We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Sriti - Ldgu's Sonic Adventures in the Island of Jah​​​-​​​va, Vol. 2: Jawa Kesurupan

by Ldgu

supported by
jon dale
jon dale thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £6 GBP  or more

     

about

Sriti: Ldgu’s sonic adventures in the island of Jah-va - Volume two: Jawa kesurupan is the title of Tresno’s third album.
The first instalment of the series (Sriti: Ldgu’s sonic adventures in the island of Jah-va - Volume one: Jawa mistis) was released at the end of last November, immediately followed by a special two-hours mixtape Ldgu was commissioned by London’s NTS Radio.

While the first volume of this three-records series was focusing on the court music of Central Java and on experiments with sampled gamelan sounds, this second sonic adventure is the field recording of a raw, fierce and magnificent twenty-eight minutes jam session Ldgu was asked to join while traveling with his tenor sax in East Java.
The recording session took place in the city of Malang, while attending a local music festival, which goes by the name Kampung Cempluk.
In this almost-thirthy-minutes piece, you can hear Ldgu improvising and raging with his saxophone alongside a typical djidor ensemble: djidor is a very peculiar variation (as of now, we only have traces of it in some neighborhoods of Malang, Jombang, Madura and Banyuwangi) of the better known jaranan, the music usually played in East Java during trance rituals.
The group Ldgu joins here, Gamelan Cempluk, was at that time composed by a female vocalist, a keyboard, a ketuk, a saron, a gong, and a kendang; the band was amplified through a proper street sound system.
Brace yourselves and be ready for a quite rare musical voyage, an explosion of sounds you can almost smell, with men yelling while bronze percussions shine through the speakers.

A witnessing of how two very distant musical traditions can meet, just by chance, and travel together towards the same epiphany.

Ldgu: field recordings, tenor saxophone.
Cover photo by Ldgu; the rebab portraited is the rebab “ Karabalang”, made by Agung Setiawan.
Mixed and mastered by Ldgu.

credits

released July 6, 2018
2018, Tresno Records

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Tresno Records image

Tresno Records London, UK

Tresno Records is a new born record label, which has arisen from the closure of Lil Pitch Records (2011- 2016).
Tresno is committed to cultural diversity, education, increased understanding, knowledge sharing and epiphanies.

Distributed by Kudos ... more

contact / help

Contact Tresno Records

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Sriti - Ldgu's Sonic Adventures in the Island of Jah​-​va, Vol. 2: Jawa Kesurupan, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now