This Blog is a work of Love. My Love For Indonesian Music and All the Music On This Blog Is There to Education. If Any Of The Artists Who Are On This Blog Don't Want Their Music Posted Here, Let Me Know and I Will Remove It....
The Tari Topeng and the Tari Andjasmara are dances that are performed here in West-Java but there are many forms of it all over Java and Bali... Topeng means Mask...
Beautiful music from Java called Gending. Now there are many, many forms of Gending and in this form singing takes an important place. This is some very, very deep music, beautiful stuff!!!
Bit of comedy by the Kabayan's who's members were Kang Ibing (aka Kang Maman), Aom Kusman, Suryana Fatah, Wawan Sofyan and Ujang.... This is Sundanese humor at it's best!!!
Kutambatkan hati pada sunyi Sebab ia yang paling mengerti Keteguhan karang hatiku Kedahsyatan gelombang jiwaku Kejernihan aliran nuraniku Hanya pada sunyi Ku ungkap rahasia diri
God Bless Upit Sarimanah, what an impressive collection of music this woman has left us, this album is some incredible Traditional Sundanese Music....
Akon Akon (Upit S & Dadi)
Pakaulan (Upit S.)
Kopi Susu (Upit S & Dadi)
Sok Aksi (Upit S & Dadi)
Pantjaniti - Papalajon Tjiamis (R. Dedeh)
Sanga-Sanga Gantjang (R. Dedeh)
Lorloran - Sulandjana (R. Dedeh)
Kuwung Kuwung (Upit S.)
This last song, this Kuwung-Kuwung song is just...... it's just amazing is what it is.....
She passed away in 1992, been trying to find some more information about her on the internet, so far haven't found anything 'cept for some youtube clips of videoshots from Bandung, but nothing with her filmed....
There are some gems on this one, specially the first track is very "enteng-ish" The foto on the back is kinda weird. there's this bule* standing in the back, watching vivi and dudy with a worried expression on his face. what is that all about???
Pertemuan Mesra
Bila Musim Berlalu
Tam Tam Buku
Cinta Tiada Terpautkan
Aku Cinta Padamu
Adikku Sayang
Colak-Colek
Selamat Jalan Kasihku
Akan Tetap Setia
Teringat Kembali
Daag Kamu
Jam Pukul Lima
*Bule = a white foreigner, a word that can be an insult or just an expession depending on the context it is used in...
Here's an album by comedian/singer/actor Benjamin S. Together with the Band 4 Nada. Unfortunately the album is so damaged that I can only give you 5 songs...
Gamelan Music For Dancing or Serimpi Dancing to be exact. This is a very, very old record, I think from the 50's somewhere so my excuses for the few little scratches here and there. This music comes from Yogyakarta and was played by the Jogjanese Gamelan Orchestra Madio Laras and conducted by R. Ng. Sastrosoewignjo....
1 Madu Murti 2 Sedijo Murti 3 Djineman Uler Kambang 4 Kodok Ngorek 5 Suwe ora Djamu
Anyone who's heard Tonggeret by Idjah Hadidjah knows how great Jaipongan is... A really unique fusion of various disparate Sundanese and other Indonesian styles, it broke through into the mainstream. This is from another great Jaipongan album, which is hard to find, entitled Jaipongan Java. Seems as though the CD is out-of-print, and Soulseek isn't much help, I've found. There is, however, this folder with the album in its entirety. This particular track is a highlight for me. I love the English-language commentary that occurs mid-way through. Of course, the traits which are irrefutably jaipong are lovely, as always... The group chanting, the near-weightless lead female voice, the tabla-esque drum cadence that cue abrupt tempo changes, and the ever-brilliant shimmer of the traditional gamelan instruments.