simakDialog: Demi Masa

The jazz factor is immaculately fused into the ethnocentric rhythmic constituent and Asian modalities via the musicians' nouveau approach to jazz-based metrics. Tohpati's sustain-drenched single note lines inject an edge yet he also harmonizes with Arshad during various melodic passages. On "Tak Jauh Pertama (Not So Far, Part 1)," the ensemble imparts a jazzy world-beat vibe, teeming with mystical storylines and the guitarist's resonating notes. In other regions of sound, the musicians moderate the pace with an all-acoustic format, where the percussionists often counterbalance Arshad's fluent chord clusters.

The band renders a potpourri of tonal contrasts and matrix-like journeys complete with spacey background treatments and ethereal overtures. They intermittently surface as a gentile unit, yet reverse their stance by acting as deterministic jazz warriors atop budding percussion movements. On that note, they pronounce a distinct muse and scope of attack that is clearly their own. Among other niceties, this component looms as an impressive trait, especially when considering the horde of young and highly-trained artisans who seem content on rehashing many of the paths previously navigated. Contrarily, this unit intimates the antidote to that notion.

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