The Sonikcycle Syndicate

Photo by: .K.

Last night, I experienced the elusive “peak creative experience.” As I sat out on my screened-in front porch enjoying a thunderstorm roll over Lake Orion, I flipped on my digital recorder hoping to catch some big thunderboomers. I did — no big claps, but a few nice rollers. Without even thinking about it, it occured to me, “Hey, this might sound good under that impromptu kecapi+vocal music I recorded last year…” Sure enough, the two tracks fell into place like they were one. This piece is certainly not the most original of my creative endeavors (I just did the mixing), but it turned out to be very powerful… it takes me back to my life on the equator… I can smell the wet tropical lushness… Although I am thoroughly amused and satisfied by my more “crafted” works, the ones I like the most are those that just fall into place! Exercising one’s creativity is like fishing — one never knows when a big fish will strike ;->

BTW, the kecapi is in the zither family of instruments, and is native to West Java (Sunda). The musicians are Ismet & Ati (a husband and wife duo) and they hail from Bandung, West Java. They are the founders of SambaSunda.

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