Dark Light paints a musical soundscape of two musical bands crossing paths — a Wind Ensemble from Eastern- China and a Javanese Gamelan troop from Indonesia. As the two bands draw closer to each other, their opposing sonorities (smooth winds versus sharp, plucked or mallet attacks) create an uncomfortable tension. Furiously attempting to outplay each other with blaring and clashing pitches, interlocking rhythms and sheer volume of sounds, the conflict heightens and bursts with a passionate outcry from each band. A moment of intense stillness in the wake of the conflict rips through the heart of a hauntingly beautiful girl standing in the midst of the bands. She sings euphoniously beneath an unsettled silence…