Get ready to be entranced by the traditional and contemporary Javanese and Balinese gamelan performance tonight. With Gusti Sudarta, Peni Candra Rini, and the Raga Kusuma gamelan ensemble, it promises to be an evening filled with rhythm, dance, and shadow puppetry. A unique cultural experience is just a few hours away! #shadowpuppets #indonesianmusic #balinesemusic #javanesemusic
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Location: Howard Community College, Monteabaro Recital Hall
Kinds of pitched percussion from Indonesia: Kolintang (wood) Minahasa North Sulawesi, Taganing (leather) North Sumatra, Tarompong (metal) Bali. #Kolintang #kolintangpetruskaseke #indonesianmusic https://www.instagram.com/p/CbXHhsZryDB/?utm_medium=tumblr
Prepare to be entranced by the seamless blend of traditional and contemporary Javanese and Balinese gamelan music, dance, and shadow puppetry in a performance like no other. Journey with us as we celebrate the artistry of Gusti Sudarta, Peni Candra Rini, and the Raga Kusuma gamelan ensemble from the University of Richmond
I bought this cassette direct from the band when they performed a concert in the guesthouse we stayed in on Samosir Island in Danau Toba, Indonesia. Lake (Danau in Indonesian) Toba is situated in the caldera of a supervolcano, one that is ground zero geologically speaking, considered to be the largest volcanic explosion in the last 25 million years. It still rumbles every now and again and is part of the faultline of multiple volcanoes that run across Indonesia’s many islands, but the local Batak people seemed unphased about living on a potentially ticking timebomb. I was there with my partner in the year 2000 as part of a two-year round-the-world trip. We backpacked and stayed in local guesthouses, B&Bs or hostels, overlanding from Delhi to Bali for 10 months before beachbumming and campervanning our way round Australia for a year. The title song, A Sing Sing So, is a traditional Batak boating/courtship song, though it’s well known across South East Asia since being translated and sung by the Taiwanese pop sensation Teresa Teng. Although no doubt a significant tourist attraction (due to its beauty and location) the indigenous Batak of Northern Sumatra still live their traditional way of life (or at least they did in 20 years ago!) The music is not unlike Doo-Wop in that it’s vocal-focused, with close male harmonies and simple guitar and rhythm accompaniment. There’s also a bit of a yodelling going on in some songs, which is only a good thing in my book. I tried to buy local music whenever we came across it on our travels (see another cassette randomised in March 2019), although we didn’t have anything to play it on until we cracked and bought a cheap personal cassette player in Singapore. Listening to it again now, I recall clearly the performance, which is one of the reasons we buy music – it transports us to a time and place and a specific set of memories and feelings. And I have only good ones about my time with the friendly Batak people of Danau Toba. #danautoba #indonesianmusic #batakculture #asingsingso #cassettetapes #volcano #travelling #nowplaying #nowlistening #worldmusic #recordcollection #randomrecordreview https://www.instagram.com/p/CI-WhBtMQgI/?igshid=1cvgf0mejy3xi
Burgerkill at @baroegrotterdam Part 2💥 . . . Burgerkill = Agung Hellfrog Ramdan Outta Pra Ramadhan Ronald Alexander Radja Haba . . . Did you know that this band also played at Wacken Open Air some time ago & are also booked for this year? . . . #sethpicturesmusic #sethabrikoos #sonynederland #sonyalphasclub #baroeg #burgerkillband #indonesianband #indonesianmetal #indonesianmetalhead #indonesianmusic #indonesianmetalband #hardcoreband #metalcoreband #metalsinger #metalcoremusic #fotograaf #concertphotographer #fotograafnederland 🤘✌️ (at Baroeg) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgwRKg6MUnz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=