“World Peace Orchestra”, Dwiki Dharmawan’s latest music project, is indeed a world class project. The recording sessions are not only done in , but also other studios in a various countries.

Last June, Dwiki and other Indonesian musicians including Ivan Nestorman, Indro Hadjodikoro and Sandy Winarta completed the recording process for tracks such as Arafura, Numfor, Paris Barantai, Jazz for Freeport, Anarikin Teo and Benggong in Jakarta. Percussion dubbing were then done in Kuala Lumpur by legendary percussionist Steve Thornton. At the end of July, Dwiki departed to Los Angeles, California to attend a rehearsal and recording session preparations, scheduled on August 1st 2007, alongside participating American musicians. Rehearsal was done in West LA Rehearsal Studio, whilst the recording itself took place in Henson Recording Studios (formerly known as A&M Studio), a well-known studio in which hundreds of albums were concocted.

The Los Angeles recording session was participated by Yellowjackets’s members Jimmy Haslip (bass/co-producer) and Russel Ferrante (piano) with Walfredo Reyes Jr. (drums & percussion), Tollak Ollstad (harmonica), Shape’s founder Roger Burn (marimba/vibes), Andy Suzuki (reeds) and Rich Breen acting as Sound Engineer. The tracks recorded were Clarissa and Janger a Balinese folksong specially arranged by Dwiki.

The two previously mentioned activities would be covered by Keyboard Magazine and those involved in the LA session would be exclusively interviewed by a renowned KSPC 88.7 FM LA-based jazz radio station on Tony Palkovic Radio Show. Aside from LA, Dwiki Dharmawan would also be making a session in Manila and Sydney with renowned Phillipines Saxophonist Tots Tolentiono and Australian jazz musicians Guy Strazz (guitar), Hugh Fraser (Bass), Rodrigo Galvao (Percussion) and Andrew Oh (flute). During in LA Dwiki also will give a workshop on Musical Directing class at Musician Institute, Hollywood.