Benjolin Gorga, Andreas Siagian’s Yogyakarta Eurorack edition

Rob Hordijk’s wonderful Benjolin has been recreated in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, by squaresolid / instrumentasia (aka builder Andreas Siagian). Meet Benjolin – Gorga, in Eurorack – or, uh, Asiarack!

Music for orangutans, as Lyra Pramuk and Rani Jambak connect to Sumatra’s ecosystem

The music flows easily, entangled like vines, in a production constructed between Berlin and Indonesia over Zoom. But in these serene melodies, there is a plea for the ecosystem of North Sumatra.

Peter Kirn - April 30, 2021