Senyawa

Senyawa is an experimental duo from Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, formed in 2010 by vocalist Rully Shabara and instrument builder Wukir Suryadi. Shabara uses extended vocal techniques, while Suryadi plays instruments he makes from bamboo and farm tools, including a bamboo spear fitted with guitar pickups that he bows, plucks and strikes. Their music draws on Indonesian tradition, experimental music and metal. Senyawa have appeared at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, CTM in Berlin, the Adelaide Festival, MONA FOMA and the Copenhagen Jazz Festival.