Gabber Modus Operandi | YES NO WAVE | Club SAW

A video recording of Gabber Modus Operandi performance.
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Date: Monday, October 16, 2023
Location: Club SAW, Ottawa, Ontario
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ABOUT RANI JAMBAK:
Gabber Modus Operandi is the duo of DJ/producer Kasimyn and artist/fashion designer Ican Harem, based in Bali, Indonesia. The group was founded following a fad staging at an underground punk concert in Denpasar, Indonesia. Their experimentation began with an obsession for the energy and intensity of Jathilan, gabber, dangdut koplo, ebeg, funkot, Chicago footwork, grindcore, and noise dance cultures, and the community parties in Indonesia’s smaller cities.
→   / gabbermodusoperandi  
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ABOUT THE EVENT:
A touring showcase of music and video works from Indonesia represented by the Yes No Wave Music label run by the interdisciplinary artist and producer Wok the Rock. The Ottawa concert featured live performances by Gabber Modus Operandi and Rani Jambak.

The Yes No Wave showcase tour was presented in partnership by Send + Receive Festival, Winnipeg; Music Gallery, Toronto; Art in the Margins, Montréal; and Western Front, Vancouver, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. The Ottawa event was presented in partnership with Artengine and SAW, with support from Ontario Creates.

ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Wok The Rock is an artist, curator, music producer, and cultural activist born in Madiun, Indonesia, and based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Working across the fields of contemporary art, design, and underground music, Wok’s practice focuses on experimenting with collective space. In addition to running the non-profit online label Yes No Wave Music, Wok curates the experimental music concert series Yes No Klub, is a member of the Yogyakarta-based artist collective Ruang MES 56, and is a founder of the Indonesia Netaudio Forum.
→   / woktherock  

Aki Onda is an artist, composer, performer, and curator based in Mito, Japan, and is currently Curator-at-Large at Western Front, Vancouver. Their works are often catalyzed by and structured around memories—personal, collective, and historical. Crossing genres and disciplines, they have been active internationally in art, film, music and performance.
→ https://akionda.net/
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About YES NO WAVE:
Based in the Javanese cultural hub Yogyakarta, Yes No Wave Music is an online label and platform to nurture Indonesian artists and promote their activities internationally. Founded by Wok the Rock in 2007, the label is run with a DIY ethos to build a post-capitalist alternative to music industry norms. All music on the label is free to download, distribute, and even remix, reflecting the Indonesian social value of sharing communal resources, and the necessity for artists to develop their activities in spite of nominal government support and funding.
→ https://yesnowave.com/
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ABOUT THE ORGANIZER:
Established in 2013, Debaser is an arts organization and event presenter/producer based on unceded Algonquin territory (in so-called Ottawa).
→ https://www.debaser.ca

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CREDITS:
Sound & Lighting: Nick Schofield
Video Production & Editing: Kilam Media @kilammedia