Date(s): 9th - 25th February 2012

Venue: Various Venues in the UK see article for details.

MAKING TRACKS, Adventures in Well-Travelled Music
Present Sambasunda Quintet
Groundbreaking gamelan innovators SambaSunda have a flair for experimentation with new ideas, both forwards and backwards in tradition. In their latest incarnation, Sambasunda strip down to a quintet, reflecting an enduring classical tradition of Sundanese music while at the same time creating something fresh, modern and original.

The music is centred on the kacapi, a boat-shaped zither whose mellifluous tones have been heard in Sunda (West Java) for centuries. It’s a haunting and evocative sound which connects to the Sundanese soul and poetry often singing of displacement, longing and melancholy. Using kacapi, violin, suling (bamboo flute) and the unique, tuned kendang drums to accompany truly stunning singer (and dancer!) Rita Tila, SambaSunda use an ancient repertoire to articulate a distinctly urban accent suffused with a contemporary awareness of global sounds.

Tour dates
09 Feb Bristol Colston Hall 0117 9223686
10 Feb Birmingham mac 0121 446 3232
11 Feb Poole Lighthouse 0844 4068666
12 Feb London Union Chapel 020 7226 1686
15 Feb Milton Keynes The Stables 01908 280800
16 Feb Cambridge The Junction 01223 511511
17 Feb Swansea Pontardawe Arts Centre 01792 863722
18 Feb Reading South Street 0118 9606060
19 Feb York National Centre for Early Music 01904 658338
23 Feb Gateshead The Sage Gateshead 0191 4434661
24 Feb Manchester Band on the Wall 0845 2500500
25 Feb Oxford North Wall 01865 319450

Website: Sambasunda Website