You could loosely describe the Jawa Pitu Band as a 'world music', as we predominantly play dangdut — music from 1970s Indonesia which is a heady mix of Hindustani, Malay, Arabic and Western music. We play our own version of dangdut with additional
inspiration from western jazz/groove and also Indonesian gamelan music. With 3 percussionists in the band, we also have have strong influences from African and Middle Eastern rhythms.
The Jawa Pitu Band lineup consists of
Yana Lestari
— vocals
Musa Kanda — gamelan saron, darbuka, riq
,gendang.gongs.
Ascelin Gordon — guitar, bansuri
Dzullah Mohd
Pilus — drums, djembe, darbuka, tabla, naal, tambourine
Brett Johnson — fretless bass
To find out more about the Jawa Pitu Band, please check out the following links:
https://www.facebook.com/jawapitu for updates, and info on our upcoming gigs
https://soundcloud.com/jawapitu to listen to recordings of the band
https://youtube.com/jawapitu for live footage from gigs
Contact:ascelin@gmail.com
Photos
For high resolution photos of the band see here, for more photos see
https://www.facebook.com/pg/jawapitu/photos
Previous Performances
- Numerous gigs around Melbourne including at Open Studio, Bar Oussou, Bar Open, the Old Bar, Farouk’s Olive and many more.
- The Village Festival Edinburgh garden North Fitzroy (October, 2019)
- Indonesia Raya Festival at Queensbridge Square, Melbourne CBD (August 2019)
- Warrandyte Music presents The Jawa Pitu Band, Warrandyte Mechanics Hall. Featured traditional Indonesian dance from Sanggar Lestari Melbourne (February 2018)
- The Village Festival, in North Fitzroy’s Edinburgh Gardens (October 2017)
- Nusantara Street Food Festival, Victroia Market (2017)
- Sydney Road Street Party (2016)
- Asylum Seeker Dinner Party 2016 (part of Brunswick Music Festival, 2016).
- Batman Night Market, Melbourne (2016)
- Folk Rhythm and Life Festival (2016, 2018)
- City of Stonnington Falvours world cuisine festival (2015)
- The Merlynston Festival (2014)
- The Moon Festival, Dandenong Market (2014)