composed by Cholil and remixed by Adit Bujbunen Al Buse. The plucked guitar motif moves forward on a downtempo drum pattern laced with audio samples from news and TV programs.
Track 5 “Unfinished Business” is my favorite with its swing jazz feel and excellent bass guitar solo (probably by collaborator and director Danif Pradana).
Source: http://audiostylites.com/
Filed under: Experimental Music
February 15, 2009 • 2:39 pm
We are going to perform at an Indonesian Cultural Showcase at Singapore.
Filed under: Events, Experimental Music, Khuruksetra
February 11, 2009 • 8:24 am
REOG PONOROGO is an Indonesian traditional performance art originally from Ponorogo city of East Java, Indonesia. Two weeks ago they performed in front of Takashimaya, Orchard Road, SINGAPORE. In my opinion, it is probably the 2nd most psychedelic-trance performance after the Balinese Kecak Dance. If you love Kecak Dance, then you gonna love Reog Ponorogo as well. Unfortunately, the version that I photographed is very much a ” Pleas Visit Indonesia Year” promotional version. Therefore, it didn’t really explore the authentic representation of the original Reog Ponorogo ritual.
Filed under: Photography
February 8, 2009 • 5:00 am
Model: Ruci Ameria
© 2009 DANIF PRADANA
Filed under: Photography
February 3, 2009 • 8:02 am
These beautiful women were about to perform the Jatilan Dance, which is an opening dance for the Reog Ponorogo performance art (http://www.joglosemar.co.id/peoplecult/reog/index.html). These women were actually playing the role of a group of young and good looking male soldiers. But like in most Javanese performance art, the role of men are always portrayed by beautiful women.
© 2009 DANIF PRADANA
Filed under: Photography
February 2, 2009 • 2:28 pm
Download here for free.
The first conceptual solo work of Danif Pradana (Kalimayat, Khuruksetra). Presenting a decomposition of several sound design works for film that did not make it to the screen. A sonic investigation that reflects an internal perception of the psychosomatic phenomenon, with desolate approach that explores the raw states of minimalist sonic textures.
Composed, Mixed and Mastered at Oblique Studio, The University of Technology, Sydney between October – November 2008. Released on January 2009.
Danif Pradana: Laptop, Electronics, Field Recordings
Filed under: Experimental Music, Sound Design
