Music For The Gods: The Fahnestock South Sea Expedition, Indonesia

The World (Rykodisc/Mickey Hart Series), Library Of Congress Endangered Music Program (Series), Mickey Hart | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 18, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rykodisc
• ASIN: B0000009PI
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,832 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #20 in Music > World Music > Far East & Asia > Indonesia > General
  • #45 in Music > Indie Music > World Music > Far East & Asia

Track Listings

1. 'Taboehgan'/Gamelan Semar Pegulingan

2. 'Sekarinotan'/Gamelan Semar Pegulingan

3. 'Pedat'/Tongtong

4. 'Genderan'/Gamelan Gong

5. 'Pemoengkah'/Gender Wayang

6. 'Kerejing'

7. 'Laghoe Dingdang'/Sandur

8. 'Merakngila'/Gamelan Semar Pegulingan

9. 'Gambang'

10. 'Kecak'

11. 'Abimenijoe'/Gender Wayang

12. 'Gambangan'/Gamelan Semar Pegulingan

13. 'Dandang Gendis'/Mamaca

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the thing that justifies my music collection, April 30, 2000

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"false-sense-of-anonymity" (Thule, Greenland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music For The Gods: The Fahnestock South Sea Expedition, Indonesia (Audio CD)

This CD is my most prized possession. I have listened to it so much that my brain can play it back - yet it is still listen-to-able. It contains a variety of types of music collected by the Fahnestocks during their South Pacific explorations during WWII. Every track is worth the price of the album, but the gamelan sounds stand out... one goal of the Fahnestocks was to document the music of the peoples of Indonesia before Western culture made it what it is today. If I knew of any other recordings from this era, I would buy them too.

The liner notes give a brief telling of the expedition. The Fahnestocks risked life and limb to make this music available. Take advantage.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must have, February 26, 2000

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This review is from: Music For The Gods: The Fahnestock South Sea Expedition, Indonesia (Audio CD)

This recording from almost 60 years ago presents mostly Balinese music. No doubt a different generation of Balinese musicians, it has a different feel than what you find in the contemporary recordings. You will keep listening over and over to its haunting sound.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Authentic Gamelan Music, January 8, 2002

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Zekeriyah (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music For The Gods: The Fahnestock South Sea Expedition, Indonesia (Audio CD)

Yet another magnificent CD from Mickey Hart's "The World" series, this time focusing in upon historical recordings of Indonesian music. The most noticable music on here is, naturally, the Gamelan music. I love it. I bought this CD hoping to learn more about Southeast Asian classical music and I was not at all disappointed. In fact, this CD helped kindle my interest in Gamelan music. If you've never herd the beautiful sounds of Balinese Gamelan orchestras, this CD will really get you hooked. If your already a fan, then why haven't you bought this CD yet? I love it and you will too. Not that the only music on here is Gamelan. There are other styles as well, just not as well represented. One of the must unique of which is the Kecak or "monkey chant". I should also point out that the music here is all raditional, and in some cases vastly different from the modern music you'd here in Bali today. Also, a wide range of regions within Indonesia are represented (a great feat considering that Indonesia is such a large region).