Jay & Gatra Wardaya

a group focusing on text-based and contemporary music.

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Jay & Gatra Wardaya was initiated by Jay Afrisando in June 2011; he gathered musicians interested in setting text into music. The group has collaborated with musicians, writers, programmers, actors, and dancers.

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Since its inception, Jay & Gatra Wardaya’s works have addressed social phenomena happening within both the Indonesian society and the world. Although the musicians collaborating in this group ground in jazz and progressive pop, Jay & Gatra Wardaya has been open to many musical and artistic possibilities when responding texts and contexts of social, time, and space.

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The collaborators participating in the group comprises of Jay Afrisando (artistic director & composer—ID), Bawien Panggalih (vocalist & writer—ID), Ignatius Made (bass player—ID), Okvan Pramudya (percussionist—ID), Leilani Hermiasih (keyboard player, vocalist, & writer—ID), Terry Perdanawati (writer—ID), also Bayu Aryoyudanta and Banu Antoro (technologist—ID).

 

Jay & Gatra Wardaya composes music with various approaches ranging from spontaneous text setting, composed & collective improvisation, to participatory performance. Jay & Gatra Wardaya has been featured as a main performer at Mode[a]rn, a participatory music performance (initiated & directed by Jay Afrisando) that was awarded Hibah Seni Karya Inovatif 2016 (Innovative Art Grant) from Yayasan Kelola (Kelola Foundation).

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Jay & Gatra Wardaya has published two albums, Tanda Hati (2013) and Membuatku Cinta (2012).

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photograph

courtesy of Yudanta.