Crossing aural geographies
Nusasonic will present a large number of musicians and projects from Southeast Asia in the 20th Anniversary Edition of CTM Festival for Adventurous Music and Art 2019 programme. Adopting a multi-perspective approach, Nusasonic is a collaboration between
CTM Festival (Germany), Yes No Klub (Yogyakarta, Indonesia), WSK Festival for the Recently Possible (Manila, The Philippines), and
Playfreely/BlackKaji (Singapore) that explores how contemporary sound practices enable connections and dialogues within the Southeast Asian region, and with Europe. An initiative of Goethe-Institut in Southeast Asia, the project kicked-off with a two week long Artistic Lab and Festival in Yogyakarta in October 2018.
Several highlight projects and artists will appear at CTM 2019 as part of the initiative. Best known for his powerful vocals as part of duo Senyawa, Rully Shabara will appear with his new project,
Setabuhan. Comprised solely of percussion (drummers Ramberto Agozalie and Caesarking), and Shabara’s voice, the project is a modern reinvention of tribal trance. They take inspiration from the monotonous, interlocking beats of the ancient Central Sulawesian ritual, Balia, a dance associated with animism and sacred objects. Their performances are often accompanied by displays of martial arts – while the project does not promote violence, they use spectacle and catharsis to explore aggression and expression.
Rully Shabara is also part of
Kombo, a DIY platform that aims to facilitate and develop a dialogue between local and international improv music scenes. Researching and testing alternative sonic and compositional methods, Kombo was started in 2014 by Shabara and Satya Prapanca. Experimental musician
Bhakti Prasetyo, percussionists
Cheryl Ong and
Ramberto Agozalie, experimental vocalist
Kok Siew-Wai, improvisor
Yuen Chee Wai, and Berlin-based musicians will come together for a night of spontaneous music
.
Experimental punk band
Zoo began in 2005, and were initially known for noisy, fast-paced music. In recent years, they have begun fusing traditional, tribal elements to create a new strain of rock music. Zoo will appear ahead of their forthcoming album, Khawagaka, on Yes No Wave. The record explores their own unique fictional universe, replete with its own culture, language, and religion.
Gabber Modus Operandi is the accidental project born out of Kasimyn and Ican Harem’s celebrations of anarchic cultures, from folk to street, and past to present. Shared, healthy obsessions with jathilan, gabber, dangdut koplo, Chicago footwork, grindcore, and noise form the foundation of Gabber Modus Operandi’s exuberant digital sarcasm and singular take on high-energy sounds.
Tarawangsawelas will join previously announced
Rabih Beaini. The duo, who hail from Bandung, Indonesia, perform a contemporary take on Tarawangsa, the sacred music from Sundanese West Java – as heard on Wanci, their 2017 record released on Morphine. The minimalist, cosmic album offers a careful contemporary interpretation of one of the most mystical and spiritual genres in Indonesia.
Dark ambient project
Sarana utilise both electronic and acoustic elements to explore self-healing strategies through noise. The group, based in Samarinda, Indonesia, are known for fashioning jarring textural experiments.
Due to the central place of noise music cultures within many parts of Southeast Asia, a screeching noise programme at Berghain Säule will unite a range of artists from the region with noise colleagues from Europe. Performing are Southeast Asia musicians along together with Indonesian harsh noise act pioneer Sodadosa, one of the driving forces behind Jogja Noise Bombing (JNB), an open community for noise artists from around the city of Yogyakarta. Inspired by graffiti bombing, JNB keep the city’s noise pulse strong by organising guerilla gigs in the street all the way to multi-day festivals and workshops. Synth builder and experimentalist
Lintang Radittya and DIWO artist-activist
Andreas Siagian will also join, together with
Peter Kirn. The trio will be co-facilitating the 2019 MusicMakers Hacklab under the experiment-driven
Adaptation title.
Saturday 26.1.2019
19:00 | HAU 1
CTM 2019 Opening Concert
Tarawangsawelas & Rabih Beaini [INT]
Linn da Quebrada [BR] – "Pajubá"
Tuesday 29.1.2019
21:00 | Berghain
Zoo [ID]
Schtum [AT]
John Bence [UK]
Croatian Amor [DK]
Wednesday 30.1.2019
21:00 | Berghain
Caliph8 & Nonplus [PH]
Tim Tetzner [DE] – "I Just Can't Avoid the Void in Avoid"
700 Bliss [US]
Thursday 31.1.2019
19:30 | HAU2
Nguyễn & Transitory (Tara Transitory & Nguyễn Baly) [INT] – "Bird Bird, Touch Touch, Sing Sing (Work in Progress)"
Dasha Rush, Valentin Tszin, Stanislav Glazov [INT] – "Les territoires éphémères"
21:00 | Berghain | Säule
Nonplus [PH]
Eartheater [US]
Gazelle Twin [UK]
Lotic [US/DE]
Prison Religion [US]
Miss Djax [NL]
Reka [ES/DE]
Säule
Rambo [PH]
Nguyen Hong Giang [VT]
Lintang Radittya, Andreas Siagian, Peter Kirn [INT]
Sodadosa [ID]
C-drík [INT]
AJA [UK]
Friday 1.2.2019
19:00 | HAU2
Sarana [ID]
Jerusalem In My Heart [CA]
19:30 | Festsaal Kreuzberg
Setabuhan [ID]
Lightning Bolt [US]
Saturday 2.2.2019
16:00 | HAU2
MusicMakers Hacklab – Adaptation Finale
Hosted by Peter Kirn [US/DE] & co-hosts Andreas Siagian [ID] and Lintang Radittya [ID] with Hacklab participants
19:00 | HAU2
Kombo with Bhakti Prasetyo [ID], Cheryl Ong [SG], Kok Siew-Wai [MY], Ramberto Agozalie [ID], Rully Shabara [ID], Yuen Chee Wai [SG], and more.
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