Seka Gong Taruna Mekar and Çudamani - Returning Minimalism download free

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1	In Deng Composed By – Made Arnawa	24:33
2	In Ding Composed By – Dewa Berata	23:02

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Returning Minimalism (VR444) features new work for Balinese gamelan gong kebyar. Two Balinese composers, with virtuosic players from their gamelan ensembles, took on a unusual challenge—to create new works inspired by Terry Riley’s groundbreaking 1964 piece, In C, a founding work of minimalism. Using their extraordinary sense of ensemble and improvisational abilities, the artists regard one of the most potent styles of twentieth century Western music from a unique cultural perspective. In the process they confront ideas of freedom vs. constraint, individual vs. group, and the interactive nature of gamelan performance in a unique light. Their glowing creative response, and the reverberation of cultural ideas that arose within it, are described in extended notes. Returning Minimalism is the continuation of a project by John Noise Manis, and follows the Central Javanese sessions he captured in recordings featuring other outstanding Indonesian musicians.
Recorded on February 8 and 9, 2011 at the Pura Dalem Munduk Sangkur, Tunjuk, Bali
Realized by members of Seka Gong Taruna Mekar (Tunjuk) and Çudamani (Pengosekan).