the first time i heard of a gamelan orchestra was through the Sun City Girls on their album "330,003 Crossdressers From Beyond The Rig Veda." naturally, i thought they had made up a thing called a gamelan orchestra and figured it was one of their jokes. then i listened to the album and wondered what the chimes were. a little research led me to all sorts of interesting info (wikipedia gamelan orchestra. it's pretty cool.) so then i tracked down some gamelan music. did you know Pauline Oliveros is a big fan of gamelan and recorded a bunch of music with them? pretty good too. there's also this little group from new york that writes new pieces of gamelan music called Gamelan Son Of Lion, whom i am featuring here.
This two disc collection is expansive and awesome. gamelan music is very pleasing to the ear and easy to listen to. it relaxes me in a way few musics can. if you are at all interested in musics from another country or sounds you have never heard then, please, check this collection out. you won't regret it.
Gamelan Son Of Lion - The Complete Gamelan In The New World
disc 1
http://www.mediafire.com/?tmmvw0cgm2y
disc 2
http://www.mediafire.com/?czighnk2nzk
