Dewa Budjana "Naurora"

Country: Indonesia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: Moonjune Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: June 21, 2021 (CD, digital), August 1, 2021 (vinyl)
Tracklist

1. Naurora (11:03) 

2. Swarna Jingga (6:51) 

3. Kmalasana (7:05) 

4. Sabana Shanti (7:50) 

5. Blue Mansion (7:48) 

Total Time 40:37

Line-up

Dewa Budjana - guitars, soundscapes

   With

Ben Williams - upright bass (4)

Carlitos del Puerto - bass guitar & upright bass (1, 3, 5)

Dave Weckl - drums (2, 4)

Gary Husband - piano, synth (5)

Imee Ooi - vocals (1)

Jimmy Johnson - bass guitar (2)

Joey Alexander - acoustic piano (1, 4)

Mateus Asato - guitar intro & guitar solo (2)

Paul Mccandless - soprano sax (4)

Simon Phillips - drums (1, 3, 5)

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Dewa Budjana & Tohpati "Janapati"

Country: Indonesia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 19, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Janapati (7:17)
2. Rainy Days (5:02)
3. Ratu Kanya (6:09)
4. Samudera Pasai (4:28)
5. D Romance (4:34)
6. Bermain (3:18)
7. Duology (5:07)
8. Children Songs (5:17)
9. Rahadi's (6:09)
10. Duology (Acoustic Version) (4:22)

Total Time 51:43

Line-up: 
Dewa Budjana - guitars
Tohpati (SimakDialog) - guitars
with
Adhitya Pratama - bass
Demas Narawangsa - drums
Czech Symphony Orchestra
Budapest Scoring Orchestra

Media/Samples 
Stream 1
Stream 2 

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Dewa Budjana & Tohpati "Janapati"

Country: Indonesia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 19, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Janapati (7:17)
2. Rainy Days (5:02)
3. Ratu Kanya (6:09)
4. Samudera Pasai (4:28)
5. D Romance (4:34)
6. Bermain (3:18)
7. Duology (5:07)
8. Children Songs (5:17)
9. Rahadi's (6:09)
10. Duology (Acoustic Version) (4:22)

Total Time 51:43

Line-up: 
Dewa Budjana - guitars
Tohpati (SimakDialog) - guitars
with
Adhitya Pratama - bass
Demas Narawangsa - drums
Czech Symphony Orchestra
Budapest Scoring Orchestra

Media/Samples 
Stream 1
Stream 2 

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Dewa Budjana "Mahandini"

Country: Indonesia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Moonjune Records (CD, digital), Shack Media/ F22 Freiland (vinyl), King Records (Japan), Bukalapak (Indonesia - CD, cassette)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl, cassette
Release date: December 10, 2018 (CD, digital), February 2019 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Crowded (5:55)
2. Queen Kanya (6:59)
3. Hyang Giri (7:44)
4. Jung Oman (6:52)
5. ILW (6:39)
6. Mahandini (8:17)
7. Zone (5:56)

Total Time 48:22

Line-up: 
Dewa Budjana - guitars, soundscapes
Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment) - keyboards
Marco Minnemann (The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson, The Mute Gods) - drums
Mohini Dey (Steve Vai) - bass guitar, konokol
    With:
John Frusciante (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) - vocals (1, 7), and guitar fill on “Crowded” coda
Mike Stern (Miles Davis, Billy Cobham) - 1st guitar solo (5)
Soimah Pancawati - lead vocal (3)
Dimawan Krisnowo Adji - cello (on Mahandini Acoustic - vinyl bonus)
Adrian Muhammad - vibraphone (on Mahandini Acoustic - vinyl bonus)

Description/Reviews: 

For his 11th solo recording Dewa Budjana brings his trademark melodic sound imbued of mystic and delicate south-east asian music through even harder edged-progressive flights and raw contemporary rock stirrings. Whether he is moving in the realm of contemporary prog, highly crafted electric jazz or south-east asian traditional music, he never holds any fear that the earth under his feet can turn marshes.

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Bandcamp

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Dewa Budjana "Zentuary"

Country: Indonesia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: FavoredNations/Moonjune Records (CD, digital), Audio Anatomy Records (vinyl)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: October 14, 2016 (CD, digital), November 5, 2016 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
CD1
1. Dancing Tears (9:11)
2. Solas PM (9:18)
3. Lake Takengon (7:45)
4. Suniakala (8:40)
5. Dear Yulman (8:21)
6. Crack In The Sky (7:36)

Total CD1 time 50:51


CD2
1. Pancaroba (8:12)
2. Manhattan Temple (10:00)
3. Dedariku (10:45)
4. Ujung Galuh (7:05)
5. Uncle Jack (10:50)
6. Zentuary (2:50)

Total CD2 time 49:42

Total time 100:33 


Line-up: 
Dewa Budjana: all guitars, soundscapes
   With
Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel; King Crimson): electric upright NS Design bass (except 1/6, 2/6), Chapman Stick (1/6)
Gary Husband (Allan Holdsworth; John McLaughlin): drums (1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 2/1, 2/4, 2/5), keyboards & acoustic piano (except 2/5, 2/6)
Jack DeJohnette (Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis): drums (1/3, 1/5, 2/2, 2/3), acoustic piano (2/5)
Danny Markovich (Marbin): curved soprano sax (1/2, 2/4)
Tim Garland (Chick Corea; Bill Bruford): tenor sax (2/2)
Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson): guitar solo (1/4)
Saat Syah: custom made Indonesian suling flute (1/6, 2/3)
Ubiet: vocals (1/3)
Risa Saraswati: vocals (1/6)
Czech Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michaela Ružicková (1/4, 2/6)

Description/Reviews: 

Aside from his renowned skills on guitar, Zentuary documents Budjana's position as one of the genre's most prolific, accomplished composers and arrangers. The music on this 2-CD set is a magnanimous affair, where its highly skilled participants are given ample space to create and express. The net result is a soaring, synergistic mélange of brilliant, articulate instrumental progressive rock, jazz-rock fusion and world music.

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Dewa Budjana "Hasta Karma"

Country: Indonesia
Genre(s): Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: Moonjune Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 18, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Saniscara  (8:01)
2. Desember  (7:32)
3. Jayaprana  (8:32)
4. Ruang Dialisis  (11:43)
5. Just Kidung  (6:45)
6. Campuhan Hill  (10:01)

Line-up: 
Dewa Budjana - electric & acoustic guitars
   With
Joe Locke - vibraphone
Antonio Sanchez - drums
Ben Williams - upright bass
Indra Lesmana - piano, melodica (4, 5, 6)
JRO KTUT - vocals (4)

Description/Reviews: 

Joined by a superb cast of marquee players, Dewa Budjana's new release (his 4th on MoonJune), "Hasta Karma," sets a new benchmark for modern progressive jazz excellence in the 21st century. With a vibe and feel more akin to that of a band with decades of experience together, Dewa and his stellar session-mates create superlative atmospheric textures that transport listeners to destinations of soaring altitude. Augmenting proceedings further is the glowing work of the legendary Indonesian keyboardist, Indra Lesmana. Showcasing his compositional and arrangement skills at their absolute finest, most finely-honed, Budjana has delivered his ultimate masterpiece in "Hasta Karma." Capitalizing on their extraordinary gifts, Dewa Budjana pushes the band, and his music, to new, unparalleled heights. Oozing quality at every turn and dripping emotion throughout, this is music that is supremely visionary, ambitious and majestic. ... and, perhaps in spite of its polish, it is undeniably straight from the heart. All the players involved contribute some of the most convincing performances of their impressive careers, yet the multifarious displays of individual greatness never upstage the corporate sanctity of the musical moment. This is modern progressive jazz at its most sensitive -- and its very best.

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Dewa Budjana with Jimmy Johnson & Vinnie Colaiuta "Surya Namaskar"

Country: Multinational
Sub Genre: Ethnic, Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: Moonjune Records
Release date: March 15, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Fifty 07:24
2. Duaji & Guruji 06:56
3. Capistrano Road 05:27
4. Kalingga 06:17
5. Lamboya 09:10
6. Campuhan Hill 05:27
7. Surya Namaskar 07:42
8. Dalem Waturenggong 07:19

Line-up: 
Dewa Budjana: electric and acoustic guitars
Jimmy Johnson (Allan Holdsworth, James Taylor, Flim & the BB's): bass guitar, 'crazy' voices after track 1
Vinnie Colaiuta (Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck, Sting): drums, 'crazy' voices after track 1
    With
Gary Husband (John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth): synthesizers (track 1)
Michael Landau (James Taylor, Renegade Creation): electric guitar solos (track 7)
Mang Ayi: vocals (track 5)
Kang Pupung: Tarawangsa (Sundanese violin) (track 5)
Kangiya: Kacapi (Sundanese harp) (track 5)

Description/Reviews: 

The sum total of Surya Namaskar is most definitely greater than its individual parts. Together with his two previous MoonJune recordings Surya Namaskar paints the ongoing portrait of a guitarist whose lesser-known credibility and, more importantly, visibility as a jazz guitarist is slowly on the ascendance, as more and more international progressive jazz fans discover the depth, the heart, and the profound spirituality of Dewa Budjana, at fifty a new guitar hero of strength, creativity and significance.

Media/Samples 
Duaji & Guruji

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