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Ensembles Asia: Mapping experimental practices in music in Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2016

Takuro Mizuta Lippit
Takuro Mizuta Lippit*
Affiliation:
Ensembles Asia/Asian Music Network
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Abstract

In Western countries and in Japan, experimental practices of music have developed into larger communities that share a common musical aesthetic and language, and are generally associated with genres such as noise music, free improvisation, or experimental music. However in South East Asia, and particularly in Indonesia, these categories are of little use for finding artists making unique music. Instead, distinctly individualistic styles and a form of musical experimentalism is found at the edge of more popular genres such as punk, metal, or as a result of incorporating traditional and indigenous musical influences. Ensembles Asia is project that aims to explore these forms of musical experimentations that slip through conventional categorisations of music. The project also tries to cultivate a new network of musicians through playing together in a large improvising ensemble.

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Organised Sound , Volume 21 , Special Issue 1: Style and Genre in Electroacoustic Music , April 2016 , pp. 72 - 82
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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