Saturday, April 11, 2009

Gong Carman Wati - Baleganjur (Bebonangan) Vol. 1 (Aneka 742)



Some very heavy gong cycles and swirling suling captured on this baleganjur tape - or bedondangan, if you're persnickety about such things. Maybe it's the incessant saturation/distortion that makes the ceng ceng sound like mere bursts of white noise or that much of the higher freqs have simply been eroded away - whatever - there's just something about the fidelity of this cassette that compliments the music perfectly.

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  1. Matt Said: " Maybe it's the incessant saturation/distortion that makes the ceng ceng sound like mere bursts of white noise or that much of the higher freqs have simply been eroded away - whatever - there's just something about the fidelity of this cassette that compliments the music perfectly."

    I hear it! It's so much fun to be able to hear these recordings. I'm so glad that you went ahead and shared these, thank you.

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