Format | On Demand CD |
Ordering Number | FW-04406-CCD |
Barcode | 093070440623 |
label | Smithsonian Folkways CCD |
Release date | 4/6/2005 |
Release date | 1/1/1950 |
salesrank | 11632 |
An archipelago of over seventeen thousand islands, Indonesia has developed a rich and diverse musical culture influenced by the various ethnic and religious groups which have settled there. The first track, “Ile-Ile”, is a striking Batak (non-Muslim Indonesian from Sumatra) melody featuring the gambang, a wooden xylophone, while “Lagu Babar Lajar” showcases the Javanese Gamelan influence on Indonesian music, and is said to “accompany the dance of a warrior.”