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SERI MUSIK INDONESIA (SMI)
Seri Musik Indonesia, seluruhnya berjumlah 20 album CD.
Projek penelitian, perekaman dan penyusunannya memakan
waktu 10 tahun,
menyertakan sekitar 30 orang ahli musik
(etnomusikologi) dari dalam dan luar negeri.
Ke-20 album tersebut sudah diterbitkan oleh Smithsonian
Institution (mitra kerja SMI, USA) dalam versi bahasa
Inggris, sementara SMI sendiri baru menerbitkan 10
volume,
dalam 2 versi: Indonesia dan Inggris.
CD: Rp. 45. 000/volume
(belum termasuk ongkos kirim)
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 1: East Java 1--Songs Before
Dawn: Gandrung Banyuwangi SFW 40055 CD 1991
Recorded, compiled, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky
In the Banyuwangi region, located in the eastern end of
Java, a vibrant and earthy musical genre called
gandrung is performed. Never before issued on any
recordings in the West, this tradition begins sometime
around 9 p.m. and ends just before dawn. An unmarried
female singer performs a beautiful suite of songs
backed by a small ensemble of musicians who play
violins, drums, and metal percussion. The male guests
at this dance party pay money for the priviledge of
dancing with this mesmerizing songstress. The suite is
recorded here in a full performance by one of the
music's finest living singers,Gadrung Temu.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 2: Indonesian Popular Music--Kroncong Dangdut and Langgam Jawa SFW 40056 CD 1991
Recorded, compiled, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky Kroncong and Dangdut both began as music of the urban poor. Dangdut emerged in the late 1970s and is associated with Muslim youth blending elements of rock with Indian and Middle Eastern popular music. Kroncong, an older form, grew to become a popular music of the Indonesian elite and Langgam Jawa is a regional form of Kroncong, sung in Javanese and strongly associated with the city of Surakarta. This volume, studio recordings of some of the stars of each tradition, is an excellent introduction to the popular music styles developed in Indonesia this century.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 3: Music from the Outskirts of Jakarta: Gambang Kromong SFW 40057 1991
Recorded, edited, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky Gambang Kromong comes from a virtually invisible part of the capital of Indonesia that most people have forgotten. Both performers and audience for this music today live at the edges of Jakarta and in the towns and semi-rural areas beyond. The music is wonderfully disorienting. It combines Indonesian, Chinese, and sometimes European-derived instruments in musical styles, at times reminiscent of gamelan music and at other times recalls small-group jazz of the 1920s and 1930s.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 4: Music of Nias and North Sumatra: Hoho, Gendang Karo, Gondang Toba SFW 40420 CD 1992
Recorded, edited, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky The Toba and Karo from North Sumatra developed complex traditions of instrumental music, while the Ono Niha of Nias emphasize elaborate ceremonial choral singing called hoho. The Toba are one of the very few societies in the world to use tuned drums to carry a melody. Combining these drums with gongs and an oboe-like instrument, their gondang sabangunan ensemble has a tense feel in which the melodic and rhythmic instruments seem to compete with one another. The Karo gendang lima sedalamen ensemble features, among other instruments, virtuosi drumming full of snaps and pops. Most importantly, these musics, dynamically performed and filled with social commentary, borrow little from European and American, Middle Eastern or Javanese gamelan music. Their context and frame of reference are wholly local. These surprising genres, virtually unknown outside of Indonesia, are presented with extensive notes in digital recordings made in Indonesia in 1990.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 5: Betawi & Sundanese Music of the North Coast of Java SFW 40421 CD 1994
Recorded, edited, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky A splendid hybrid created by the encounter between the cultures of Batavia and the surrounding Sunda region. These recordings from 1990-1992 include wild village gamelan music and a Sundanese repertoire played on brass instruments, gongs, and drums.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 6: Night Music of West Sumatra: Saluang, Rabab Pariaman, Dendang Pauah SFW 40422 CD 1994
Recorded, edited, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky
Highly intimate chamber music performed with only one
or two singers and a single accompanying flute or bowed
lute. These 1990-1992 recordings from the coastal
region near Jakarta focus on one of the richest
traditions of the performing arts found in Indonesia.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 7: Music from the Forests of
Riau & Mentawai SFW 40423 1994
Recorded, edited, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky
Recorded in 1993 and 1994, this recording focuses on
the music of three indigenous forest societies of
western Indonesia. It features songs and drumming for
shamanic curing rituals, and private singing and
instrumental music (played on xylophones or a gong-row)
performed for entertainment or emotional release.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 8: Vocal & Instrumental Music
from
East & Central Flores FW 40424 CD 1994
Recorded, edited, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky
These 1993 and 1994 recordings present the virtually
unknown, rich and highly diverse singing traditions
from the eastern regions of Flores, an island east of
Bali. Among the wonderful traditions included here are
polyphonic singing styles strikingly similar to some
Balkan music, large powerful choruses from Sikka, music
for double flute and also gong and drum ensembles.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 9: Vocal & Instrumental Music
from
Central & West Flores SFW 40425 CD 1994
Recorded, edited, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky
These 1993 and 1994 recordings present the virtually
unknown choral singing of Ngada and Manggarai of
Flores, an island east of Bali. The sounds, performed
mainly at funerals and agricultural rituals, range from
highly dissonant harmony to some rare instances of
Indonesian counterpoint.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 10: Music of Biak, Irian Jaya:
Wor, Church Songs, Yospan SFW 40426 CD 1996
Recorded and compiled by Philip Yampolsky.
This album presents music for celebrations and church
services on Biak Island in Irian Jaya. Wor songs,
usually sung by choruses in seemingly chaotic,
free-for-all style, were once central to traditional
Biak society. Two other genres have recently developed:
church songs , sung here by women's choirs in churches
and in secular performances; and yospan, string based
music for dance parties.
Volume 11-20 berikut masih belum diterbitkan di
Indonesia (menyusul):
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 11: Melayu Music of Sumatra
and the Riau Islands
SFW 40427 CD 1996
Recorded and compiled by Philip Yampolsky.
Melayu (or "Malay") culture has been influential
throughout much of Indonesia. This album presents two
widespread Malayu entertainment genres, plus songs and
instrumental music from two forms of Melyau theater.
Among the instruments heard are the gambus (a lute
believed to originate in Arabia), violin, several kinds
of drums, and---in the polished ronggeng dance music of
Medan---an eloquent accordion. Recorded in widely
scattered locations in Sumatra and in three islands of
Riau.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 12: Gongs and Vocal Music from
Sumatra
SFW 40428 CD 1996
Recorded and compiled by Philip Yampolsky.
Melodic gong ensembles and male singing with percussion
are found throughout Sumatra. Two of each are heard
here: West Sumatran talempong (in two contrasting
forms); kulintang from Lampung, at the southern end of
the island; the choral didong songs of the Gayo in
Aceh, and salawat dulang, competitive duet singing from
West Sumatra that suprisingly uses popular songs as a
vehicle for texts on points of Islamic doctrine.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 13: Kalimantan Strings
SFW 40429 CD 1997
Recorded and compiled by Philip Yampolsky.
This album offers a survey of string music with and
without singing, from Kalimantan, the Indonesian part
of Borneo. Four Dayak groups are represented -- Kayan
Mendalam, Ot Danum, Ngaju, and Kenyah -- along with a
Muslim group from Kutai near the eastern coast. The
instruments include the sampeq (the modern plucked lute
of the Kenyah), an older Kayan version, the smaller Ot
Danum and Ngaju plucked lutes, and the gambus (a lute
probably originating in Arabia), as well as a bowed
lute and a flute. The album concludes with three
relaxed, delicate duets for the Kenyah sampeq.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 14: Lombok, Kalimantan,
Banyumas: Little-known Forms of Gamelan and Wayang
SFW 40441 CD 1997
Recorded and compiled by Philip Yampolsky.
The great gamelan orchestras and the wayang
shadow-theater of Java and Bali are known everywhere as
Indonesian cultural treasures. This album presents
three lesser-known varieties of gamelan and wayang that
contrast sharply with the standard forms. Wayang Sasak,
from Lombok, mixes Javanese-style puppets, Islamic
stories, and Balinese and Sasak musical idioms. The
music of the gamelan Banjar, from South Kalimantan, is
like a wild fantasia on the Javanese model; the album
provides the half-hour-long overture to a wayang play,
plus music for a masked dance. And jemblung, from
Banyumas, in Central Java, using no instruments and no
puppets -- just four actor-singers -- offers an
irreverent, low-rent view of the classical tradition.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 15: South Sulawesi Strings
SFW 40442 CD $15.00 1997
Recorded, compiled, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky
South Sulawesi is remarkably rich in string music.
Among the instruments are the kacapi (a two-stringed,
plucked lute), gambus (a plucked lute probably
originating in Arabia), mandaliong (a keyed zither),
and the violin. This album presents professional
narrative and lyric singing with kacapi from the Bugis,
Makasar, and Mandar peoples, along with informal,
private singing with kacapi from the Toraja and driving
Bugis and Kajang instrumental tunes. Also from the
Kajang comes the quite different music of the gambus.
And as contrast to the plucked lutes, the album offers,
from the Bugis, mysterious violin duets, a violin trio
with singers, and a lively ensemble of violins,
mandaliong, flute, kacapi, and singers.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA, VOL. 16: Music from the
Southeast: Sumbawa, Sumba, Timor
SFW 40443 CD 1998
Recorded and compiled by Philip Yampolsky.
This CD, in conjunction with volumes 8 and 9, offers
the first recorded survey of one of the least known and
most musically surprising regions of Indonesia, the
southeastern islands. Each of the three featured
islands presents a unique sound, from voice and violin
to funerary gong ensembles, to string bands of homemade
guitars and violins. Many of the 15 tracks reveal
foreign influences, both from colonization and American
exposure. Recorded in Nusa Tenggara Timur, 1997. 74
minutes.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA VOL. 17: Kalimantan:Dayak Ritual and
Festival Music
SFW 40444 CD 1998
Recorded, compiled, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky
Our second album on Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo)
presents music from seven Dayak groups, three (out of
four) provinces, and a variety of genres and ensembles.
Many selections are devoted to the gong ensembles of
Kalimantan, which are unlike either the large gamelon
of Java and Bali or the interlocking gong ensembles of
the southeastern region. Contrasting styles of choral
singing are heard, as well as four rhythmically
bewildering pieces for an ensemble of bamboo tubes
struck together. The album closes with an unusual
twenty-three minute overview of the music from a
three-day curing ritual among the Ot Danum of the
Melawi River region in West Kalimantan.
MUSIC OF INDONESIA VOL. 18: Sulawesi: Festivals,
Funerals, and Work
SFW 40445 CD 1999
Recorded, compiled, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky
The string music highlighted in Volume 15 is only part
of the picture in Sulawesi. Here we present a variety
of other musical groups, recorded in three of the
islands four provinces. The celebrated Makasar genre
pakarena features energetic drumming in sharp contrast
to the slow, graceful movements of female dancers.
Basing is the funeral music of the Kajang, performed by
two female singers and two long flutes, or by the
flutes alone; Kajang find it deeply sorrowful. Choral
singing in very different styles is heard from the
Torja, from Uma-speakers of the mountainous Pipikoro
region in Central Sulawesi, and in communal work songs
of Minahasa. Gong music for Mongondow weddings adds to
our sampling of gong ensembles throughout Indonesia.
The album closes with maengket from Minahasa, spirited
choral singing with drums in celbration of the harvest.
73 minutes, 32 page booklet with map.
Music of Indonesia Vol. 19: Music of Maluku: Halmahera,
Bura, Kei
SFW 40446 CD 1999
Recorded, compiled, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky
Musically, the vast province of Maluku ("the Moluccas")
is one of the least known regions of Indonesia. Here we
present music from three islands: Halmahera in the
north, Buru in the center, and Kei Besar in the south.
From Halmahera comes togal, entertainment music played
on stringed instruments plus flute, drums, and a
singer. From Buru we offer a varied selection: men's
songs with drumming, an excerpt from a night-long sung
narrative, jew's harp pieces, and a gong ensemble.
Aside from two ensembles of flute and percussion, our
recordings from Kei Besar are mainly vocal; solos, a
duo, and choruses offering advice, recounting history,
and asserting territorial boundaries (an important use
for songs in Maluku); there is also a rowing song sung
by children. Finally we return to Halmahera and present
selections from a dabus performance accompanied by
singing and frame drums. In dabus, a Muslim ritual
derived from Sufi practice, men stab themselves
vigorously with iron awls, but the spiritual power of
the ritual leader protects them from serious injury. 74
minutes, 32 page booklet with map
Music of Indonesia Vol. 20: Indonesian Guitars
SFW 40447 CD 1999
Recorded, compiled, and annotated by Philip Yampolsky
The first instruments of the guitar family probably
came to Indonesia on Portuguese ships in the sixteenth
century. In this final album of our series, we look at
various Indonesian responses to the guitar. In some
regions, the standard instrument has acquired
repertoires of local melodies to which verses in local
languages are sung. This development is heard here in
recordings from South Sumatra, Lampung, and South
Sulawesi. Elesewhere, home-made instruments resembling
guitars play in unique local idioms, as in our
recordings from Sumba and western Timor. The national
popular music genres always incorporate guitars: we
hear a kroncong-style instrumental with Hawaiin guitar,
and a delightful imitation - part homage and part
parody - of the dangdu star Rhoma Irama's
electric-guitar style, played on a two-stringed,
ampified kacapi from South Sulawesi. The album closes
with a new departure: a delicate, unclassifiable piece
by a North Sumatran group that draws partly on an
international folk/pop style and partly on North Indian
traditional idiom. 32 page booklet, 73 minutes.
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