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Perilaku Hewan, Semar Pegulingan, Vol. II

by Bali Gamelan Sound

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Pembukaan 04:26
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Jago 04:57
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Perjuangan 07:21
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Transformasi 09:37

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Recorded at ISI Denpasar University, Bali, Indonesia in February 2021.

Music composed by Andy Santika for a Theater Wayang presentation (Shadow Puppet Play) written by Agus Meliartawan.

"Perilaku Hewan" (translated to "Animal Behavior") shows the transformation of a shadow-play (Traditional Puppet Balinese Theater) into a play with real actors.

"Animal Behavior" can be perceived as a rite of passage between our primitive actions into a "God" like state, which in the Hindu Balinese tradition are represented in ceremonies like "Metatah" (known in english as "Tooth Filing"), where the teeth of a person are filed in order not to look like animals, so he/she will not be mistaken when meeting the Gods. Rituals, conducted by priests, are the ones to give humans open access to the doors of heaven.

Performed in the Gamelan ensemble "Semar Pegulingan", which scale is made of 7 tones. This characteristic makes it the Gamelan of choice for melodic composers, as it gives a wider range of notes.

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released July 19, 2021

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 ciggaretes, 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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