SIMAK DIALOG — The 6th Story (review)

SIMAK DIALOG — The 6th Story album cover Album · 2013 · World Fusion Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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More and more fusion fans around the world are beginning to realize that Indonesia has become a hotbed for fresh and original jazz fusion music. Along with the creativity and energy, there is also a lot of variety to the styles of these bands. Some Indonesian bands play in a style that could come from anywhere on the globe, while others tend to show more influence from their roots in Indonesian music and culture. With the release of their new CD, “The Sixth Story”, Simak Dialog gladly shows that they are the band with the most roots culture as they mix gamelan rhythms and structure with a unique take on fusion to create one of the most original CDs to come out this year. Thanks to musical “borrowers” like Steve Reich and Robert Fripp, many people have a mistaken concept of what gamelan sounds like. There is nothing fake or borrowed on “6th Story”, this is the real gamelan; complicated, syncopated, earthy and not for amateurs to attempt.

Much of this CD is made up of complex rhythmic patterns driven by the duo percussionists and topped with the Fender Rhodes of Riza Arshad and the electric guitar of Tohpati. Bassist Adhitya Prayama anchors the rhythms and adds syncopated counterpoint as all the musicians intertwine in fascinating patterns. To add variety, sometimes the drums will hit a straight groove to make room for a piano or guitar solo. Throughout this album, tastefully employed occasional electronics and psychedelic effects help add interest. All of the elements are well balanced. Its really hard to describe this band, they don’t sound like anyone else, but there in no denying the high craftsmanship and original artistic vision at work here.
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