Sujiwo releases new album

Sujiwo releases new album

YOGYAKARTA: Musician-cum-puppeteer Sujiwo Tejo released his new
album here earlier this week at the Sheila On 7 Management
office.

Entitled Syair Dunia Maya (Poem of a Virtual World), the album
is the third after Pada Suatu Ketika (Once upon a time, 1998) and
Pada Sebuah Ranjang (Of a bed, 1999).

Speaking at the event, Tejo said of the 11 songs in the album
only two were composed in Indonesian and one in Madurese, while
the rest were in the Javanese language.

"It was in fact, because of a language problem that I needed
six years to release this new album," said Tejo, adding that
initially the album was prepared in Indonesian."

"I find Indonesian is not as rich as Javanese in the sense of
sound. That's why I finally decided to use Javanese for most of
the songs," he said.

As in previous albums, the new work offers music that is a mix
of both ethnic and modern music.

Produced by EKI Productions, the album involves prominent
local musicians, including Idang Rasjidi (keyboards), Dewa
Budjana (guitar), Maya Hasan (harp), and Hendri Lamiri (violin).

Some songs -- Hujan Deras, Zen Die, Dewi Ruci, Blakothang, and
Aku Lala Padamu -- will be performed during a musical dance
performance by the EKI Dance Company to held at the Gedung
Kesenian Jakarta on May 31 and June 1. --JP