In performance, the overtone well whistles are joined by wind instruments such as the saxophone and sheng (Chinese mouth organ), while percussion is supplied by such instruments as the hang (a tuned steel drum played with the hands) and cajon.
„Taken a bath yet?” This question „Sudah mandi?” in Indonesian is one of the most common phrases in Bali and is also the title song of our program. In the winters of 2015 and 2016 both of the Liquid Soul artists, Beate Gatscha and Gert Anklam, travelled to Bali to study Gamelan music and gather new musical inspiration.
A staged German-Japanese oratorio, with 7th century Buddhist chant sung by monks from Osaka and Nagoya, traditional Japanese instruments, a giant Javanese gong, and richly improvised saxophone-playing. A cross-cultural, inter-faith dialogue between East and West, past and present, and between personal and collective spheres.