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P9010071 - "Stepping In" track# 1 off the album "The 6th Story"

Psychedelic gamelan-jazz-fusion phenoms simakDialog playing live at Progday Sunday Sept 1st, 2013 in Carborro, NC at a beautiful setting called Storybook Farm. Indonesian based simakDialog traveled 25 hours by plane to come to play the USA and their first stop was Progday. The band is led by Riza Arshad on Fender Rhodes electric piano and with Guitar Phenom Tohpati as the perfect counter point they weave delicate textures between each other on the live stage. The band is further enhanced by three seasoned percussionists Endang Ramdan, Erlan Suwardana, Cucu Kurnia.

Since their bassist Adhitya Pratama was not able to make the journey to the USA this time they brought along Rudy Zulkarnaen. As you will see in this video Rudy did a wonderful job assisting them on this tour. Hope you enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed their music.

Please excuse my camera work as I am in no way a professional videographer but I think I have managed to capture the spirit of the song. Their music really resonated with me and even though their set was cut short by a storm that blew in I had seen enough of the magic happen that I knew I must make the 7 hour journey to see them play again just a few days later in Baltimore, MD. I am so glad that I did!

If you like what you see here show your support and purchase their new CD The 6th Story from MoonJune Records. It is available as a download through the Moon June Bandcamp site or you can order the physical copy if you wish. Either way I am sure you will enjoy! http://moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-6th-story