WHACKollective, with special guest Jeffry Liando, gives the world premiere performance of a work composed specially for the ensemble by our very own Aditya Ryan Bhat, for solo narrator, four percussionists & fixed four-channel electronic sound

It is an exploration in the realm of the mythic hero Pattirajawane who guards the nutmeg groves; his story is told by the Indonesian poet Chairil Anwar (1922 - 1949) in the poem 'Cerita Buat Dien Tamaela'. This piece is at once an homage to Anwar's life and work on the occasion of his centenary, and a reflection on the brutal history of genocide and displacement carried out by the Dutch East India Company during the colonisation of the Banda Islands in the 1620s.

In the original performance, the fixed electronic part was diffused in surround sound, with a speaker in each corner of the room; this recording of the performance has been modified to be heard in stereo. Headphones are highly recommended.

Recorded at Hanson-Dyer Hall in the Ian Potter Southbank Centre, Narrm/Melbourne (lands of the peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation), by Pat Telfer on 29th July 2022.
N.B., the audio cuts out at 8'18''.

English translation used in the subtitles by Burton Raffel.

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