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Gamelan comes from the Javanese word gamel, meaning "to strike or hammer.” Originating in Central Java, a gamelan is a set of kettle gongs, hanging bronze gongs, and xylophones on beautifully carved ...

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Revitalized ensemble brings traditional Indonesian music back to campus, fostering new collaborations and partnerships.

The sounds of the traditional Indonesian orchestra known as the gamelan have enchanted Western explorers for centuries. In 1580, Francis Drake described the music in his logbook as "of a very strange ...

Gamelan: The term gamelan refers to musical ensembles from the islands of Java and Bali in the Republic of Indonesia, and by extension to the music that is played on them. Javanese gamelan consists ...

01. In Nem Seven (phrases Al Suwardi) – 27:48; 02. Silence – 1:36; 03. In Nem Four (phrases Joko Purwanto) – 21:24; 04. Silence – 1:36; 05. In Nem One (group improvisation) - 18.59.

Gamelan Kusuma Laras presents an evening of Javanese music for the public in the klenengan format. An informal music event in Java, a klenèngan features musicians who gather for a kind of jam session, ...

Susheela Raman releases her seventh album Ghost Gamalan. The songs were written in the UK but a fortuitous meeting with gamalan musicians while on holiday in Indonesia transformed the project. Raman ...

Lucy Duran begins a two-week exploration of the Indonesian gamelan. This week she travels east through Java from Jakarta to Solo, discovering the lively indigenous music of the south coast, the island ...