Tarawangsa

The Muaro's - Buruang Gagak

Beluk termasuk seni suara, yang muncul dan berkembang di tengah masyarakat petani di tatar Sunda. Bertumpu pada kekuatan vokal, kekuatan nafas, dan pengendalian irama atau melodi, dari mulai suara rendah sampai suara yang melengking tinggi. Di Tasikmalaya, kesenian beluk terdapat di Desa Cikeusal, Kecamatan Tanjungjaya, Kabupaten Tasikmalaya. Di sana ada grup Candralijaya yang masih mempertahankan kelangsungan berbagai kesenian tradisional Sunda, termasuk kesenian Beluk.

Beluk Candralijaya Tasikmalaya

Kumaha X Hakan Tah Kusia

Kumaha X Hakan Tah Kusia (feat. Asep Balon)

Journal #31: Pun Tabe Pun – Jeprut Artist Community

This edition of Journal is taking a phonic turn, from the musicians and members of the Jeprut artist community who performed as part of Greed Rakus Geirig presented at the Long House for Dark Mofo 2023. The featured recording titled Pun Tabe Pun, is a Sundanese saying which translates as asking permission of ancestors whom have passed away.

The Jeprut artist community was founded in the 1980s in Bandung, West Java. Indonesian artist, Tisna Sanjaya is a leading figure in this community movement, and has gone on to produce many collaborative performance based art actions within this unique movement. Jeprut is a Sundanese term for a regenerative force. The performances held as part of Dark Mofo in partnership with Contemporary Art Tasmania and Project Eleven were a rare blend of contemporary, ephemeral, immersive spaces for shared experience steeped in traditional Sundanese spiritual practice understood through the global scope of art as activism.

This recording was engineered by Chris Townend, recorded at Frying Pan Studios at MONA. It is the first ever professional recording made by the musicians collectively.

Copyright, 2023 Jeprut Artist Community, Bi Raspi, Yoyon Darsono, Ayi Ruhat, Yaya Suryadi. All rights reserved.

Journal #31: Pun Tabe Pun – Jeprut Artist Community

Semoga Kau Dineraka Reggae

Tarawangsa - Bubuka

Under the dark sea
Prince Lacuna sleeps
Cautiously watched by
Majesty Saturn's eye.

Prince Lacuna knows
There's a lot to see
Somewhere far away
From the Great Titan Bay.

Prince Lacuna climbs
The path to surface
Majesty, enraged
Once again has the prince caged.

Prince Lacuna sits
In the dark, alone
Yet his urges grow
To explore the unknown.

There is a strange thought
In his little head
"What if I could be
Someone else, away from here?"

Prince Lacuna escapes
Even if pursued
His nature, defied
His role, born anew.

Prince Lacuna stays
Forgotten, disgraced
Majesty Saturn
Will not give up on their son...
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Track & thumbnail by @huecycles

Lonely Prince

These are the origins of beluk, a Sundanese vocal tradition with roots in the dry-rice fields called huma. WIth huma fields scattered far and wide in the mountainous terrain of West Java, farmers developed a system of communication not unlike the yodeling traditions found in places like Switzerland and Africa. The high-pitched vocals share a likeness with yodeling as well, with piercing falsetto and head voice descending in fluid runs to a deeper chest voice. The vocals, mostly wordless, follow in improvisational lines the characteristic pelog and madenda scales that are so integral to Sundanese musical arts.

Source: http://www.auralarchipelago.com/auralarchipelago/beluk

Ambient and sound composition by Iman Fattah.

Rupasuara 01

Rupa Suara 02: Beluk - Sundanese Field Yodels in Highland West Java

NDok - Hanya Waktu

DJ Ngelabur Langit Slow  Angklung Version.mp3

Teringat pertama saat jumpa dengannya
Hatiku bergetar saat dia tatap wajahku
Aku tak tahu apa yang kurasa
Semua terjadi begitu cepat dan aku terbuai

pernah terpikir walau secuil dibenakku
Kau mampu hentikan aliran darah di jantungku
Kau penuh pesona dan aku tak berdaya
Oh.. tuhan inikah tandanya aku telah jatuh cinta

Oooo….dunia terasa jadi semakin indah
Oooo….teryata cinta penuh sejuta warna

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