A Night in Indonesia

Plunge into Indonesia’s night life. A Night in Indonesia, in Paradiso’s three halls, is a festival in itself, with the best underground and the most intense live performers between Yogyakarta and Amsterdam. Following the example of A Night Under Eastern Skies (Holland Festival 2015), these performances show how Indonesian musicians incorporate traditional elements in pop, folk, noise, or electronics. The band Kande from Banda Aceh combines classic Islamic percussion with Western guitars and Acehnese vocals. The Javanese duo Senyawa makes acoustic metal with traditional vocals from the island of Sulawesi, where singer Rully Shabara grew up. Filastine, with singer Nova Ruth from Malang, is one of the most exciting and engaged electronic post-folk duos at present. Finally, Sekan mixes the finest Indonesian disco, funk and boogie.

Programme

Main Hall

8 pm

Presentatie workshop Jogja Noise Bombing

world premiere

8:30 – 9:30 pm

Kande

22:00 – 23:00

Filastine & Nova

Small Hall

8:15 – 9:00 pm

Boi Akih Controlling the Swing 

world premiere

9:30 – 10:30

Senyawa

Basement

9:00 – 10:00 pm

Jogja Noise Bombing

From 10:45

Sekan (Jiwa Jiwa)

We show collaborations which transcend boundaries from artists from different corners of the archipelago. Rahayu Suppangah wrote the music for Setan Jawa, a new silent dance film by Garin Nugroho. Indonesian composers and musicians work with Ensemble Modern from Frankfurt in Ruang Suara. We are presenting A Night in Indonesia in Paradiso, with the latest music from the Indonesian underground, including the electronic post-folk duo Filastine & Nova Ruth and Senyawa’s acoustic metal. At the Holland Festival Proms the visual artist Jompet Kuswidananto is presenting an opera installation about censorship in art. The audience can also enter the Temple of Time by the Indonesian-Dutch composer Sinta Wullur. The context programming explores topics such as Javanese mysticism and joint Dutch and Indonesian historiography. 

Discover the sound of modern Indonesia.

Following the focus on Turkey and its neighbouring countries (2015) and on the Edges of Europe (2016), this year’s special focus is on music from Indonesia. In the islands, many styles and genres exist next to each other in a fascinating way. We present a selection of contemporary work: noise from the streets of Yogyakarta and folk from strictly Islamic Aceh, to modern Indonesian composers.