Boi Akih

Boi Akih
Origin	Amsterdam,Netherlands
Genres	World,jazz
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Enja,EMI
Members	Monica Akihary, Niels Brouwer
Website	boiakih.com

Boi Akihis ajazz/world musictrio based inAmsterdam,Netherlands and composed of Monica Akihary on vocals, Niels Brouwer on guitar.The group combines musical traditions from theMolucca Islands,Bali,Dutch jazz, improvised music, Indian classical music, and traditional African music. Music is written by Brouwer and lyrics are written by Brouwer and Akihary.

History

Sandip Bhattachraya studied with Pandit Ishwar Lal Misra in the style of tabla musician Pandit Anokhelal Misra and has performed withPandit Hariprasad Chaurasia,Prabha Atre,Lakshmi Shankar,Shujaat Hussain Khan,Ustad Munawar Ali Khan,andTarun Bhattacharya.Niels Brouwer studied at the Hilversums Conservatorium (Conservatorium van Amsterdam) Monica Akihary is a graduate ofvisual artsstudies in Amsterdam andYogyakarta(Akademi Seni Rupa). Both studied classical Indian music inBangalore(2002) andMumbai(2004).

Akihary writes and sings in her father's native language, which has been regarded asmoribund.Since 1998 Brouwer and Akihary have been working with Dutch and Australian linguists who studyHaruku language.

They invitedgamelanmusicianMade Subandito perform onPhilosophy of Love(2010). Boi Akih has worked with Michael Vatcher,Ernst Reijseger,Ernst Glerum, Owen Hart Jr.,Sean Bergin,andWolter Wierbos.Boi Akih has performed at theBerlin Jazz Festival,Kaunas Jazz Festival,andBimhuis.They have also appeared onVPRO,France2,Radio France,BBC,ORF,andRTL4.

Discography

• 1997Boi Akih(Invitation/EMI, 1997)
• 2000Above the Clouds, Among the Roots(A Records, 2000)
• 2003Uwa i(Enja,2004)
• 2005Lagu Lagu(Boiakih, 2005)
• 2007Yalelol(Enja, 2007)
• 2012Circles in a Square Society
• 2016Liquid Songs
• 2017Lagu Lagu 2
• 2020Storyteller(BROMO Sena)
• 2023From and to Infinity

External links

• Boi Akih in Vrije Geluiden Sessies live 2020