Gunung Sari is an experimental performance group based in Brooklyn, New York. Formed in late 2005, they have performed in festivals like Bent 2006 + 2007, LaSuperette at Eyebeam, Noise! Fest organized by free103point9 radio at The Ontological Hysteric Theater, Flow at Monkeytown, Phi Phenomena, and Frequencies. They have also played in venues such as The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Issue Project Room, and Cakeshop.
Their influences range from obscure gamelan and folk music from Southeast Asia, to the avant noise of downtown New York and Brooklyn. They combine home-made electronics, analog boxes, percussions, saw, wood, metal, and toys in their performances. They also do video projections at times, and in some events utilize the computer as a tool for sound and image synthesis.
As a collaborating unit, they are interested in the similarities and differences regarding the physicality of manipulated circuits and more traditional instruments such as percussion, and using these opposing means in interplay of the intentional and interference.
Gunung Sari is Nick Lesley, Stanley Ruiz, and Michael Dotolo.
Their latest recording is available at Neck and Tongue music.
www.neckandtongue.com/gunungsari.htm
For more information and band history:
gunungsari.blogspot.com
