Home » Jazz Musicians » Dwiki Dharmawan

Dwiki Dharmawan

Dwiki Dharmawan is one of Indonesia’s most gifted and celebrated music personalities: a multi-genre keyboardist, composer, producer, peace activist and cultural icon. With a career spanning over 30 years and performances in more than 70 countries, Dwiki remains one of his country’s most popular and respected industry stalwarts.

On his debut for MoonJune, listeners were treated to an exotic musical mélange of the highest order — featuring fusion, jazz and progressive rock luminaries, Chad Wackerman and Jimmy Haslip, as well the legendary violinist, Jerry Goodman. “So Far, So Close” featured adventurous compositions, augmented by sleek arrangements and performances.

His follow-up release, “Pasar Klewer,” cruised at even higher altitudes — earning Dwiki a coveted 5-star review in the iconic Downbeat magazine, the widely read and highly respected All About Jazz, as well as equally exalted praise from respected music critics across the globe. The double album boasted a stellar cast of progressive music’s rising stars, including some otherworldly guitar work from UK transplants Mark Wingfield and Nicolas Meier, and some incredible woodwind work by renowned international artist, Gilad Atzmon (also a member of Dwiki’s World Peace Trio).

His most recent work, “Rumah Batu,” surpasses any progressive jazz/world music hybrid in recent memory – continuing to draw high praise from respected music critics, worldwide. Featuring the textural, inventive guitar work of Nguyên Lê, legendary flamenco bassist, Carles Benavent, the extraordinary Indonesian flutist, Sa'at Syah, and the noted core of Yaron Stavi, on upright bass, paired with supreme drummer, Asaf Sirkis, the album soars to incredible heights while retaining its sensitivity and intimacy.

Noted musical entrepreneur and sonic thrillseeker, Leonardo “MoonJune” Pavkovic – owner of MoonJune Records, NYC – had this to say about Dwiki’s most recent effort:

“As great an album as Pasar Klewer unquestionably was, I think Dwiki as gone even further into the unexplored recesses of jazz with the new album (‘Rumah Batu‘). I’ve been a huge fan of jazz for the bulk of my life – having listened to literally thousands and thousands of albums … this is one of the greatest, most innovative jazz albums I’ve ever heard – by ANY artist!”

Despite a long, storied musical career which has been marked by large-scale successes and critical acclaim worldwide, Dwiki remains constantly in search of new musical ground. His Band, Krakatau, has a 30-plus-year pedigree of excellence (gaining them a global legion of staunch supporters) and his one of his pet musical projects, the World Peace Orchestra, aims to bring social harmony and raise consciousness around the world.

Read more

Tags

10
Liner Notes

Dwiki Dharmawan: Pasar Klewer

Read "Dwiki Dharmawan: Pasar Klewer" reviewed by John Kelman


Indonesian keyboard star Dwiki Dharmawan returns following his 2015 MoonJune Records debut, the more fusion-heavy So Far, So Close, with the even more ambitious Pasar Klewer. This vibrant, acoustic piano-driven two-CD set features the cream of Britain's younger expat crop, blending with Indonesian musicians to create a passionate, seamless cultural cross-pollination. Bassist Yaron Stavi and drummer/percussionist Asaf Sirkis form the core trio with Dharmawan, while reed multi-instrumentalist Gilad Atzmon, Gamelan musical virtuoso Aris Daryono and guitarists Nicolas Meier ...

5
Album Review

Dwiki Dharmawan: Hari Ketiga

Read "Hari Ketiga" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Hari Ketiga is presented as a logbook of a voyage from the Earth to the moon, and beyond, to contact with music from distant planetary systems—a sprawling outer space improv opera as dense and difficult to fathom as Frank Herbert's first three Dune novels, or Samuel Delany's Dhalgren. It began simply enough: Leonardo Pavkovic assembled a group of musicians that included Indonesian pianist Dwiki Dharmawan and three mainstays from from his Moonjune Records roster—vocalist Boris Savoldelli, Touch Guitar ...

1
Radio & Podcasts

New releases from Nicolas Meier-Dewa Budjana, Stick Men, Marcus Klossek and more

Read "New releases from Nicolas Meier-Dewa Budjana, Stick Men, Marcus Klossek and more" reviewed by Len Davis


New releases from Stick Men, Dwiki Dharmawan, Oz Noy and more. Playlist Nicolas Meier-Dewa Budjana “Jayaprana" from Flying Spirits (Blue Canoe) 00:00 Stick Men “Cusp" from Owari (Moonjune) 09:54 Stick Men “Larks Tongues in Aspic" from Owari (Moonjune)16:17 Dwiki Dharmawan “You'll Never be Alone" from Hari Katiga (Moonjune) 23:12 Marcus Klossek Electric Trio “Big Town Dies" from Time Was Now (Double Moon) 28:09 Oz Noy “Outer Look" from Snapdragon (Abstract Logix) 36:53 Lydian Collective “Out of the Woods" ...

3
Album Review

Dwiki Dharmawan: Rumah Batu

Read "Rumah Batu" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann


On his third album for Moonjune Records, Indonesian pianist Dwiki Dharmawan delivers a highly focused work and presents a wide array of styles, bound together by a core quintet and one common musical vision. While its predecessor Pasar Klewer found Dharmawan working with two alternating guitarists over a two-disc set of compositions, on Rumah Batu he happily settles with France-based Nguyen Le, giving this record a special sense of uniformity and spontaneous dynamism. Yaron Stavi and Asaf Sirkis ...

6
Album Review

Dwiki Dharmawan: Rumah Batu

Read "Rumah Batu" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Dwiki Dharmawan's international debut, So Far So Close (MoonJune Records) (2016), pitted the Indonesian pianist with Jimmy Haslip, Chad Wackerman and Indonesian six-string maestros Thopati and Dewa Budjana in a mostly conventional jazz-fusion setting. On Pasar Klewer (2017) Dharmawan gave vent to his incredibly broad compositional palette, with a genre-bending mash-up featuring Jerry Goodman, Mark Wingfield, Yaron Stavi, Asaf Sirkis, Gilad Atzmon, plus Indonesian percussionists and vocalists. Rumah Bata, whilst as ambitious and as stylistically varied as its predecessor, is ...

26
Album Review

Dwiki Dharmawan: Rumah Batu

Read "Rumah Batu" reviewed by John Kelman


There are, in these times of reduced music sales, fewer and fewer models that help niche labels to survive. In the case of New York-based MoonJune Records and its intrepid head Leonardo Pavkovic, the path to survival seems increasingly more about doing what he does for the love of it, and less about fiduciary gain (much as he would, like anyone, love to reap some financial benefits for his hard work). That said, few labels could not only survive but, ...

10
Live Review

Dwiki Dharmawan's Pasar Klewer Plays Indonesia

Read "Dwiki Dharmawan's Pasar Klewer Plays Indonesia" reviewed by John Ephland


Dwiki Dharmawan's Pasar Klewer Various Locations Bandung and Jakarta, Indonesia March 2-5, 2017 It was supposed to just be a soundcheck and rehearsal. But the energy and focus delivered as Indonesian pianist/composer Dwiki Dharmawan ran his Pasar Klewer band through the various numbers most of this group had recorded in London in 2015 (and had only performed once later in Bali) manifested in what was clearly a tight and orderly rollout. And not without ...

Read more articles
3

Festival

MoonJune Music Festival Toledo 2023 Featuring Soft Machine, Diego Amador, Dwiki Dharmawan, Dewa Budjana, Markus Reuter Anchor & Burden And More

MoonJune Music Festival Toledo 2023 Featuring Soft Machine, Diego Amador, Dwiki Dharmawan, Dewa Budjana, Markus Reuter Anchor & Burden And More

Source: Glass Onyon PR - William James

September 28-30 and October 1, 2023 At the Circulo De Arte Toledo, Plaza San Vincente, Toledo, Spain Music That Fits Toledo MoonJune Music and M Films Producciones present a multi-sensory festival of eclectic, international progressive music expanding the boundaries of jazz, rock, global music, and the unknown. Join visionary presenters Leonardo Pavkovic and Mauricio Aguinaco in historic Toledo, Spain, for four days of extraordinary concerts, roundtable discussions with seasoned music industry professionals, regional gastronomical delights, and the warm camaraderie ...

Review Links to DWIKI DHARMAWAN, “Rumah Batu”

http://jazzquad.ru/index.pl?act=PRODUCT&id=4982

https://www.staccatofy.com/world/dwiki-dharmawan-rumah-batu-review/

https://jpsmusicblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/new-releases-from-indonesia-artist.html

http://progcritique.com/2018/07/dwiki-dharmawan-rumah-batu/

http://mundofonias.com/wp/?p=3168 —-> http://dwikidharmawan.net/review/mundofonias-2018-56-mil-raices-a-thousand-roots/

http://progressiverockcentral.com/en/2018/06/26/the-extraordinary-indonesian-progressive-jazz-of-dwiki-dharmawan/

https://www.moorsmagazine.com/muziek/jazz-blues/dwiki-dharmawan-rumah-batu/

Read more

Photos

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Hari Ketiga

MoonJune Records
2020

buy

Rumah Batu

MoonJune Records
2018

buy

Pasar Klewer

MoonJune Records
2017

buy

It Must Be Jazz

MoonJune Records
2017

buy

So Far So Close

MoonJune Records
2016

buy

Nine Thoughts For One...

MoonJune Records
2016

buy

Pasar Klewer

From: Pasar Klewer
By Dwiki Dharmawan

Videos

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.