The MANNA duo weaves a tapestry of sound, fusing together disparate genres to create something new and beautiful. A.S. Mates, a bass legend in Indonesia, brings his mastery of the instrument and decades of experience to the group. He is also a member of Bhaskara 86, the first Indonesian band to perform at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1985 and 1986. Mates had produced an album with marvelous numbers for that era, with 75.000 copy of sold.

The other member of MANNA is Achmad Ananda aka Nanda, a delightfully skilled guitarist who plays with a light touch. A very talented guitar player who played with Idang Rasjidi in 2000, met and played with John Stowell and Japanese pianist Hideaki Tokunaga. He has been invited to perform at many Asian Jazz Festivals (Penang, Jak Jazz, Java Jazz, Singapore).

This cross-generation band has been playing together for several years and has really found its groove in terms of harmony. One of the things that makes them so special is that they manage to keep their technique interesting without making their music sound inaccessible to casual listeners. "We fill in each other, wrapped as one; that's what Manna's is about," said Nanda. "We are trying to build a new concept of Acoustic Duo based on Development in Jazz history and Modern Harmony" he continued.

Manna is featuring a talented 15-year-old drummer from Jakarta, Dharrian Emillio Yanuanto, who began playing drums when he was 8 years old. In 2018 Dharrian won second place at the Indonesia Drum & Percussion Festival with his original 10 minutes composition, Garuda. In 2017, he joined Balawan & Batuan Ethnic Fusion, and a year later they introduced Indonesian traditional music for millennial teenagers of High School 34, and he went on with the band Ethnic Fusion Europe Tour 2018 and participated in the Tong Tong Festival in Holland, UNESCOs Art music event on Hari Batik in Paris, and International Gamelan Festival in Munich, Germany.

The trio’s music promises to be rich and full of vivid details that are sure to captivate any listener.

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