| Track |
Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
|
|
|
|
V/A |
Laju (Sekaha Sekar Karya - Wayang Sasak) |
Lombok, Kalimantan, Banyumas: Little-known Forms of Gamelan and Wayang |
Smithsonian Folkways |
accompaniment to shadow puppet theatre - this song is played when characters travel with great urgency. Lombok is the small island directly east of Bali |
|
|
|
V/A |
Barongan (gamelan telek style) |
The Music of Lombok |
King |
musical accompaniment for dances at feasts or while traveling to the mountains to take water in a traditional ritual |
|
|
|
Gamelan Batel |
Gending Meganada |
Wayang Ramayana |
CMP |
accompanies the monkey dance of Meganada, who is a member of the monkey army - Bali style |
|
|
|
Titra Sari - Legong Gamelan |
Kapi Raja |
The Music of Bali |
Celestial Harmonies |
kebyar instrumental |
|
|
|
Kecak Ganda Sari |
Final Scene |
Kecak from Bali: Ramayana Monkey Chant |
Bridge |
Balinese music drama. Bronze instruments can be quite expensive and labor-intensive, so some communities make do with a cappella versions |
|
|
|
Gamelan Joged Bumbung |
Suar Udaya Giri (dawn) |
Suar Agung |
King |
bamboo percussion and flute |
|
|
|
V/A |
Gamelan Gabor #2 |
Night Recordings from Bali |
Sublime Frequencies |
field recording |
*from home
|
| -----------------------------air break----------------------------- |
|
|
Seblang Subuh |
Jaran Dhawuk |
Songs Before Dawn: Gandrung Banyuwangi |
Smithsonian Folkways |
moving on to eastern Java - this genre is historically linked to rituals of healing and purification |
|
|
|
Gamelan Sekar Tunjung |
Lancaran Orde Baru |
The Music of K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat |
CMP |
some Central Javanese - Wasitodiningrat is one of the leading musical figures in the area |
|
|
|
Mana 698 |
Stay a Maverick |
New Music Indonesia, Vol. 2 (Central Java) |
Lyrichord |
played by Sundanese, Balinese and Javanese musicians, mixing pelog and slendro tuning systems, mixing traditional and contemporary |
|
|
|
V/A |
Gambir Sawit |
Gamelan class sampler |
|
suling (bamboo flute) - Western Javanese/Sundanese style gamelan is much calmer than Balinese style, very ethereal |
*from home
|
|
|
V/A |
Ujung Laut/Sinyur (Pusaka Sunda) |
CD with The Traditional Sounds of Indonesia |
|
more Sundanese style, in degung tuning |
*from home
|
|
|
Gentra Pasundan Degung Group |
Bulan Dagoan (Moon of Dago) |
Degung - Bulan Dagoan |
Interra |
gamelan music used as narrative, featuring suling |
|
| -----------------------------air break----------------------------- |
|
|
V/A |
Tabuh Kenilu Sawik (by Melinting people, Lampung) |
Gongs and Vocal Music from Sumatra: Talempong, Didong, Kulintang, Salawat Dulang |
Smithsonian Folkways |
in kulintang style, from southern Sumatra , which is a style of music for weddings - this song is associated with a tale about a man who must do 25 tasks before he can marry the woman |
|
|
|
V/A |
Anak Tonga (xylophone and gong-row music of the Petalangan) |
Music from the Forests of Riau and Mentawai |
Smithsonian Folkways |
recordings from indigenous forest societies in Sumatra |
|
|
|
Gamelan-Gendang |
Sembilan |
|
|
Malaysian gamelan |
*from home
|
|
|
Musicians of the National Dance Company of Cambodia Jomrong |
Tep Monorom Dance |
Cambodia |
Real World |
"In this dance there is no exploitation. It is a dance of honour, it is above reality, it brings serenity and purity, it restores calm." |
|
|
|
Nai Htaw Paing Ensemble |
Ma Ngo - Paya Ta Ngwe |
Mon Music of Burma |
Fire Museum |
traditional music of the Mon people is rapidly vanishing, but we'll keep it alive on KDVS. The main instrument, bat kine (like Javanese bonang), is a row of gong chimes arranged on an upright quarter-moon shaped frame |
|
|
|
Gamelan Pacifica |
Peaches of Immortality |
Trance Gong |
What Next? |
group from Seattle that plays both traditional pieces and contemporary reworkings of modern compositions. Sometimes they play with an aluminum galeman, but this song is a bronze set |
|
