IN...SE... by Narwastu

IN...SE... is a two-hour operatic work combining voices, gamelan, shadow theater, and dance that resulted from collaboration between Cypriot composer Andys Skordis, Serbian screenwriter Jelen Vuksanovic, and the Bali-based Narwastu Art Communtiy. The score creates expansive and imaginative textures that cleary draw inspiration from Balinese gamelan, but without slipping into superficial imitation. The libretto integrates the Balinese concepts Sekala and Niskala (seen and unseen) and a fictional character from the present with the adventures of Bima in the Bima Suci. The result is a ritual atmosphere wherein light and dark meet, two clashing worlds entangle, and the protagonists are transformed.

The opera was premeried and recorded in a carefully designed space that encouraged the audience to feel as if they were part of a shared and transformative experience. All musicians, performers, and singers surrounded the audience, creating an atmosphere where everyone could undergo a mental, physical, and psychological journey together.

Tracklist

1.	Intro	2:34

2.	Dawning [Part I]	6:58

3.	Another Story [Part I]	1:34

4.	Ida's Story [Par I]	5:04

5.	Where Are You Ida [Part I]	2:18

6.	Ida's Lament [Part I]	1:01

7.	The Chase [Part I]	3:07

8.	Universe Is Close and Far [Part I]	1:48

9.	Ida's Wish [Part I]	2:25

10.	Unexplainable, To Herself and Other [Part I]	2:50

11.	Brahmana and Bima [Part I]	6:24

12.	The Forest [Part I]	2:24

13.	No Guarantee [Part I]	4:29

14.	Aurora [Part II]	4:25

15.	Who's There [Part II]	3:47

16.	The Game That We Play [Part II]	2:51

17.	Ida and Bima [Part II]	3:03

18.	Lullaby [Part II]	2:58

19.	Bima and Ogre [Part II]	5:22

20.	And Back to Where He Came From [Part II]	3:32

21.	Like a Temple Collapsing [Part II]	2:04

22.	Brahmana's Regret [Part II]	6:33

23.	The Ceremony [Part II]	9:11

24.	Transcend [Part III]	3:28

25.	This Is The Time [Part III]	3:56

26.	Bima and Snakes [Part III]	4:01

27.	She Lost It [Part III]	5:35

28.	Brahmana's Advise [Part III]	1:30

29.	Grief [Part III]	2:45

30.	The Time Everlasting in Spaces [Part III]	4:40

31.	Outro	3:53

Credits

released June 1, 2019

Production
Composer & Conductor: Andys Skordis
Libretto & Performance director: Jelena Vuksanovic
Prodcuer & Orchestra Co-ordinator: Jonathan Bailey
Producer & Visual Aesthetic: Tina Kay Boyles Bailey
Mixing: Andreas Trachonitis - eleven63 studiosCo
Mastering: Yannis Christodoulatos - Sweetspot productions studios
Production: Narwastu Art Community
Additional support: Composition made possible with financial support from FondsPodiumKunsten (NL)

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