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The Roots of Gamelan: The First...
Since the West became acquainted with it in the late 1920s, Balinese gamelan music has inspired musicologists, given birth to minimalism, and even been mimicked by electronic artists. It's easy to hear why. With its complex, polyrhythmic sounds played out on perfectly tuned gongs and chimes, gamelan music is one of the most exciting and exotic sounds heard in the world. It's gorgeous to listen to, thrilling to witness, and sounds like nothing else on earth. On The Roots of Gamelan, we're given a real treat: the earliest commercially available recordings of gamelan music.
Living Art, Sounding Spirit: The Bali...
A longtime rock drummer playing at the fringe of his genre's rhythms, former Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart submerges himself in Balinese gamelan music with this three-CD package. Hart's recordings, gathered over three days in early 1998, are distinguished by remarkable excellence, both in the execution of the performances and in the sound quality. With each ensemble holding a slightly different sound as its own, the music ranges from all-percussion to percussion with bamboo flutes and/or two-string fiddles that sound like the Chinese erhu.
Music For The Gods: The Fahnestock South...
This classic of ethnomusicology was originally recorded in 1941 by the Fahnestock brothers, Bruce and Sheridan, on what was then state of the art aluminum discs. The music is amazing both for the quality of the sound and the beauty of the performing gamelans--the word means both the band and the music they play. The sound is rich and clear; individual notes hang shimmering in the air like rainforest hummingbirds.
From The Island of The Gods - Music of...
This CD captures the traditional music of modern Bali with various selections of instrumentals that are the most popular gamelan instrumentals from Bali today
