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Swara Naga Sounds
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The
'sounds' offered here are selections from Swara Naga's two CDs (in MP3 format)
recorded in 1998 and 2003. Please contact
David Goldsworthy to order
your fully annotated copy at a bargain price.
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| Bohong Ah |
Wahyu Roche |
| Bohong ach is an original composition in madenda tuning by Wahyu that has become a popular song in West Java. In Bandung, it had been recorded in many different styles (usually with vocals) but Swara Naga is the first group to do an instrumental version using sax and violin for the melody. |
| Sweet Talking with Oling |
Efiq Zulfikar |
| This is an original composition by Efiq Zulfikar from Bandung, featuring the Western violin and bamboo flute (suling). An Australian flavour is provided by the didgeridoo and sticks in one section. The title of this piece refers to Oling, the security guard at STSI (Traditional School of Music in Bandung) and having to sweet talk him to get the keys to the gamelan room for practice. |
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| Tari Sungal |
Andrew Alter |
| "River Dance" began life as a Celtic Rock/Gamelan Fusion piece in the mind of Andrew. It has evolved to the point where all that remains of Celtic influences are the triple meter, which incorporates hemiola rhythms, as well as the name - "River Dance". |
| Onde Onde |
arr. Gatot Winander |
| One of our favourite live performance pieces. Gatot's modern multi-sectional arrangement of a traditional melody in madenda includes a swing section. Gatot also added the sax to the original line up of gamelan and suling. |
