"Anabiosis Passage" is a concert in which media technologies creates pioneering music based on Indonesian music cultures including the traditional, pop, and modern music. This unique work stems from "To Belong", the modern dance work by choreographer, Akiko Kitamura, in which Yasuhiro Morinaga takes part as a music director. "Anabiosis Passage" features sounds which Morinaga fieldrecorded in Indonesia, and musicians he met then. This work interprets the Indonesian culture in a modern context by dealing with gamelan, Kroncong, and Hip Hop music and local environmental sounds of Indonesia. This work also deals with the Indonesian musical instruments including the style of rendition and narrative literature as motifs, and creates a modern ritual space based on media technologies. Morinaga from Japan takes the roles of music director and electronic manipulator. Musicians of a string quartet and a pianist are also invited to this work from Japan. "Anabiosis Passage" is definitely a work in which tradition and modernity interact with one another between Indonesia and Japan.
Music director: Yasuhiro Morinaga
Singer: Endah Laras+Slamet Gundono
Rap: Marzuki Mohamad aka Kill the DJ
Piano: Maiko Ishii
1st violin: Natsume Saiki
2nd violin: Taeko Kobayashi
Viola: Hidemi Takemoto (Ayu Eto)
Vello: Hiroki Taniguchi
Electronics: Yasuhiro Morinaga
Lighting: Azusa Seto (Balance.Inc)
Production: Marie Takimoto
Sound production: concrete
Production: Neopa.Inc / Office A/LB / Asian Cultural Council
Support: Japan Foundation
Year of production: 2013
Length: 60mins
Format: multimedia chamber music concert
Performance Dates:
23 Oct 2013: Chino Cultural Complex [Nagano] Japan
24 Oct 2014: ACC 50th Year Anniversary [Yokohama] Japan
03 Dec 2014: Gedung Kesenian Jakarta [Jakarta] Indonesia