Tarawangsawelas (Teguh Permana & Wisnu Ridwana) are a musical duo from Bandung mainly performing a contemporary version of Tarawangsa, the sacred music from Sundanese West Java. On this occasion they will perform an extended live set in the form of a long session featuring electronic producer HEITH (Daniele Guerrini/Haunter Records) following a collaboration started a year ago in Indonesia.
The concert will be introduced by the screening of two documentaries on the Tarawangsa ritual by Indonesian indipendent film maker Gigi Priadji from his project ‘Trah Documenter’, followed by a q & a session with Teguh Permana, Wisnu Ridwana and Luigi Monteanni (ArteTetra)
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h. 21:00 *film screening*
– Ibingan Saehu Tarawangsa | Tarawangsa Sacred Dance (13′, 2018), Gigi Priadji
– Syukuran dengan media seni Ormatan Tarawangsa Rancakalong (23′, 2018), Gigi Priadji
h. 21:45 *Q & A* with Teguh Permana, Wisnu Ridwana, Luigi Monteanni
h. 22:00 *Tarawangsawelas extended live feat. HEITH*
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Tarawangsawelas (Teguh Permana & Wisnu Ridwana) are a musical duo from Bandung mainly performing a contemporary version of Tarawangsa, the sacred music from Sundanese West Java. Tarawangsa is played on two string instruments: a rababa-like two-stringed bowed instrument itself called Tarawangsa, and the Jentreng, a seven-stringed kecapi-like instrument. Typically from Rancakalong village in Sumedang, West Java, Tarawangsa is played as part of a ritual consisting of almost eight hours of music and dance, complete with offerings and prayers. During a performance, a selection from the forty two known Tarawangsa pieces slowly build up from a cosmic slow groove to more repetitive and hypnotic rhythms, inevitably bringing the listener and dancer to a trance state. In 2017 their album ‘Wanci’ was released on Rabih Beaini’s Morphine Records.
https://tarawangsawelas.com/
https://tarawangsawelas-mor.bandcamp.com/
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Active since 2013 Heith is a project by the Italian artist Daniele Guerrini. Aside from his solo guise, he’s the co-founder and art-director of Haunter Records, he’s been involved in many different projects including Cage Suburbia; exploring the edges of rave, jungle and techno music. Heith has also been featured in a collaborative project with Jesse Osborne-Lanthier alongside Japanese noise legends Keiji Heino and Merzbow; he is now collaborating with many artists like : Lag Os, Ruben Patino (N.M.O.), Weightausend, Pietro Agostoni, Backwords, Giorgio Di Salvo (United Standard) and Tarawangsawelas.
https://soundcloud.com/y-153
https://haunterrecords.bandcamp.com/
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Gigi Priadji is an independent documentary film maker currently specialized on West Java Indonesian culture which craft, dance, music and art he passionately shares with everyone under the project called “Trah Documenter”.
http://gigipriadji.net/
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Artwork by Blaho