Bali Dua

Jalan Jalan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 3, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pacific Moon [Alleg]
• ASIN: B00005604C
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,524 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > World Music > Far East & Asia > Indonesia > Bali

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Drift away on a tropical island, May 31, 2001

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"renegadered" (Felton, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bali Dua (Audio CD)

What a perfect opening to the experience of this cd: the first cut features a dreamy, distant, chanting voice surrounded by a soothingly repetitive electronic progression. Strains of chords ebb and flow throughout. This is far from a spacy, new-agey list of songs. These soothe you and take you far away where the sounds caress your weary psyche. Deliciously blended synth sounds and traditional gamelan bells and chimes create a place where you surrender to their sheer, gossamer beauty. What a cd. Use it for yoga, or while sitting languidly on a hammock in a summer kiss of a breeze.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good but..., March 25, 2007

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Beauloup (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bali Dua (Audio CD)

The first "Bali" is so good I couldn't wait to get this one too.
Although it is very good, there is something about it that can't match the sheer simple beauty of the first. There is much more synthesizer here and a lot more going on which I thinks detracts from the pure, simple sounds of peace that the first one delivered. Also, the songs do not flow nearly as well on "Dua".
If you liked the first disc you will probably like this one too but just be prepared to expect something a little more busy and synthesized.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Serenity Guaranteed!, January 22, 2005

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greensbeans - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bali Dua (Audio CD)

Jalan Jalan has captured the essence of Bali in this beautiful work of art. Jalan Jalan means to "walk" and this music, like the ebbing and flowing of a gentle tide, invites you to take a dreamy journey on a deserted beach or a quiet forest. I wish these meditative pieces could go on..and on.. and on. This CD is guaranteed to invoke peaceful images to help calm your soul.

Their first album, Bali also is good but Bali Dua IMO is great as the musicians have become more adept at weaving in more variety with the instruments and voice whilst mantaining the same quiet and soothing quality.

I am so glad to have discovered the music of Jalan Jalan which is not your typical-spacey-new-age overworked material out there. I hope they'll release more albums.
And past reviewers, thank you!