Indra Lesmana Visits Australia To Release New Album Titled Sydney Reunion

Indra Lesmana In Sydney Reunion Project (Instagram @indralesmana)

JAKARTA - Indra Lesmana went to Australia to introduce the latest music project with three Australian jazz musicians, namely Steve Hunter (bass), Dale Total (saxophone), and Andy Gander (drums), which are named the Sydney Reunion Project.

This is a music project for Indra Lesmana with three of his old colleagues, who have been known since studying music at the Conservatory of Music, Sydney, Australia in 1982.

The quartet jazz music project will feature in two shows, at the Manly Jazz Festival andUS Opera House, with the release of a "Sydney Reunion" titled "Sydney Reunion"

"I went (to Australia) in the context of launching an album and also performing at one of the longest festivals ever in Sydney, namely Manly Jazz," said Indra Lesmana, during a virtual interview with VOI on Wednesday, September 18.

The launch will take place at the Sydney Opera House on September 23 and the performance at Manly Jazz will be carried out the day before, September 22, "he continued.

The album 'Sydney Reunion' presents ten instrumental works with a thick jazz feel of fusion. Indra wrote five songs, while the rest was written by Steve Hunter, Andy Gander, and Dale totaling.

"There are ten songs. So, I composed five songs, then other friends wanted to contribute too," said Indra.

"Not only as players, but they want to contribute as songwriters, so Steve Hunter contributes two songs, Andy Gander contributes one song, and Daletama contributes two songs," he added.

So far, a work entitled 'Fairlight' from the Sydney Reunion album has been released through a digital music platform. A music video showing live footage last May also appeared on Indra Lesmana's YouTube channel.

The launch of the 'Sydney Reunion' is accompanied by the release of a physical album in a compact disc (CD) format. Meanwhile, the vinyl forman will be presented in the near future.

For Indra Lesmana, this album is becoming more special, because it has been the 100th release for almost five decades of his music journey.

The music project, which is fully supported by the Indonesian diaspora in Australia, Ivan Paulus and his wife Shirley Lim, is also seen as a celebration of 75 years of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Australia through music.

"Indonesia and Australia have an extraordinary history related to diplomatic relations in art, especially music. Therefore, I strongly underline that this work also commemorates 75 years of diplomacy in relations between Indonesia and Australia, because this relationship has also been running for quite a long time," concluded Indra Lesmana.