Hindu God of Love, Semar Pegulingan Vol. III

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1.	Anak Anak 10:02	buy track
2.	Dharma Atas Adharma 05:06	buy track
3.	Galungan 08:12	buy track
4.	Raja Raja Tidur 06:45	buy track
5.	Gilak Semar Pegulingan 10:39	buy track
6.	Rejang Kesari 12:12	buy track
7.	Ngunying, Tari Kris 07:26	buy track
8.	Alam Suci 04:56	buy track
9.	Suasana Malam 10:12	buy track
10.	Upacara Penutupan 01:46	buy track

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Gamelan Semar Pegulingan can be recognised for some hypnotic grooves and melodic tones. Derived from the Gamelan Gambuh, Semar Pegulingan uses a 7th scale tone, romantic, melodic and more reserved.

"Semar" is the name of the Hindu God of Love, while "Pegulingan" means roughly 'laying down'. It was originally played near the sleeping chambers of the palace to lull the king and his concubines to sleep.

In Hindu God of Love, I tried to make an anthology of several Gamelan Semar Pegulingan groups that I had the pleasure to listen around the Island, some of them during rehearsals, but most of them during sacred ceremonies in the Temple, birthdays, folklore, and magical ceremonial encounters.

Semar is the name of the Hindu God of Love and Pegulingan means roughly 'laying down'. It was originally played near the sleeping chambers of the palace to lull the king and his concubines to sleep.

The ensemble includes suling (flutes), various small percussion instruments similar to sleigh bells and finger cymbals, and trompong -a row of small kettle gongs that play the melody-.

The Gamelan Ensembles we can hear in this compilation are Cepaka Kuning (Tabanan), and Wedang Kelangan (Ketewel).

Wish you enjoy this sounds.
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released October 16, 2022

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, 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, 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 during the pandemic.

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

Thankyou, I hope you will enjoy this music. Astungkara, matur suksema.

All the economic contributions made to this project will be 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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