Results for "YK Samarinda"

YK Samarinda

Jazz for Borneo

By YK Samarinda

Label: Yk Samarinda
Released: 2015
Track listing: Leleng; Borneo; Midnight in Samarinda; Aliens; Paris Barantai; Forfoza; Song for Hudoq.

YK Samarinda: Jazz for Borneo

by Ian Patterson
March 10, 2015

Ethnic fusion jazz is a term that has gained currency in Indonesia in recent years and is typically applied to bands who incorporate elements of Indonesian folk music--melodies and/or instrumentation--into a jazz-fusion aesthetic. The four-piece YK Samarinda from East Kalimantan, Borneo, falls into this broad category; its use of the sapeh (or sampeh)--a traditional lute originally ...