Saron Luang Alit Semara Dahana - Suara Semara (2016)
Artist: Saron Luang Alit Semara Dahana
Title: Suara Semara
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Insitu Recordings
Genre: World
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 46:46 min
Total Size: 212 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Suara Semara yield a sublime new spin on traditional gamelan music. We’ll never tire of immersing in this music, and this one has only refreshed our palette no end. Highly recommended!Title: Suara Semara
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Insitu Recordings
Genre: World
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 46:46 min
Total Size: 212 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
“This is the first professionally recorded non-reissue of Balinese gamelan to be pressed on vinyl in over 30 years.
Featuring hauntingly beautiful vocals sung in kidung style that float above the ensemble's adventurous but well grounded compositions, this album points to ritual associations while skillfully navigating new sonic and symbolic territory. As such, this album can be seen as representative of creativity that permeates the arts on Bali today.
This collection of new works for gamelan Saron Luang performed by Sanggar Alit Semara Dahana (est. 2013) of Desa Ubung Kaja emerges from one of the many junctures at which longstanding gamelan traditions meet new creativity. I Ketut Sujena skillfully navigates this crossroads by exploring new sonic and symbolic territory without abandoning performance styles recognizably derivative of the Saron Luang repertoire, which provide much of the foundation upon which subtle and more creative departures rest. The hauntingly beautiful vocals in kidung style composed by A.A. Ngurah Oka that float above these textures point to Saron Luang’s ritual associations, while choreographies by A.A. Ngurah Bagus Supartama that were inspired by ritual rejang dances point to the religious undertones permeating much creativity on Bali today.”
Tracklist:
10:30 | 01. Saron Luang Alit Semara Dahana - Rejang Siwa
12:27 | 02. Saron Luang Alit Semara Dahana - Nila Pati
11:50 | 03. Saron Luang Alit Semara Dahana - Puja Santi
11:59 | 04. Saron Luang Alit Semara Dahana - Pendet Pamendakan