Tag: Lucinda Dayhew

fugitive frequency, season 5 episode 8: learning from Les

A sunset along a pebble beach at Les Village Bali. In the foreground is a local fishing boat, recognisable for its curved "ski".

A collection of field notes from Les Village, North Bali recorded during Dinacon Digital Naturalism Conference, 22 June– 23 July 2025 with Sea Communities. It features voices and contributions from Pak Garri Bernal (Sea Communities), Jro Pasek (Les village leader), Bajra Suara Girilestari Desa Les (Rindik group) recorded by Dinoj M. Local divers Gombal (Nyoman Teriada), Gombal’s father known as Kakek (grandfather) and Pak Eka (Made Merta) were interviewed by Tessa Zettel. From Sea Communities we hear from Wira, Pippin (Luh), Putu, Naya, Wilan, Rangga, Komang, Pak Komangwi and Luh in collaboration with Lucinda Dayhew. The song “Bali Ayu” was written and produced by Dinoj M in collaboration with Wira Artawan, using samples from a recording of Bajra Suara Girilestari Desa Les.

Many thanks to all from Dinacon 2025, especially Andy, Lee, Paula, Sid for all the work they put into making it happen. It was like a dream!

fugitive frequency, season 4 episode 3: The Dham Dham Method

Participants in Dham Dham Riddim are clustered around computers and MIDI controllers.

A conversation between Dinoj M [Instagram] and SajaS [Instagram] of DreamSpace Records, artist Lucinda Dayhew [Instagram] and myself, Sumugan Sivanesan. Together we co-organised “Dham Dham Riddim”, a nine-day intensive music production “bootcamp”, held between 21 and 29 February at DreamSpace Academy, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. The workshop sought to introduce people to digital music production across a series of sessions that progressed from field recording to sampling, from rhythm programming to lyric writing, and then on towards making a song that will contribute to a compilation album or EP. It emphasised using free, open source and accessible tools, with a focus on the digital audio workstation, Reaper. It arose out of a three-day workshop “Thaalam Riddim Reapers” we organised at DreamSpace Academy as part of Dinacon 3, 2022.

The episode also features the voices of participants in the programme including: Sivanathan Nivethika, Rameshkumar Sathursaan, Sajanthan Vasanthakumar, A.H.M. Asaath, A.S. Sajeeth, Thavarasa Jeyashanth, Velrajan Rohan, Ravichandran Jeroem, Chandrujaan Sathiyamoorthy, Yash Kirirajah, Kabilashini Balakrishnan, Anantharajah Ajai, Mokeethan Sathiyamoorthy, Suresh Ashwin, Raviraja Rishahari, Sakithyan Jeyakumar, Christy Suthakaran Abiyashap, Christy Suthakaran Joshua, Joseph Jesreyal Jeyashanth, Dinoj Mahendranathan, Sajani Sivasithamparapillai and Nirushika Pragash…I hope I’ve not missed anyone!

Lucinda Dayhew and Sumugan Sivanesan’s travel was funded by Goethe-Institut Germany.

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