Rangga Purnama Aji
Born in Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia in 1997. Rangga Purnama Aji is a composer, electronic musician, songwriter, live coder, video artist, self-taught generative & digital artist, and the initiator of Paguyuban Algorave Indonesia who are based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Finished his Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition and graduated from the Indonesian Institute of The Arts Yogyakarta in 2019. Studied computer music with Tony Maryana, and music composition with Gatot Danar Sulistyanto and Royke B. Koapaha.
His works ranged from score-based acoustic music to free improvisation, live coding, electro-acoustic/electronic music, sound art, soundscape composition, video art, and digital art. His artistic practice tries to look at many possibilities and visions based on his Javanese and Sundanese background, empirical references, thoughts toward life, human relation, mysticism, etc. to create another impression and meaning.
He is actively pursuing music performances with live coding technique for 3 (three) years. He is currently a member of certain live coding group called Kursi Ketik Ensemble with Louis Bertrand Marcellino Harijanto, Maria Maya Aristya, Firmansyah "methclass" Risman and Ali Azca, and also an international live coding ensemble called IG noto with other members namely Iris Saladino AR), Damián Silvani (AR), Rafael Diaz (CO), Joenio Costa (BR), and Abhinay Khoparzi (IN). He also has a solo ambient/experimental project called Stakhabahd.
EDUCATION
1997
Born in Borobudur, Magelang, Indonesia
2019
B.A. in Music Composition, Indonesian Institute of The Arts Yogyakarta
POSITION
Program Director at October Meeting - Contemporary Music & Musicians (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Initiator at Paguyuban Algorave Indonesia (Indonesia)
SOLO PERFORMANCES
2021
Live coding music from scratch performance “Mekar Ing Antarane”, Virtual Event [No Bounds x Hope Works] Alpaca Session 2, United Kingdom
Live coding music performance, Pagelaran Algorave Indonesia #1, Virtual Event, Indonesia
2020
Live coding music performance "Tempa Sukma", SkillBox, India
Live coding music from scratch performance, TidalCycles Live Coding Music Session, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live coding music performance, Tidal Club Winter Solstice Marathon 2020, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live coding music performance, ALGORAVE VR: The Cyber Yacht UXR.zone 2020, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live coding music performance, 16th Years of TOPLAP - Nonstop Online Streams: Eulerroom Equinox 2020, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2019
Live coding music performance using solenoid and digital synths, Total Perkusi Festival 2019 “Mobile Percussion Project”, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
"Meneng Ning Ra Meneng" a live coding audiovisual performance, Festival Teater Remaja Nusantara 2019, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live coding music performance, ETHNICTRO Live Coding Music Party!!!, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live coding music & visual performance, FFFRESH! Zine & Launching Party, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live coding music performance, Janadiriya National Festival, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2018
"Beda" a solo vocal and electronic fixed media performance, October Meeting CMM - “RECONNECT”: Young Composer Series 2018, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live coding music performance, GIG SYANTIKZ, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live electronic/noise performance, NGAJISWARA, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live electronic/noise performance, Urban Collective, Majalengka, Indonesia
Live electronic/noise performance, APK #3: NOISE MUSIC 101 and How To Enjoy It, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live coding music performance, Aque Pnegen Kontser, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2017
"Multilingual Frame" a solo vocal, musical gears, and live electronic performance, October Meeting CMM - “KONTRA-AKUSTIKA”: Klitih Bunyi & Tony Maryana 2017, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
"Teratai" a solo wooden flute and live electronic performance, Klitih Bunyi: Computer Music Concert, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2016
Tape/Concrete music performance presenting two works "Pen" & "Jack Cable", Sounds Party #1, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
GROUP PERFORMANCES
2021
Experimental guitar and remote live coding improvise music performance with Ikbal Lubys and Kursi Ketik Ensemble, Unlock Winter Wanted 2021, Moscow, Rusia
Audio-visual live coded performance with Santiago Ramírez Camarena, Latency Music Concert: First Series, Peru/Indonesia
Audio-visual work premiere “Contemplation: Benang Sembung” as BASASAE with Maria Maya Aristya and along with Muhammad Ravi Arrauf and Alieneta Firdausi, Skillbox, India
2020
Remote live coding music performance with IG Noto Ensemble, NETWORK MUSIC FESTIVAL - ALGORAVE VR 2020, Berlin, Germany
Remote live coding music performance with BASASAE, Tidal Club Winter Solstice Marathon 2020, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Collective performance art titled “Dari Pagi Menuju Pagi” with Hana Medita (ID), Chesa Selasa (ID), and Mathori Brilyan (ID), GUGUS BAGONG – TRANSISI: RUBIK 2020, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Experimental music performance with Ninel, Silaturahmi Bunyi – Eksperimental Music, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Remote live coding music performance with IG Noto Ensemble, ALGORAVE VR: The Cyber Yacht UXR.zone 2020, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live coding music performance with ANTI/SUPER TEMPORAL Laptop Trio, ALGORAVE VR: The Cyber Yacht UXR.zone 2020, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Remote live coding audiovisual performance with Iris Saladino (AR), Damián Silvani (AR), Abhinay Khoparzi (IND), Pedro Sagasti (AR), Rafael Díaz (CO), and Joenio Costa (BR), 16th Years of TOPLAP - Nonstop Online Streams: Eulerroom Equinox 2020
Remote live coding audiovisual performance with Iris Saladino (AR), Damián Silvani (AR), Abhinay Khoparzi (IND), Pedro Sagasti (AR), Rafael Díaz (CO), and Joenio Costa (BR), Online Streams: Algoritmi Distributed Algorave 2020
Remote live coding music performance with Iris Saladino (AR), Damián Silvani (AR), Abhinay Khoparzi (IND), Pedro Sagasti (AR), Rafael Díaz (CO), and Joenio Costa (BR), Algomech Festival 2020, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Live electronic music performance as the member of the electronic duo called WNT7000, HONF Jogja IdeasCity Laboratory - "SONIC DYSTOPIA" Performance, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2019
Remote live coding music performance with munshkr (AR), ritchse (AR), irisS (AR),Pameran DOCANG #3 - “YUYU GEMBURI”, Cirebon, Indonesia
Live electronic music performance as the member of the electronic duo called WNT7000, "MERABA SUARA" - Light Installation & Experimental Music, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Remote live coding music performance with Gigih Alfajar (ID), irisS (AR), munshkr (AR), Sarasehan Karya: Live Coding Music, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
"Seven Steps" a live coding music & visual performance with Klitih Bunyi, Daily Performance ARTJOG MMXIX, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live coding music & visual performance with Olivia Jack (CO), SSS – Kode dan Visual, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live coding music & visual improvisations with Andryan Ade (ID), Aoi Tagami (JP), Arum Oktavianty (ID), Pambudi Agus (ID), and Putra Fuadillah (ID), Majelis Improvisasi Volume 5, Semarang, Indonesia
Live coding music performance with Klitih Bunyi, RAMADHAN RUKUN 2019, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2018
Live electronic/noise performance with Kikel, Jogja Noise Bombing: Pasmusique (Noise From New York), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2017
"Eh Cloud?" a quartet smartphone apps performance with Tony Maryana & Klitih Bunyi, October Meeting CMM - “KONTRA-AKUSTIKA”: Klitih Bunyi & Tony Maryana 2017, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Live electronic/ambients performance with Klitih Bunyi, Victor Pradipta (ID), and Dhanar Prabowo (ID), Arum Manis Exhibition, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
"Contrary Realms", Video (1280 x 720p), Open Space - Armenia Art Fair, Yerevan, Armenia
"what is this?, just for you", Video (1280 x 720p), Bad Video Art Festival, Moscow, Russia
2019
"Meneng Ning Ra Meneng", Pameran DOCANG #3 - “YUYU GEMBURI”, Cirebon, Indonesia
"Meneng Ning Ra Meneng", 360 Vertical SPECTROOM EXHIBITRONIC, Pekanbaru, Indonesia
2018
"What Do You Think" & "Saturated no. 1", Kopaja: Visual Art Exhibition – 404 NOT FOUND, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
"Tradysinth" collective installation work with R.A.W Creative, Festival Musik Tembi 2018, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
SELECTED COMPOSITIONS
2019
"MEJIKUHIBINIU" for generative software for music score and mixed ensemble, Rangga Purnama Aji Last Examination Concert, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2018
"Humming and Stutter" for flute and violin, Pekan Komponis Indonesia 2018, Jakarta, Indonesia
"H I R U P" an electronic piece for Arika Ahmad’s choreography with the same title, Ujian Koreografi Mandiri, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2017
"Jagad Menangis" for solo violin and video fixed media, Portrait Concert of 6,5 Composers Collective #2, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2016
"Self-help" for solo flute and electronic fixed media, Indonesia Institute of The Arts Yogyakarta Music Creation Program Study Concert 2016, Yogyakarta, Indonesia