DESCRIPTION:
With Batavia, Becker transports the tragedy of his family from incarceration through liberation to the mind's eye of the listener. Each of the individual compositions is explained with short well written text in the 12 page CD booklet which also contains intimate family photos. "The Japanese Government has yet to take responsibility for what occurred," states Becker. "With the release of BATAVIA, it is my goal to bring attention to this terrible tragedy and begin making inroads to get my family, (particularly my mom and her dear friend Edith who are still alive to tell the story), and the thousands of people interned with them the restitution they so deserve."

This is a highly emotional recording and it is precisely this spiritual force that makes it such a powerful attraction, from which the listener cannot escape. Accompanied as usual in the DBT are David's brother Bruce on drums and Bolle Diekmann on bass. The CD also features some very special guest artists including the Yellowjackets' Russell Ferrante on piano.

Becker says he'd like a memorial built to commemorate the suffering of people in Indonesia during the war. He's going to use a website linked to the CD to raise awareness.
"We can do something for them. We can give the remaining people who are still alive, like my mother, their dignity back and say, 'Your suffering was not in vain.'"

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