DEWA BUDJANA New Studio Album MAHANDINI Now Available!

Balinese Guitar Maestro DEWA BUDJANA released MAHANDINI a new studio album on MoonJune Records featuring special guest JORDAN RUDESS, MOHINI DEY, MARCO MINNEMANN

DEWA BUDJANA – guitars, soundscapes
JORDAN RUDESS – keyboards
MARCO MINNEMANN – drums
MOHINI DEY – bass guitar, konnakol

Special appearances:
JOHN FRUSCIANTE – vocals on “Crowded”and “Zone”, and guitar fill on “Crowded” coda
MIKE STERN – 1st guitar solo on “ILW”
SOIMAH PANCAWATI – lead vocal on “Hyang Giri”

Special appearance on the vinyl bonus track:
DIMAWAN KRISNOWO ADJI – cello on “Mahandini Acoustic”
ADRIAN MUHAMMAD – vibraphone on “Mahandini Acoustic”

1. Crowded (feat. John Frusciante) 05:55
2. Queen Kanya 06:59
3. Hyang Giri (feat. Soimah Pancawati) 07:44
4. Jung Oman 06:52
5. ILW (feat. Mike Stern) 06:39
6. Mahandini 08:17
7. Zone (feat. John Frusciante) 05:56

Special appearances:
JOHN FRUSCIANTE – vocals on “Crowded“and “Zone”, and guitar fill on “Crowded” coda
MIKE STERN – 1st guitar solo on “ILW”
SOIMAH PANCAWATI – lead vocal on “Hyang Giri”

“Queen Kanya”, “Hyang Giri”, “Jung Oman”, “Mahandini Acoustic” composed, arranged and produced by Dewa Budjana (Temple Island Music). “ILW”, “Mahandini” composed and arranged by Dewa Budjana (Temple Island Music), produced by Jimmy Haslip. “Crowded” and Zone” composed by John Frusciante, lyrics by John Frusciante (Niandra La Des Music), and produced and arranged by Dewa Budjana. Mike Stern’s guitar solo part on “ILW” written by Jimmy Haslip (J Haslip LaViera Music BMI). Konnakol on “Queen Kanya” arranged by Mohini Dey & Marco Minneman. Lyrics on “Hyang Giri” written by Soimah Pancawati. Gamelan on “Hyang Giri”: Sang Made Swastama, Bayu Priyanka, Ngakan Agus Suputra, Dika Santika, Sang Made Martawan, Nyoman Pande Anom, Wayan Swastama.

All tracks recorded by Prashant Aswani at Steakhouse Studio, Los Angeles, CA, January 24, 2018. Post production and additional overdubs by Dewa Budjana recorded at Temple Island Studio, Jakarta, Indonesia. Soimah Pancawati vocals recorded by Bintang Indrianto at Coda Studio, Jakarta, Indonesia. Mixed & Mastered by Rich Breen & Jimmy Haslip at Dogmatic Sound, Burbank, CA, March, 2018.

Dewa Budjana uses exclusively Kiesel guitars and D’Addario strings. Jordan Rudess uses Korg keyboards and GeoShred. Mohini Dey uses Mayones bass, MarkBass amps, GruvGear, S.I.T. strings. Marco Minnemann uses DW Drums, Zidjian cymbals, ProMark signature sticks.

Studio photos: Randy Edwards. Guitar tech: Thomas Nordegg. Fractal programmer: Rosh Roslin. Musicians & studio coordinator: Kris Clearhout. Album artwoork by Aga Dilaga.

International release (outside of Indonesia) executive production by Leonardo Pavkovic for MoonJune Music.

Vinyl edition coordinator Tom Redecker for Shack Media/Freiland.

Hyang Giri Video