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IndonesianNew release of a composition we commissioned from our teacher and sometime guest artistic director Danis Sugiyanto, to accompany a contemporary wayang beber (scrolling artwork) by Dani Iswardana, with narration by dalang Sigit Setiawan.
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Videos
Demo Reel 2021
We’ve taken the COVID-19 downtime to develop new shadow theater techniques, applying them to new and existing crankies and music. Coming soon!
Silver Dagger
New crankie + shadow-puppetry video for our langgam keroncong arrangement of the traditional song Silver Dagger. Crankie and arrangement by Hannah; shadow theater by Andy McGraw, Jess Zike, and Noel.
New video: Gado-Gado
We got together with some of our local Indonesian friends for food, fellowship and filming!
Video produced and edited by our own Nat Quick, with location and cinematography provided by Piperbear Properties and HD Bros.
Jali-Jali on Line Today
Social media aggregator Line Today reposted our video of Jali-Jali, calling it “luar biasa fasih” (extraordinarily fluent). It soared past 100k views in a week!
Check out the thread on facebook but be sure to check out the full-resolution version below.
Akar video: live performance with crankie & shadow puppets
Last September was the US premiere of Akar, our intercultural retelling of Jack & the Beanstalk, here in Richmond Virginia, following our tour of Java.
Cooking nasi goreng with Nat and Ed!
Nat and Ed are spending the year in Surakarta, Central Java, learning about Indonesian arts and culture. Today they try their hand at cooking a popular Indonesian dish.
New video: John Henry
Check out John Henry, the first release from our forthcoming self-titled album.
More to come soon! Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel!
New video: Jali-Jali
Halo dari Bandung!