WV064 Senyawa (ID) - Rehearsal Session 2019 LP

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▼WV064: SENYAWA - Rehearsal Session 2019

- 12" smoke / black LP
- Reverse board heavy gatefold cover
- First 80 copies come with a replicate of the original setlist
- Limited edition of 240 (smoke) / 160 (black)

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After the highly praised album "Alkisah" released by more than 40 labels over the world, WV Sorcerer proudly presents the vinyl version of this rare rehearsal recording from SENYAWA, back in 2019.

Yes, this is a rehearsal recording, but it's more than that, it's an important mark for the first decade of the band, the tracks in this rehearsal present the essence of SENYAWA's music from 2009 to 2019. After that, they embarked on the period of "Alkisah" decentralization. "Rehearsal Session 2019" is an album that carries on from where they left off and marks a significant turning point in the band's history.

The production is also uncompromising, with a multi-track live recording from their studio in the ancient city of Yogyakarta, Java Islands, Indonesia, the music is carefully mixed & mastered. Previously released on tape and CD, and now remastered for vinyl by Thomas Stadnicki in Brussels (Neptunian Maximalism, ZAÄAR). The immense energy of the duo is implanted in each track and all the frequencies, you won't be disappointed!

The record comes in a heavy gatefold cover with unreleased photos of their studio, and the 80 copies come with a replicate of the original setlist.

1. Side A - Air 07:01
2. Side A - Gaib 04:20
3. Side A - Hadirlah Suci 03:10
4. Side A - Bekal Ilmu 06:23
5. Side B - Putra Ombak 03:41
6. Side B - Di Kala Sudah 04:27
7. Side B - Segala 03:40
8. Side B - Kap Tanoh 04:15

Senyawa is always surprising. They can produce such an extensive array of sounds from a rehearsal. Give this one a spin if you’re into unique texture of sounds!
- The Store Front

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It’s difficult to characterise Senyawa without leaning on inaccurate tropes or multihyphenates. From Indonesian gamelan to apocalyptic folk, post-punk, no wave, stoner metal and dark-doom-psychedelic-ritualcore, the Javanese duo’s output encapsulates such wide swathes of influences so as to be nearly impossible to summarise.

Their unprecedented style derives in large part from their unconventional instrumentation. Over the course of ten years and about as many releases Rully Shabara and Wukir Suryadi have honed a semi-improvisational sound forged from the percussive clattering and ceremonial mood of their homemade bambuwukir. The device, the size and shape of a tube zither, is sheathed in rows of metal and bamboo strings that emit a remarkable range of otherworldly tonalities and textures. On their newest album Alkisah it’s joined by another of Suryadi’s homemade creations built from a spatula and an electric guitar. Their combined effect is more industrially angular than the band’s past work, eliciting a symphony of pulverising riffs and guttural roars that sounds as if they’ve hatched straight from the fires and slimes of Middle Earth.
- Chloé Lula, The Wire

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「他們的音樂結合了人聲吟唱和自制樂器，有著濃濃的爪哇部落感。其中自制樂器的 Wukir Suryadi 更是一位有名的樂器制造家，他最著名的創作是由一根長長竹子做成，在上方綁著鋼弦，功能與樣貌類似電吉他的概念。經過不同的效果器，改變並放大樂器本身的音色。這樣的聲音可以制造出巨大音場，Wukir 的演奏有著傳統爪哇音樂的空間感，配合 Rully 現場吟唱，讓聽者仿佛進入巫毒世界的異次元。Senyawa 的音樂融合了實驗與噪音，並將傳統的爪哇特色融合其中，他們的音樂致力於將傳統帶入當代，並用全新方式詮釋，創造出超越想像的當代印尼風格。」
- 何灝（上海藝平台）

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“Indonesian duo Senyawa is one of the most intense live bands in the world.”
- Red Bull Music Academy

“Senyawa can be counted among the most thrilling, edgy and original live performance units anywhere in the world.”
- The Wire

“Senyawa forged a sound that brings with it another dimension of weight, one that can’t be measured.”
- The Quietus

“Senyawa`s music rises from the belly of the beast and crawls out of its gaping maw.”
- Pitchfork

“Generally speaking, Senyawa operate on a force-of-nature level.”
- Resident Advisor

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Jogjakarta’s Senyawa uniquely manage to embody the sonic influences of Javanese music through the framework of experimental music practice—pushing and pulling the boundaries of both traditions. Their music strikes a perfect balance between their avant-garde influences and cultural heritage to create truly contemporary Indonesian music.

Their sound is comprised of Rully Shabara’s deft extended vocal techniques punctuating the frenetic neo-tribalism of instrument builder, Wukir Suryadi’s modern-primitive instrumentation. Inventions like his handcrafted ‘Bamboo Spear’; a thick stem of bamboo strung up with percussive strips of the plant’s skin along side steel strings. Amplified it fuses elements of traditional Indonesian instrumentation with garage guitar distortion. Sonically dynamic, the instrument can be rhythmically percussive on one side whilst being melodically bowed and plucked on the other.

They have collaborated and performed with many notable musicians such as Stephen O'Malley, Yoshida Tatsuya, Lucas Abela, KK Null, Keiji Haino, Jon Sass, Damo Suzuki, Jerome Cooper, David Shea and Kazu Ushihashi. In 2012 they completed a film in collaboration with French filmmaker Vincent Moon.

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The word "SENYAWA" in Indonesian has many layers. It can mean chemical compound and can also mean "becoming one soul".

released April 1, 2022

SENYAWA
Wukir Suryadi: custom instruments
Rully Shabara: lyrics, vocals

Recorded live during rehearsal session at Senyawa Studio
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 6th November 2019
Mixed & mastered by Mahamboro
Vinyl mastered by Thomas Stadnicki
“Kap Tanoh” lyrics by Teungku Li

Photography by Reza Darwin, 2019-2022
Except two portraits by Arnold Simanjuntak & MsKrbt
Design & layout by Ruò Tán 若潭
Special thanks to Komunitas Kanot Bu, Aceh

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