Various (an Introduction To The Lush Indonesian Music Tradition)
Sounds Fom The Archipelago, Vol. 1
The first volume gathers traditional music from different areas of the Indonesian archipelago, featuring music from
Sulawesi, The Moluccas Islands (Spice Islands) and Central Java. In the first track from Sulawesi ("Gandrung Bulo"), the
lead is taken by the percussion made of bamboo drums, later joined by two male voices in the second track. This is
traditional entertainment music which is typically played at weddings, feasts and others special occasions. The last
track is an instrumental one featuring the story-telling of an epic ballad. The singer is playing a traditional
Indonesian instrument called Sinrili.
The track from the Moluccas ("Tjakalele: War Dance") is a typical Warrior Dance, and it is recorded in the main city of
Maluku Islands. The music from Bali is performed by a chorus of seventy-eight men sitting in circle around the actors,
during the representation of the so-called Ketchak (Monkey) Dance, which is still a big attraction for travellers coming
to Bali. The selection from Central Java is a traditional piece called Perdjuritan dance ("Perdjuritan"), which is some
sort of a soldiers dance. It is performed by a traditional Javanese orchestra (called Gamelan) which consists of drums,
metal rattles and whistles. The last sample is recorded in the capital city of Jakarta and represents an example of the
so called Sundanese music, typical of the western region of Java. Another example of traditional old entertainment music
to be played during various festivities.
Price
Genre
Format
L+C - 2 disk
Release
27-01-2017
Label
Item-nr
499997
EAN
8056099000263
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Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
SULAWESI (RECORDED JULY 3RD, 1960): GANDRUNG BULO (BAMBOO DRUMS)
2
GANDRUNG BULO SINRILI
3
EPIC BALLAD
4
MALUKU ISLANDS: TJAKALELE
5
BALI (RECORDED AUGUST 2ND, 1960): KETCHAK (MONKEY)
6
DANCE KETCHAK DANCE
7
CENTRAL JAVA (RECORDED JUNE 24TH, 1960): PERDJURITAN (SOLDIERS DANCE)
8
WEST JAVA (PARON): KULU KULU GANTJANG MAMAOS SUNDANESE "WATER MUSIC"