Anne Carlini – Exclusive Magazine – ‘Rumah Batu’ Dwiki Dharmawan Reviews
For those not in the know, Dwiki Dharmawan creates jazz influenced by the traditional music of Indonesia, where he came of age on the island of Java. His band, Krakatau, is acclaimed worldwide and his newest project, the World Peace Orchestra (WPO), aims to bring social harmony and consciousness to the globe. Dwiki Dharmawan is ..
Power of Prog : MoonJune Records’ new release Indonesian icon and pianist extraordinaire DWIKI DHARMAWAN Rumah Batu
Riding the momentum of 2016’s groundbreaking critically heralded release, “Pasar Klewer” – an album awarded a 5-star review by Downbeat, All About Jazz, and numerous others – MoonJune Records is proud to present the new album by the iconic keyboardist, composer, and producer, Dwiki Dharmawan. Drawing from both his extensive jazz influences and his rich ..
Indonesian icon and pianist extraordinaire, Amazon Customer’s Review
Dwiki Dharmawan draws from both his extensive jazz influences and his rich cultural heritage and delivers yet another spellbinding masterwork! Brimming with adventurous compositions, ingenious arrangements and superlative performances, “Rumah Batu” (meaning “the stone house” in Indonesian Bahasa language) almost defies categorization – eclipsing both progressive jazz and world music genres. While a score of ..
Exposé Online Reviews » Dwiki Dharmawan – Rumah Batu
The moody eclecticism and ethnic richness that permeates all of Dharmawan’s latest release surprised even me, and I had marveled at those qualities in his previous release, Pasar Klewer from a couple years ago. An acomplished composer, pianist, and arranger who brings his best effort to the table along with an outstanding international group which ..
Music From The Other Side of the Room: Dwiki Dharmawan – Rumah Batu
After the release of Pasar Klewer which was considered on my top 35 albums of 2016 at number 7 here on my blog site, Music from the Other Side of the Room, Dwiki Dharmawan is back at it again with another follow-up from the MoonJune label entitled Rumah Batu (which translates in Indonesian Basha language, ..