SENYAWA: Indonesian Ritual Drone Metal

Here's a live video from last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOP-lzob-M0

That performance is sick. I can't believe how good Shabara is.

Do any of the previous albums emphasize softer singing? I love moments like at 12:30.

They must be getting zillions of listeners from the Red Dead Redemption soundtrack too. Good year for them.

they do !

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JplWfkfQf7A

new record "bima sakti" with stephen o'malley, available on LP / digital here:

https://boomkat.com/products/bima-sakti

My label, Burning Ambulance Music, is putting out Senyawa's new album Alkisah in February of next year. (Preorder link)

We're one of 30+ labels putting it out, each handling a separate territory as part of an anti-hierarchical release strategy - in the US, it's me, and an outfit in California that's doing an ultra-limited cassette edition (50-100 copies).

Here's the video for the first track, "Istana":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EFqNYPItQU

It's so good. I can't believe they let me be one of the labels participating in their experiment.

'Grats, unperson. I'll be sure to check it out.

Ah, that explains why I got two separate Bandcamp notifications. Nicely done!

very cool

fwiw I don’t know if it’s archived but they had a brief appearance on Morphine Records’ live streaming benefit show fundraising for Lebanon. good stuff!

congrats to unperson on getting their new release!

This sounds fantastic! Gonna pre-order this one for sure.

It does!

unperson - if we pre-ordered the CD, will there be a full album digital download?

Yeah I was going to check on that since it hasn't activated today, but then I remembered he said his home internet's been out this week -- maybe hasn't had the chance yet?

Ahhh good point Ned, thanks.

Got the full code, thanks unperson! This is killer, really digging it.

Yeah, the first thing I did when my internet came back on Sunday afternoon was make the album live. Glad you're enjoying it; it really is an incredible record, like nothing else out there.

hell yeah

Finally got physical CDs in last week and mailed all the outstanding orders this morning. If you want a CD, I've got plenty still. Order with confidence (US orders only through Bandcamp; international folks, email me directly - burningambulance at gmail)!

for some reason the proper data for this doesn't pull up in Spinitron (which is a service that tracks radio plays), just FYI - it keeps thinking I mean the remix album.

LA folks - the museum I work for is bringing Senyawa out for a (free!) concert on February 17: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2022/senyawa

I think this might be their first time ever playing in LA. Tell a friend!

have seen these guys play a few times (in Australia) and they are fkn incredible

So we made a short video about Senyawa when they played in LA a few weeks back, which I think came out pretty well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veHzOQKHQeg

Nice! They're such amazing artists, and really good guys — I'm honored to work with them.