Like other Pacific Islands, Indonesia has its contemporary, Western-influenced pop stars as well as its more traditional artists. And on the Indonesian island of Bali, music doesn't get any more traditional than the type of performances that are heard on this CD. Pitamaha: Music From Bali spotlights various gamelen -- traditional Balinese ...
Gamelan is a fully elaborated orchestra involving hanging gongs, gong rows, metal or bamboo xylophones, melodic instruments such as fiddles, flutes, as well as drums and vocalists. Wayang is a long-form play involving either shadow puppets or dancers, often in masks. The stories frequently derive from Indian epics, and all-night wayang ...
New music isn't easy, but Bang on a Can member Evan Ziporyn has a very light touch in these four compositions, especially "Drill," which often seems to float on squirming little wiggles of melody, with Ziporyn himself playing bass clarinet. The moods among the four pieces here vary tremendously -- "The Ornate Zither and the Nomad Flute," for ...
Recordings found in a private collection stemming from a failed attempt at creating an indigenous market for gamelan music in 1928. The record series from which these recordings came failed miserably, but the performances themselves are quite well-done, and among other things provided inspiration for composer Colin McPhee (whose work is presented ...
Reflecting the less-frenetic side of Javanese music, musicians of the Sunda region in the southwest portion of the island incorporate many traditional gamelan elements into an often reflective and at times playful ensemble sound. Beyond many traditional recordings, there are also modern, pop-inspired records such as this. Featuring the renowned ...
The Balinese Barong & Keris dance is about the fight between good and evil. The Barong is a mythical protective lion that represents good and that has to fight against the forces of evil in the form of a witch called Rangda. It is said that during the dance some people fall into trance and perform a stabbing dance with a dagger. If they do not ...
Music Of Bali 1-3 collects performances of traditional Balinese songs by Tirta Sari-Legong, Rama Budaya and Swara Cipta Priya. Tracks like "Puspa Mekar," "Selamat Datang" and "Tektekan" paint a detailed portrait of the island's mysterious, captivating music. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
Recordings by the National University group of Jakarta feature Indonesia's best-known flute player, Sulaeman. The first side is devoted to music for bamboo flute accompanied by kacapi zither. The gamelan pieces are played by a group half-a-dozen strong, in the coastal style. ~ John Storm Roberts, All Music Guide
The Rough Guide to World Roots is a concise primer of many different types of world music, including African, Latin American, and Eastern European styles. Some of the biggest names in world music are included in this compilation, including Natacha Atlas, whose "Marifnaash" showcases her North African/Arabian-inspired singing, Senegalese vocalist ...
In the 21st century world of the Internet and digital downloads, the notion that recorded music can be an actual object as well as an auditory moment in time is rapidly becoming a quaint concept, and it changes to some extent the way recorded music travels through this world. These days, of course, it's stored on servers and portable handheld ...
Gambang kromong, named for the gambang xylophone, is a regional Jakarta sound that goes back as far as the 1700s. The ensemble sound is long since out of style with the urban cultural elite, but it's still favored by fishermen, jitney drivers, laborers, peddlers, and factory hands in towns surrounding the enormous capital. As revealed here, the ...
A good bit of gamelan music. This is perhaps one of the most widespread of world music genres, but new entries into the field often lack something. This compilation of sounds spans the majority of the gamelan-based sub-genres within the space of a single disc. Both the angklung (lighter-weight orchestras) and gong kebjar (more traditional) styles ...
The island of Java is known as being one of the first places to be able to work bronze and thus create bronze musical instruments: bells, gongs, and the famous gamelan ensemble. The word "gamelan" refers to the whole ensemble, not the instruments. Beside the bronze instruments, such as the different kettle drums, kettle gongs, and bronze ...
Semar Pegulingan gamelans were originally royal ensembles and used a seven-tone scale. Later, various different ensembles with the same name developed, all of them pitched higher and with a brighter, more delicate sound than gong gede. This group is one of the few remaining seven-tone Semar Pegulingan gamelans. Its music seems almost weightless, ...
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