Artists Collaborative Show at the Australia-Bali Ubud April 4th, 2010
Collaboration of music artists from Australia and Bali will appear in the “Bali Spirit Festival in Ubud, Bali, on April 3, 2010.
“We are proud to display the Ganga Giri (Australian musician) to collaborate with I Nyoman Windha (musicians from Bali) in a festival,” said General Consul of Australia to Bali Lex Bartlem, from electronic mail that is sent to the Australian Embassy in Indonesia.
Bartlem explains, Ganga Giri arrivals to Bali were sponsored by the Australia-Indonesia Institute. While playing gamelan with Windha, at the festival, Ganga Giri will teach you how to play the “didgeridoo” musical instruments native Australia on April 4, 2010.
Ganga Giri can mix the sounds of Australian traditional music instrument with a “didgeridoo” in order to produce the traditional beat and bass sound that “funky” to create the feel of the original tribe in Australia.
Ganga Giri will invite viewers to enjoy the combination of ancient instruments with modern music. Beside in Indonesia, Ganga Giri has been performed in several countries, including Japan, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.
Not only Ganga Giri, in the “Bali Spirit Festival“, the Australian Embassy also brings other musicians, such as Yeshe Reiners, Dan Pearson, Gumaroy, Gumilaroi, and vocalist Joe Lick Jornick.
Bartlem told that Ganga Giri had six months to collaborate with I Nyoman Windha for creating music which mixes between dance music and Balinese gamelan music, including “Jegog” and “slonding“.