Music of Indonesia, Vol. 9: Vocal Music from Central and East Flo

by INDONESIA 9 / VARIOUS

Overview

The ninth of twenty volumes in the Smithsonian Folkways series dedicated to the music of Indonesia is virtually a sequel to volume eight; both deal with the unusual vocal traditions on the island of Flores, east of Bali. Associated with the funerals and agricultural festivities of the Ngada and the Manggarai, most of the music heard on Vol. 9 might strike some western listeners as uncommonly dissonant. This entire question is an outgrowth of conventional western preconceptions of melody and harmony. For a simple solution to this perceived problem, remember Ornette Coleman when he sat in with the Master Musicians of Jajouka, Morocco in January 1973. Surrounded by men blowing into the North African ghaita or double reed shawm, Coleman remembered saying to himself: "at last -- here there are no wrong notes." Faced with more than an hour of rarely heard Indonesian choral music, listeners are advised to surrender Ornette Coleman-style to an entirely non-western world of sound. And be grateful that Philip Yampolsky spent about ten years recording, researching, and documenting this music, preserving it for all to experience at will. ~ arwulf arwulf

Product Details

Release Date:	11/21/1995
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074042526
Rank:	132676

Tracks

1. Dhikiro
2. Zoka
3. Teo Ne Wea-Dioe
4. Gogo Rego
5. Teke Song: Ana Geo
6. Teke Song: Kela
7. Teke Song: Pata
8. Goegoe
9. Mbata Song: Ndore
10. Wera Sarajawa

Album Credits

Technical Credits

Philip Yampolsky   Annotation,Engineer