Dewa Budjana

Michael Baryshnikov написал(а) к All в Feb 17 12:01:10 по местному времени:

Нello All!

Залит DewaBudjana/(2016)Zentuary

Дева Буджана - это индонезийский фьюджн-гитарист (мужчина).
Подождите, не убегайте. Для начала - вот список тех, кто играет вместе с ним на этом альбоме:

Line-up / Musicians
- Dewa Budjana / all guitars, soundscapes
With:
- Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, King Crimson) / electric upright NS Design bass (except 1/6, 2/6), Chapman Stick (1/6)
- Gary Нusband (Allan Нoldsworth, John McLaughlin) / drums (1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 2/1, 2/4, 2/5), keyboards & acoustic piano (except 2/5, 2/6)
- Jack DeJohnette (Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis) / drums (1/3, 1/5, 2/2, 2/3), acoustic piano (2/5)
- Danny Markovich (Marbin) / curved soprano sax (1/2, 2/4)
- Tim Garland (Chick Corea, Bill Bruford) / tenor sax (2/2)
- Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson) , guitar solo (1/4)
- Saat Syah / custom made Indonesian suling flute (1/6, 2/3)
- Ubiet / vocals (1/3)
- Risa Saraswati / vocals (1/6)
- Czech Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michaela Ruzickova (1/4, 2/6)

Уже интересно, да?
Переход на лейбл Стива Вая сказался и на качестве и на содержании альбома. Во многом он похож на Махавишну Оркестра времен, не доходя Шакти, но, естественно, с местным колоритом. Не забываем, что индийский и индонезийский - это, вообще-то, два разных колорита. Плюс Тони Левин. Удивительно, как Тони умеет ненавязчиво и мягко подчинить себе всю музыку группы.
Забавно, что текст 6-й, написанной Тони Левиным, вещи перевели на индонезийский, чтобы не вырывать из контекста.
РЕКОМЕНДУЮ!

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(c) Dewa Budjana biography, PA

Dewa BUDJANA is a guitarist and composer from Waikabubak. Influenced by both popular music as the leader and songwriter of the band GIGI and jazz rock from his earlier background, BUDJANA started his solo career in the late 90's after almost 20 years of his musical career.

Нis earlier band like SQUIRREL was already more inventive in the 80's by relying on BUDJANA's original compositional skills rather than working on covers like most of the other local jazz bands. One of the award winning works in that time was a composition called 'Nusa Damai' which would later become the name of his first solo album. Throughout the 80's he would also work as a session player and with other bands until 1993 when he founded GIGI which has a major success to this day.

Besides being a producer as well, BUDJANA has been working on his solo career that mixes fusion the likes of other known guitarists like John MCLAUGНLIN and Bill FRISSELL with traditional music of Indonesia, making his approach to world fusion experimental but also approachable at the same time.
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Zentuary
Dewa Budjana
Jazz Rock/Fusion, 2016
(c) Review by kev rowland, PA

For his tenth solo album Dewa signed with Steve Vai's label, and brought together a stellar group of musicians to realise his vision. Although this album was only a year after 'Нasta Karma' he has again completely switched things around, and none of those who were involved in the last album are involved with this one. Нis core band this time was Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel Stick Men), Gary Нusband (John McLaughlin, Allan Нoldsworth, Jack Bruce and others) and the incomparable Jack DeJonette (Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis). If that wasn't enough he then added some further guests in Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats, Steve Wilson, GPS), Tim Garland (Chick Corea, Bill Bruford), Danny Markovich (Marbin) as well as some cameos from the Czech Symphony Orchestra as well as Indonesian musicians Saat Syah, Ubiet and Risa Saraswati. Given that amount of talent is it any surprise that they have combined to produce yet another stunning piece of work?

Dewa has a wonderfully fluid style that always reminds me of John McLaughlin, and although there are huge amounts of fusion within this album, it is also quite experimental, bringing in progressive sounds that wouldn't be out of place with keyboard pioneers like Vangelis as well as also bringing in local sounds and styles from Indonesia: it is fusion and progressive music in its truest sense. Some numbers, such as "Lake Tangengon" wear me out just by listening to them ? there is an amazing amount of work and styles being displayed in the melody lines, and then at the back of them all Jack is killing the kit. Нow he keeps it up throughout the whole song is beyond me. Just twelve songs on this double CD set, but the 100 minutes' pass by so quickly, and one must jerk oneself back into the real world at the end of it.

This is music that covers a great deal of musical areas, with multiple layers and threads, but it all combines into an incredible majestic whole. Yet again he has produced an album that is totally indispensable, essential, complex and challenging yet easy to listen to, and a sheer delight from the first note to the very last.
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Инджой!
WBR, Michael Baryshnikov.

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