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Dua Naga

by RINUWAT

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Sewu 05:22
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Taring Emas 04:26
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Laknat Bumi 06:22
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Suro 07:00
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Niskala 02:57
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Nagaloka 07:04

about

Heavy Machinery Records is proud to present ‘Dua Naga’, the powerful debut album by RINUWAT.

RINUWAT is a substantive conceptual project for collaborators Karina Utomo, Rama Parwata and Mike Deslandes. Firmly steeped in Southeast Asian traditional instrumentation and notation, the trio’s ancient Javanese name translates as “to liberate oneself from a curse”. Given the depth and intensity of their compositions, that malediction does indeed demand to be extricated.

The group’s debut album, ‘Dua Naga’, carries a weight of musical intellect and amalgamated calibration that is rarely heard in contemporary outfits, let alone in the extreme metal genres that would be a graceless definition of their sound. Each member peers at a set of graduations on their instruments - Utomo’s voice is as piercingly frightening as it is poetic and mantra-like in her delivery. Parwata’s exploratory percussion that seamlessly blends Gamelan notation with bold rhythms on the drum kit and Deslandes creating sonic templates that shift between eloquent guitar narration to walls of noise and droning assaults.

The group’s first single, ‘Taring Emas’, Utomo explains:

"I approached the lyrical components of this song by following the format of ancient Javanese mantras, with the intent of harnessing the power of inner strength. When sung or voiced, the mustering force and energy is regained and manifested”.

She continues:

“Taring Emas, Serigala, Serigala, Serigala" serves as a crux of the mantra, intended to be sung with multiple voices, a collective spell for energy”.

RINUWAT is an abstract term, a word rarely used in day to day Javanese living. A concept of self definition, of freeing one’s being from the imprecations that harbour our freedoms, in essence, to liberate. The group has made a deliberate effort to cross forms, to eradicate genres and to elude definition within their music and their name acts as a pre-cursor to the vibrancy and intelligence of the work within.

Utomo’s voice holds an avoirdupois from the mantra-like poems she delivers. Her vocal range sits outside the comfort zone of even the most avid extreme music listener, “My voice, a thousand times dark” a phrase among many that acts as a cleansing variant for the audience to indulge in.

Parwata brings not only the contemporary styles of an extreme drummer but also shows his vast palette of traditional gamelan instrumentation and techniques. The interlocking rhythms featured in Balinese Gong Kebyar and Baleganjur ensembles are metamorphosed into a contemporaneously abstract setting, masked by industrial overtones and intense noise production.

Multi instrumentalist and engineer Mike Deslandes takes on the roles of producer and guitarist. Contemporary instruments are given new voices and sounds without names complete the framework. Working with gamelan instruments and some purposeful techniques, ‘Dua Naga’ is a true merging of worlds ranging from the ancient to the contemporary extreme.

credits

released November 12, 2021

‘Dua Naga’ by RINUWAT

Rama Parwata — drums, reyong, gong, ceng-ceng, jublag, suling
Karina Utomo — voice, gong
Mike Deslandes — guitar, bass, tuk, electronics

Additional voice on Arawa by special guest Rully Shabara

All music written and performed by RINUWAT
Produced by Mike Deslandes

Engineered and mixed by Mike Deslandes
Mastered by Dav Byrne at Iridium Mastering

Album artwork by Gian Manik
Album artwork documentation by Louis Horne
Album designed by Luke Fraser at Grin Creative
Rinuwat logo by Rama Parwata

Project coordination by Amber Arizono
Series curated and produced by Miles Brown

Dua Naga was recorded at Jero Studios, on unceded Wurundjeri Country, 2021.

All tracks © RINUWAT 2021

Special thanks to Mahindra Bali Gamelan, Ajik Agung Parwata, Lea Volpe, Honey and Lewis Noke-Edwards

We respectfully acknowledge the traditional custodians of the sacred land on which we live - the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung speaking peoples of the Wurundjeri and Kulin nations. We respectfully acknowledge their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay respects to elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty has never been ceded.

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RINUWAT

RINUWAT is a substantive conceptual project for collaborators Karina Utomo, Rama Parwata and Mike Deslandes. Firmly steeped in Southeast Asian traditional instrumentation and notation, the trio’s ancient Javanese name translates as “to liberate oneself from a curse”. Given the depth and intensity of their compositions, that malediction does indeed demand to be extricated.
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