The first piece that I composed in Musescore between 9 and 15th of October 2016, in order to get to know this software. The first part is almost entirely white keys. Later on, when I got used to Musescore, more and more black keys can be heard. This soundfile is a midi output from Musescore. 

I really wonder if this piece is actually playable? Anyone interested to try, please let me know, With love I'll send you a PDF of the score. Email renadisantoso0@gmail.com

Core 1b

To all our friends, family, fans and everybody who's interested, here our best wishes for the New Year!
 
The song is based on a poem by Charles d'Orléans (1394-1465). We made up the music in our sparse spare moments together last month and we recorded it on New Year's day. We hope it will give you a fresh heart to enter 2017!

We have a mind to work on the song a little bit more and include it on our next album (for the moment titled: 'De Prinses, der Rebbe & Le Loup"). It will feature a.o. our rendition of 'Heer Halewyn', a tarantella, a Brederode song, a Henry Howard song, a farandole and a few Yiddish and Sephardic songs on Sundanese kecapi.

For those curious about our music please visit:  www.eteparfait.bandcamp.com/  to hear/download our first album.

Love and best wishes!
Jessica & Renadi


Puis ça, puis la
Et sus et jus
De plus en plus
Tout vient et va.

Tous on verra
Grans et menus
Puis ça, puis la
Et sus et jus.

Vieuls temps desja
S'en sont courus,
Et neufs venus
Que dea! Que dea!
Puis ça puis la.

(Charles d'Orléans)


Dan hier, dan daar
En hoog en laag
Ja meer en meer
Komt alles, en gaat.

Kijk allemaal
Knecht en meneer
Dan hier, dan daar
En hoog en laag.

Het oude jaar
Verdween alweer,
Een nieuw verscheen
Zowaar! Zowaar!
Dan hier, dan daar.

(Dutch translation: Jessica Polak)

Music by Eté Parfait

De Prinses, der Rebbe & Le Loup

'Puis ça puis la' by Eté Parfait

And yet another sketch/work in progress for the band Bangkirai X

Intimation Processor

Key Steppes 3

Another sketch for a piece by BANGKIRAI X.
Definitely room for improvement and extension! Will need drums, and more guitar at least.

The Tears Of The Moon

Version with drumtrack. Still all midi. 

This track and others in the BANGKIRAI X playlist are 'work in progress'.

If you're interested in joining us bringing these pieces to life/live, please contact me: renadisantoso0@gmail.com

Note: we're an Amsterdam (NL) based band.

Human Gnome Project prt 2

Live set by gamelan group GONG TIRTA  at the OmhO festival May 20th 2017 at the House of Gongs, Amsterdam.

The pieces:
1) 'Wisnu Mapajar' composed by I Ketut Sudanegara, arrangement by Renadi Santoso.
2) 'Kulintang' (10:20) composed collectively by the members of Gong Tirta: Tiurma Siregar, Varja Alexander, Pamela Kocken, Jeroen Sep, Jessica Polak, Renadi Santoso.
3) 'Steamtrain Desiring' (19:32) composed by Renadi Santoso.

Special guestmusician: Marc Paelinck of gamelan Swara Santi.
Recorded by James Rinsampessy, Michael Bonaventure and Renadi Santoso.
Mix/production by Renadi Santoso.

www.facebook.com/GongTirta/

Live at OmhO Festival 2017

Meeting the Unknown - Wisnu Mapajar, Kulintang, Stoomtrein Begeertig

Update: live performance of this piece Saturday August 15th 2020!

Demo-version of my composition for carillon/chimes. The piece was commissioned for TTF 2020, to be performed bij Gijsbert Kok. A special gamelan version was also commissioned to be performed at the TTF by gamelan ensemble Gong Tirta. 

However, due to Covid-19 this festival has been postphoned at first and finally cancelled, so this piece has to be performed live yet.

The upcoming occasion will be Saturday August 15th 2020. Actually it will be performed live by several carillon players:

Helmond, Lambertuskerk, 10.00-10.30 uur, Rosemarie Seuntiëns 
Groningen, Martinitoren, 11.00 -12.00 uur, Auke de Boer 
Utrecht, Domtoren, 11.00 -12.00 uur, Malgosia Fiebig 
Roermond, Stadsbeiaard van het Stadhuis, 12.00 - 12.30 uur, Rosemarie Seuntiëns 
Venlo, Sint Martinuskerk, 12.00-13.00 uur, Marcel Siebers 
Venray, St.Petrusbanden toren 14.00 -14.30 uur, Rosemarie Seuntiëns 
Den Haag, Grote Kerk 14.00 -14.30 uur, Gijsbert Kok (live te volgen via YouTube) 
Oirschot, Sint-Petrusbasiliek, 16.00 – 16.30 uur, Rosemarie Seuntiën 
Hoorn, Grote Kerk, 16.00 – 16.45 uur, Frits Reynaert 

Live stream of the The Hague perormance:
 https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Stichting+Carillon+Den+Haag. 





Since the objective was that the piece should be playable on carillon as well as on gamelan, I chose to make use of the restriction of the typical gamelan tone scale. In this case a five-tone Pelog scale, coinciding with the range of the Gong Tirta gamelan.

The scale: ding - dong - deng - dung - dang
Which translates (very roughly) to: C# - D - E - G# - A

This studio version was played (with some minor glitches)with the Alesis QSR 'Tower Bells' preset.

Merdeka Bells (demo-version)

This piece saw the light of day during my weeks of lock-down. Starting Sunday April 12th 2020 with a full-out solo impro session with my Access Virus B (beat, arpeggiator, lead synth) and the Korg M3 midi-chained wth the E-mu Lead X1 (harmony synth).
I immediately - without studying or even listening to it - improvised the piano part (Alesis QS)on top of it.
After a week I started adding composed parts on bass guitar (Riverhead fretless), and later guitar (BC Rich Mockingbird) and finally violin (?). This current version dates from Monday May 11th.

All recorded in Logic 9.

What still remains to be added are the lyrics 'The Veil of Corona" and "The Living Dead" (courtesy of Pages of Ages, formerly Holy Writ).

Please, see this track as the karaoke version. And as the soundtrack for the movie that hasn't been yet.
Enjoy, Like, Diss, Share but above all: comment, please!


Update 1:
A more developed version of this track is featured in the Corona Lyrics Creations Open Project (www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZj8DB_5WdE&t=20s)

Update 2:
The final version complete with lyrics is available here: bangkiraix.bandcamp.com under de title 'Trance Morphations'

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