Ancient Indonesian tradition meets doom metal in profoundly Ur ways on Stephen O’Malley and Senyawa’s collaborative commission for choreographer Gisèle Vienne, highly recommended if you’re into Sunn O))), Keiji Haino, Nazoranai, Phurpa, KTL.

Following a decade of creative bonds forged between theatre director and choreographer Gisèle Vienne and doom sayer Stephen O’Malley that spans multiple soundtracks (solo and with Peter Rehberg in KTL) and visual artworks, the pair travelled to Indonesia on a commission to explore the country’s rich culture in 2018. They immersed in a magical world of performative rituals where they encountered Wukir Suryadi, an experimental musician and instrument builder whose acclaimed releases both solo and as half of Senyawa have invigorated the avant and experimental rock scene over the past decade. 

The six tracks of ’Bimi Sakti’ document groundbreaking ventures between Senyawa and O’Malley, yielding an incredibly powerful mix of electric guitar and bass guitar amp worship blended with the remarkable range of tonalities from Senyawa’s custom-built bambuwukir, plus traditional pipes and possessed vocals. Practically without precedent in the modern musical sphere, the 44’ release speaks to a resounding mutuality and common musical philosophy between two musicians who are usually geographically separated by a hemisphere. Slow to start, but culminating in a wholly dilated musical vision, the performance effectively collapses eons of musical practice and thought into a singular yet timeless expression of beauty and anguish that transcends the sum of its parts. 

Fleshing out the frequency spectrum between flighty, avian flutes and sprawling subharmonic bass riffs, they come to inhabit a thrilling mid-ground over the course of the album as O’Malley moves up the registers to thrashing mid-range riffs while Suryadi invokes a range of demonic voices and unearthly tones from his bamboo instrument. The results come to prod the pineal like little else beyond, say, O’Malley’s Nazoranai trio with Keiji Haino and Oren Ambarchi, or the first Phurpa album on his Ideologic Organ label, and we reckon should be hailed among the boldest and most astonishing records of 2020.

SENYAWA & STEPHEN O'MALLEY "Dewi Hera, Part I" (from "Bima Sakti" iDEAL198 LP)

Welcome! 

Amateur Exotic is a magical Ashram and if you, having combined in the creative interaction of the seeker, sought after, as well as the search itself, have come here, so it was supposed to happen...At this moment you need to stop and look around... 

Here are kept the scriptures that are representing a collection of fire, matter,  and information...That manuscripts narrate about global, out-of-format musical vibrations and at the same time contain the infinite variety of mystical combinations and transcendental elements...With the help of this knowledge, by digital rituals, all participants destroy the evil spirits of the urban with the sharks of the commercial industry and also perform pujas for the benefit of all living beings...

Прием! Amateur Exotic - это волшебный Ашрам и если вы, объединив в творческом взаимодействии ищущего, искомое, а так же само искание попали сюда, то, значит так и должно было случиться...В этот момент нужно остановиться и осмотреться вокруг...

Здесь хранятся писания представляющие собой совокупность огня, материи и информации...Манускрипты повествуют о глобальных, вне форматных музыкальных вибрациях и одновременно с этим содержат в себе безконечное многообразие мистических комбинаций и трансцендентальных элементов...При помощи этих знаний, путём цифровых обрядов все участники уничтожают злые духи урбана вместе с акулами коммерческой индустрии, а так же, совершают пуджи на благо всех живых существ...

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"Mixing electronic sounds with acoustic instruments playing, Fahmi has combined his different skills to create electro-acoustic compositions that in some cases also wear resemblance to the style of what we used to call post-rock. Composition and playing with the sounds or of instruments are merged close together here, resulting in an atmosphere of ethereal and austere."
- Post Global Recordings

"I got hooked on Fahmi’s music before, and … honestly, far from playing favorites, I find I keep accidentally running over it through aliases and different links and enjoying it over and over again. (While I was just in Indonesia for Nusasonic, it wasn’t the trip that made me discover the music – it was the work of musicians like Fahmi that were the reason we all found ourselves on the other side of the world in the first place, to be more accurate. They discovered new sounds, and us.)"
- Peter Kirn / CDM

"Although the excellent Tandem Tapes label is based in Jakarta, they’re run by an ex-pat Aussie and have a decidedly international outlook. Nevertheless they do showcase plenty of great experimental Indonesian artists, and we finish tonight with Bandung-based “sound sculptor” Fahmi Mursyid, who uses granular synthesis to transform found sounds, guitar and traditional Indonesian instruments into surging drone and glitch works. I love the snatches of choral harmonies floating in and out of this particular track."
- Peter Hollo / FBi Radio

"With an ever-increasing array of powerful, portable and affordable electronic instruments available, the temptation for producers is to go maximal with their sound. But as these videos—courtesy of Indonesian musician Fahmi Mursyid—prove, a seriously affective and versatile sound can be crafted from the most limited of means."
- Telekom Electronic Beats 

"Jakarta Indonesia based Tandem Tapes is quickly becoming one of my favorite labels. It seems like half of their artists are pulled from the pool of experimental music that the Tome swims in and half are undiscovered gems from around the world the Indonesian based Fahmi Mursyid. I find myself lucky to have discovered something like Fahmi's soundclash of the sacred and profane. Gorgeous vocal drones beneath playful, exploratory electronics that ward off any tendency for the heavy hand."
- Tome to the Weather Machine

Featured :

CDM (Create Digital Music)
http://cdm.link/2018/11/tape-loop-drones-fahmi/

XLR8R
https://www.xlr8r.com/news/donato-dozzy-album-fahmi-mursyid-and-alessandro-di-puccio-next-on-grand-rivers-one-instrument

Telekom Electronic Beats 
http://www.electronicbeats.net/the-feed/listen-drift-away-relaxing-ambient-tape-loops-indonesia

Brutal Resonance
http://www.brutalresonance.com/news/experimental-musician-fahmi-mursyid-releases-new-album-via-tandem-tapes/

FBi 94.5 FM Live Radio
https://fbiradio.com/945fm/programs/utility-fog/2018-02-18-2100/

Media Indonesia
http://mediaindonesia.com/read/detail/71038-sumber-irama-yang-tidak-kasatmata

Dewan Kesenia Jakarta
https://dkj.or.id/program/pekan-komponis-indonesia-2016-musik-eksperimental-elektronik/

A Musical Promenade
http://musicalprom.com/2016/10/04/mencari-makna-di-balik-suara/

MUSLAB 2018:
https://depositosonoro.com/2018/08/31/sesion-de-escucha-muestra-internacional-de-musica-electroacustica-muslab/

The Quietus:
https://thequietus.com/articles/27203-nurse-with-wound-klein-black-truffle-rum-music-review

Resident Advisor 
https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/44065

TOME TO THE WEATHER MACHINE PODCAST 019
http://www.tometotheweathermachine.com/reviews/2018/02/tome-weather-machine-podcast-019

One Year In Guangzhou
https://oneyearinguangzhou.blog/2018/04/07/new-music-china-zoogazer-the-foreigners-nein-or-gas-mus-pool-of-light-seippelabel/

Chinabot
https://www.chinabot.co/mental-maps

FACT
https://www.factmag.com/2019/07/09/donato-dozzy-ems-synthi-aks-one-instrument/

The Wire
https://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/417

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SENYAWA & STEPHEN O'MALLEY "Dewi Hera, Part I" (from "Bima Sakti" iDEAL198 LP)

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