Angklung & Semar Pegulingan, by Bali Gamelan Sound

Angklung & Semar Pegulingan

by Bali Gamelan Sound

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1.	Angklung Bedulu 02:38	buy track
2.	Pura Samuan Tiga 01:33	buy track
3.	Angklung Kuno 02:40	buy track
4.	Suasana Barong Angklung 06:54	buy track
5.	Damai Dunia 05:24	buy track
6.	Dewa 08:41	buy track
7.	Sekar Jagat 09:10	buy track
8.	Kupu Kupu Kuning (Cover) 16:22	buy track

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Recorded in Samuan Tiga Temple, Bedulu Village in Gianyar, Bali Indonesia, in April 2023.

The idea of this album was to recreate several landscapes of the same ceremony, connecting a group of senior players with the Gamelan Angklung (which is usually performed in Funeral ceremonies, but in this case it was displayed for the Barong Walking Procession), with a Semar Pegulingan ensemble of younger members.

The festival consists in the spiritual cleansing of the village, so the Barongs of each neighbourhood (Mystical creatures, protectors), walk around the streets and the main temple court for several days (usually 7), regenerating the energy and giving life to a new beggining.

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released August 31, 2023

This is a documentary process of recording Balinese Traditional Gamelan music, started in the year 2020.

Traditions have changed over time, but ancient musical compositions are adapted to nowadays life.

Agustín Oscar Rissotti, an Argentinian student of the University ISI Denpasar (Bali), developed an idea to join as many rehearsals, ensembles and religious ceremonies as possible with small microphones and recording equipment, to document the authentique "Bali Gamelan Sound".

In Bali, most live performances are meant to be performed for the Gods. There is no egoistic purpose in this performances, but to admire the beauty of this world through the eyes of Hindu Balinese religion.

As for his ears, this is "The authentique Bali Sound", full of conversations around, people passing by, laughs, music of different performances played together (as it is meant to be in several Balinese Hindu ceremonies where -more than 1- ensembles are playing music very close to each other -at the same time-), background noises, sounds of coffee cups and arak shoots (traditional homemade alcohol beverage), breath of cigarettes, animals hollowing around, hundreds of motorbikes passing by, and even mother nature earthquakes.

With all my respect, this is the vision of a South Latin American guy who ended up studying Balinese Culture and living in the Island before, during and after the pandemic.

I hope this can translate you to the world I am living in.

Thank you, I hope you will enjoy this music.
Astungkara, Matur suksema.

A special mention and gratitude for I Made Subandi, for inviting me to this Ceremony in Banjar Batu Aji.

All the economic contributions made to this project are spent in developing the Balinese Culture and Artists.

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Documentary project of recording the authentique atmosphere of "Balinese Gamelan Sound", for University ISI Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.

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