West Java Syndicate Blog

Sunday, January 19, 2014

About the Song : Gending Rame Ku Kendang

This song is a proof that a percussion instrument--in this case is the sundanese kendang and drums--in addition to just a beat keeper but may have a role to give color and rhythmic melodies can provide additional color to the music itself. Gending is the arrangement of percussion rhythmic patterns or patterns that in the chain into sentences, which are repeated. Definition of drumming is not limited to the gamelan instruments, but non-gamelan instruments was included in it, such as Kacapi (sundanese sitar), Calung , Angklung and others and did not rule out the possibility that modern music instrument also included. We can hear in this song that there is a merger of two different musical elements, namely, modern music is the music of western and traditional Sundanese music . To be able to hear modern music genre Jazz Rock are pretty thick were accommodated by the pattern of rhythmic melodies by Keyboard, Bass Guitar, and Drums. elaborated with Waditra Sundanese Kendang and other traditional instruments, so in this song generates a new color in this song using pattern pat Sundanese tradition.

Friday, November 29, 2013

EP available on iTunes

West Java Syndicate EP is available for download.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Resonansi TVRI

On April 10, 2013 West Java Syndicate did a taping for TVRI's music program called Resonansi hosted by country singer Baby Astheria. The program then aired on April 14, 2013 through television and streaming via TVRI's website.

Played four songs, West Java Syndicate came up with formation Zahar Mustilaq (Drums), Dede SP (Bass), YD Nafis (Keyboards), Asep Hadiat (Kendang), Ludi Heryanto (Rebab and Kacapi), Mang Agus (Kendang and Suling). And for the very first time, West Java Syndicate featured a female singer, Maharannie in two songs.

Here's the West Java Syndicate's band documentation video

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Jazz Nagari

KlabJazz's Jazz Nagari at Siete cafe. It was such a pre-release party for West Java Syndicate's upcoming EP. Showcased all four songs on the EP--West Java Syndicate also gave away free CDs for the audience. And although some West Java Syndicate's original traditional section couldn't perform that night, some substitutes done their job well..

YEAY... Thank you for the CD @WestJavaSynd #JazzNagari | @klabjazztwit 😬 pic.twitter.com/PzJ1GZFibo
— Siete Cafe Bandung (@SieteCafe) February 21, 2013

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Recording Session at Route64 Bandung

West Java Syndicate did a recording session at Route 64 Bandung in the early 2013. Recorded four songs for our upcoming EP.

Post by Route 64.

Monday, October 1, 2012

West Java Syndicate at Braga Festival 2012

West Java Syndicate participated in the event Braga Festival 2012. Braga Festival is an annual international festival in Bandung, Indonesia. Braga Festival 2012 was held from 28 to 30 September 2012 with the theme People to People. The committee also invited the sister cities of Bandung, namely Braunchweig (Germany), Hamamatsu (Japan), Suwon (South Korea), Liuzhou (Guang Xi Province, China) and Yingkau (Lioning Province, China). They will bring a distinctive culture and art of the city respectively.