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So La Li
Artist: Sabah Habas Mustapha
Label: Omnium
Genre : Rock
World
Instruments : Bass guitar
Drum kit
Keyboards
Percussion
Suling (bamboo flute)
Violin
Vocals
Slide Guitar
Vocals (female)
Vocals (male)
Geography : Indonesia
Label : Omnium - http://www.omnium.com
Description:
So La Li ! The Muse ! Today !
All Stars is right: Sabah Habas Mustapha and Bandung’s finest, now together in a fresh interpretation of West Javanese roots, bringing you rippling kacapi, soaring suling, wiggling biola, croak-chuckling senggak and the honey dripping voice of Tati Ani Mogiono in a beautifonky Jaipong party seared with moments of the old wistful Sunda melancholy they call "Sakit Hati." So La Li is the key.
Eleven new tracks recorded on location in Bandung -- capital city of the province of Sunda in West Java, Indonesia -- featuring traditional Sundanese songs in surprising local & international settings and foot-tapping instrumentals with excitement - increasing ensemble playing.
The Jugala All Stars are:
- Tati Ani Mogiono vocals
- Asep Maung: suling, sunda-rap
- Sabah Habas Mustapha vocals, bass guitar, guitar
- Ismet Ruchimat kacapi
- Agus Supriawan khendang, senggak (percussion)
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Yadi Piteuk violin
With special guests - Hijaz Mustapha lap-steel guitar
- Thomas Gerhke drums
- Ricky F.M. keyboards
- Jener khendang, senggak
Reviews
- "transforms the quality...gentle, rippling strata... easy to love, clove-scented cloud..navigable groove.." -- Bob Tarte, Miami New Times
- "sublime..moves easily from moody upbeat workouts to ballads as fragrant as frangipani flowers..This must be the tightest band in Bandung." -- John Clewley, Songlines (UK)
- "...rhythmically infectious, spirited and good-humored, surprising and undermining Western esthetic expectations at every turn." - Rhythm March/April 2001
- "Whatever the sources of the sounds, voices, and danceable rhythms, the result is simply delicious." -- New Age Voice
- One of the top albums of 2000 in the FRoots Critics Poll!
- "...a perplexing blend of shimmering, well-crafted Indonesian pop touches with a few aural oddities thrown in..." - CMJ (September 4, 2000)
- "...a Fuji-woogie Nigeria-goes-Java groove..." ? FRoots (UK)
- "The music of West Java is the focus...this is a stirring set of tunes that crowd the room jubilantly with robust traditional bandung sounds. ...Sabah gets a sound that's both exotic and warmly familiar--indeed 'Seuri' bears a strong resemblance in both style and melody to Roxy Music's Avalon. But this isn't a Mustaphas pastiche; it's very much the real thing." -- Chris Nickson, amazon.com
- "...this intoxicating brew of Javanese roots rhythms, jammy grooves and enthusiastic vocals strikes me as one of the top surprise-finds of the year." -- Westchester County Weekly
Track List:
| 1 | Di Nagara Deungeun | 5:54 | |
| 2 | Bubi Chen | 4:48 | |
| 3 | Malam Sunda #1 | 0:53 | |
| 4 | Ningal Gunung | 5:14 | |
| 5 | Geulis | 3:56 | |
| 6 | So La Li | 7:05 | |
| 7 | Ratug | 3:14 | |
| 8 | Seuri | 4:43 | |
| 9 | Malam Sunda #2 | 0:41 | |
| 10 | Bébér Layar | 4:32 | |
| 11 | Geulis - Karaoke Version | 3:57 |
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