No one listens to classical gamelan music for the first time and thinks, “I’ve heard something like this before.” There’s nothing like it. A gamelan is a classical Indonesian orchestra anchored by ...

With many instrumental performances, the audience was able to get a glimpse of both Japanese and Balinese culture.

Electronic Gamelan, or e-gamelan, is the name of an iOS app that has been created by students and lecturers of the University of Dian Nuswantoro (Udinus) Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. The app ...

Matt Dunning (Artistic Director Gamelan Sari Raras Irama) is at it again. Back in January, I wrote about how he and his ensemble of Gamelan instrument players were turning Buffalo into a hotbed for ...

The Bates College Gamelan Orchestra, a student ensemble that plays music of Indonesia, and special guest artists perform Lou Harrison’s remarkable Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Javanese ...

Based in Seattle, the Northwest’s Indonesian-style orchestra, Gamelan Pacifica, performs sophisticated music from a long tradition that remains vital through constantly changing expression. It can be ...

As evident from the ‘Nglayang’ song snippet, the music in this album is rich in influences, beyond Balinese gamelan and jazz. This is partly due to Firetail itself having members hailing from various ...

Although it’s rooted in the Indonesian archipelago, the percussion-heavy style known as gamelan has had a presence in Vancouver ever since the late composer, electronic-music pioneer, and music ...

What do gongs, xylophones, funny hats, music students and a world-class Indonesian vocalist have in common? They are elements of an ensemble — music professor Henry Spiller's new "gamelan" ensemble, ...

Though he is the youngest member of the Grateful Deads classic lineup, Bob Weir has gradually aged into a stately role as unofficial voice of the Dead Universe. So it makes sense that since Jerry ...

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