WULANSIH

Description

Indonesian composer and performer Peni Candra Rini, specializing in traditional, neo-traditional, and experimental music from Java, releases her new album Wulansih. The Indonesian composer and performer, whose musical practice encompasses a wide range of traditional and experimental Javanese styles, announces her new album Wulansih via New Amsterdam Records. David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet, a frequent collaborator of Rini, recently called her "one of the greatest singers in the world." On Wulansih, she engages her voice in conversation with a wide array of experimental and traditional musicians, including Andy McGraw, Lester St. Louis, Shahzad Ismaily, John Priestley, Curt Sydnor, and many others. Produced by Ismaily at Figure 8 Recording in New York, Wulansih creates a world of its own. The 8 songs of Wulansih exude a deep sense of spiritual calm. Her music is deeply inspired by the poetry of Rumi and Hafez, Wayang Kulit (Indonesian shadow theater), and the Serat, the tradition of Sufi thought in the court poetry of central Java.