ARTIST ... Origin
Title  Duration
(Album) [Label]

Soundscape from the Indonesian island of Roti
Morning Sounds, Circle Dance, Night Gekko, Story recounted by Johannes Mesak, Sea 8'00
(Troubled Grass and Crying Bamboo - The Music of Roti) [IAS independent]

Joining me in the studio this week is Christopher Basile, who I first met some years back in the ABC. Chris approached me some time later to help him assemble his field recordings for CD release by a non-profit Melbourne-based organisation called the Indonesian Arts Society, having released mostly books so far. I obliged, and may I declare that as Mastering Engineer, my income from this endeavour will remain purely aesthetic and non-monetary. As Chris pointed out at the launch on Friday March 27, it is most important is that the musicians get some benefit from any potential profits that sales may generate, and indeed his return visit to both islands last year was primarily to provide some advance payment to the artists, and to take photographs and video. Chris stayed throughout the program, talking freely about the music on offer.

More details on both the Roti and Lombok releases can found at https://havrillay.com/roti-lombok/ with video of the performers.

A.A.MALELAK, Esau NALLE, Johannes LEDOH .... Roti / Indonesia
Batu Matia 5'29
(Troubled Grass and Crying Bamboo - The Music of Roti) [IAS independent]
The featured instrument is the sasandu, a plucked bamboo-tube zither with a palm-leaf resonator.

WARGA SINTU GUNUNG .... Lombok / Indonesia
Perisian 7'27
(Be Not Afraid to Strike The Gong - The Music of Lombok) [IAS independent]
Music to accompany Perisian which is a type of stick-fighting with rattan staves and rectangular shields performed at traditional celebrations and gatherings.

SEKARSARI .... Lombok / Indonesia
Seletur 5'00
(Be Not Afraid to Strike The Gong - The Music of Lombok) [IAS independent]
Music to accompany shadow puppet theatre, recounting mostly Muslim rather than Hindu tales.

BUSALANGA BRONZE MEKO GROUP .... Roti / Indonesia
(a) Tae Benu 2'44
(b) Do Ke Ka 2'32
(Troubled Grass and Crying Bamboo - The Music of Roti) [IAS independent]

Daniel HUAN .... Roti / Indonesia
Feto Bo'i 5'46
(Troubled Grass and Crying Bamboo - The Music of Roti) [IAS independent]
Certainly a colourful character from Roti, Daniel HUAN upsets the purists and ethnomusicologists alike by mixing up the language and throwing tradition on its head. He accompanies himself on the sasandu.

GAMELAN SEMAR PEGULINGAN SAIH PITU .... Bali / Indonesia
Gending Tembung, Saih Tembung 7'17
(The Heavenly Orchestra of Bali) [CMP]

Ida WIDAWATI .... West Java / Indonesia
Papatet 6'45
(Classical Tembang Sunda - Music from West Java) [Celestial Harmonies]
A fabulous Javanese singer with kecapi (zither) and suling (flute).

GENTRA PASUNDAN GROUP .... Java / Indonesia
Mojang Priangan 7'02
(Talaga Reumis) [BAS]
Sundanese Degung instrumental. Music Director - Ujang SURYANA

BINA KARYA .... Lombok / Indonesia
Ketejer 5'26
(Be Not Afraid to Strike The Gong - The Music of Lombok) [IAS independent]
Rebana tuned drum music played at Muslim weddings and circumcisions. Christopher Basile notes in the cover that when asked about the distinguishing feature of Ketejer, the group's soloist Bapak HARUN smiled and said "It is very fast and very intense".

A.A.MALELAK and friends .... Roti / Indonesia
Tele Non Tele Ote Ote Non (Bend Close and Whisper) 6'23
(Troubled Grass and Crying Bamboo - The Music of Roti) [IAS independent]
Party time. A performance influenced by the local palm gin.

GAMELAN ORCHESTRA of YOGYAKARTA ROYAL PALACE .... Java / Indonesia
Gendhing 6'00
(Gamelan of the Kraton, Yogyakarta) [Celestial Harmonies]
Very formal, dreamy and stately gong music.

Group directed by Japar Raja ALAM .... Sumatra / Indonesia
Tabuh Kenilu Sawik
(Gongs and Vocal Music from Sumatra) [Smithsonian Folkways]
Kulintang. Music documented by Philip YAMPOLSKY

Senang Beru Ginting Suka .... Sumatra / Indonesia
Damak 8'00
(Gongs and Vocal Music from Sumatra) [Smithsonian Folkways]
Ronggeng (with accordian!). Music documented by Philip YAMPOLSKY