We live, sleep, dream, and die atop mass graves. Terror and lies prevent us from mourning the dead below us. We no longer remember that we are afraid – it is easier to forget. In this stifling silence, thieves and extortionists help themselves to the spoils like buzzards, reinventing themselves as respectable politicians and entrepreneurs. Yet for those who have the courage to listen, there are cries of resistance, voices of clarity calling for an end to fear, and longing for solidarity. In Stage Boundary Songs, we hear some of the most eloquent of these voices. We are humbled that our film helped inspire this effort. Statement from directors Oppenheimer and Anonymous on Stage Boundary Songs, a musical response to The Act of Killing. Oppenheimers onetime collaborator, DJ /rupture, aka Jace Clayton, has produced a musical response to the film: a mixtape called Stage Boundary Songs. DJ /rupture worked with producer Filastine and Indonesian vocalist Nova on the mix. Stage Boundary Songs features psychedelic folk, rock, and soul made in the decade surrounding Indonesia’s 1965 coup, according to the press release. Nova digitized music from the vinyl collection of the Museum Musik Malang. DJ /rupture worked with the films co-director, Anonymous, and researcher/translator Richard Curtis to incorporate poems by Indonesian poet Wiji Thukul into the mix. Thukul, per the press release, was an icon of the country’s leftist democracy movement. Some of his poems are available in English for the first time on Stage Boundary Songs. Thukul has been missing since 1998; it is believed he was disappeared by President Suhartos regime, according to the press release. The cover art for Stage Boundary Songs, seen above, is adapted from a drawing by Thukuls daughter Wani. Click the tracklist below to listen and download the song. pitchfork/player/download/9841/ pitchfork/news/54950-dj-rupture-releases-mixtape-inspired-by-the-film-the-act-of-killing/
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 05:01:24 +0000