Balinese Gamelan Music

[TheOneAndOnlyDrexel]

It's like Lavender Town all over again...

[ellenhutchison9]

this is amazing!  thanks so much for sharing.

[Franny0134]

 I promise you ..... IT IS

[Franny0134]

This is balinese music!

[amenatsuhasujinseii]

dude! this is the instrument used on the ost for AKIRA!!....especially in tetsuo's theme.

[Sazaluvspink]

My music teacher said to remember it like an ice cream van from hell :P Sounds ammazziinngg tho :)

[daraghkinch]

That fiddle that comes in around 3:30 sounds horribly out of tune to me. :( Am I wrong?

[testicleification5]

@daraghkinch Very wrong.

[2007anonimus]

@daraghkinch Its a different tuning sistem from the traditional western

[sanilien88]

It is Balinese Gamelan! 1000%!

[Metalcross1354]

The Meshuggah of southeast Asia!

[Tengent]

I think of the heavier moments of the first Mahavishnu Orchestra and Olivier Messiaen.

[gymtrancerage]

pink floyd staaahyle

[TheJunkieBox]

Damnit... I can't keep myself from 'snapping' the notes into the traditional chromatic scale.

[imade72]

nice music op youtube ...nearly everyday hearing it after stressing work

[bennlonelyboy]

very harmony sound that come from many hits

[jarblewarble]

I think Aphex Twin got inspired by this musical genre.

[squiresuzuki]

@jarblewarble I agree....his Classics album certainly shows some influence.

[00bilz]

@jarblewarble

Apparently Squarepusher has used Gamelan instruments as well.

[KANDOPALLEIRO]

I know this place and these guys for over 20 years..........they are just goofing off here for the camera............but they are fairly good.............and do the majority of their playing at Balinese Hindu ceremonies..........(not for the tourist trade)...........They are indeed in Bali...........Ubud is the village...........it is the cultural center of bali, and has become (unfortunately for me...) a mecca for "new ageism" and it's oddities

[orlando318]

too bad they talk and laugh. spoils the trip :-P

[skunkyfarts]

This is not from Bali. Balinese Galelan changes tempo greatly over the process of the song. It also has a good deal of space. This isn't that. this is more than likely from Java, which would make sense due to it's SLOW stable tempo. it DOESN"T slow down however, i clicked it on my met/.

Sorry good music thoughl.

[siithao]

actually it is Bali and performed by local and native Balinese when I was in Ubud in Bali...this particular piece may have a Javanese influence, I don't know and it's not really important or relative, but these are native Balinese playing their gamelan instruments

[SiKedek]

@skunkyfarts This IS Balinese gamelan - it's called Gamelan Semar Pegulingan saih pitu, which has its origins in the Balinese courts. Of course it doesn't sound anything like gong kebyar, which has become the defacto representative type of Balinese gamelan - but this is definitely NOT Javanese.

[197022007]

@skunkyfarts If you can't hear the tempo changing, you may want to get your brain and ears checked, maybe a sense of tempo.

[rsdonomoore]

@skunkyfarts I actually noticed a lot of tempo changes in this music

[ioscope]

@skunkyfarts The tempo is quite variable.

[bgilbreath8]

@skunkyfarts This definitely slows down and gets faster. DEFINITELY. 

[OperaLord]

@skunkyfarts Why do you think that you're a Gamelon (not "Galelan") expert? Just because you spent an hour learning about it in intro to music history doesn't mean you should come on here and act like a fool.

[johanneswiberg]

@skunkyfarts "Balinese Galelan changes tempo greatly over the process of the song." So does this. Are you telling me that you can't hear that the tempo changes??

[sedamnv]

amazing sound!

[elel70]

Rather hypnotic and calming...

[fckths]

To me, this sounds like it came straight from hell.. in a good way.

The continuous high chime sounds are almost hypnotic and the deep chime sounds sets an eerie background for the whole thing, not to mention the way that woodwind instrument comes in... awesome...

[klarardaw]

bali is amazing and you will loooove it there if you go! the music is fabulous too! :D

[LisaGayeM]

will be in Bali next week, this makes me feel good about wanting to get there...

[TheSn0wSh0w]

This music is so refreshing and foreign - it's almost otherworldly. It is really neat to hear new sounds, especially ones that are played with such precision.

[542506]

love all people playing this song. make me fantastic and dream to visit your country and friendly with you alls

[KulX11]

the camera is the only bummer here---having said that the music is great!

[czgibson]

I swear I can hear a bit of Smoke on the Water in there.

[andrewbaker77gmail]

I live in Bali, am away right now, and this makes me so excited to get home. :)

[win7sony]

the peking is so hard to play, tapping it twice for each note like 223322553322335566116655665533 <----- thats chubba-wo by the way

[yourmum1999]

java and bali music are more or less the same

its only dat java music is a bit more of a rough sound

[hiddenfire65]

Love it! Glad you recorded/posted this.

[Wetlandcitizen]

So haunting and soothing!

[benjrog]

haha. You're pretty much not supposed to step over anything in Bali.



[sempron67]

when i was a baby i used to be scared of the indonesian dancers and i started crying then my parents put me on the stage and then people were taking pictures of me. it was so scary :S

[Brunozaire]

Some of the most, most beautiful music... flow music. #csikszentmihalyi

[TomasMiles]

Never step over a gamelan instrument... apparently it's a no-no... as I found out the awkward way...

[alexdrudigmail]

@TomasMiles not that stepping over a Guarneri del Gesù would make you very popular among any well-tempered symphonic orchestra's musicians, either ...

[pask26blz]

c'est très beau. J'aime beaucoup

[satnav222]

cool vid

[birdbath318]

I'm obsessed with Balinesian music, ever since I checked out some foreign LPs from the library when I was 12 for a school project. I had other LPs from other countries that didn't even get played after I played the gamalan one from Bali.

[Nephi895]

Philip Glass went back in time to ancient Indonesia to create this tradition.

[ShellShokdDan]

This is very interesting to listen to. And it looks like they're playing with sausages on sticks!

[Usernamenotpresent]

BLACK AND YELLOW

[birdbath318]

@Usernamenotpresent I just laughed so hard milk came out of my nose... and I wasn't even drinking milk! *scared*

[Usernamenotpresent]

@birdbath318 lmao okayy

[OneRyt]

@Usernamenotpresent Tailor Game or die by Bali Gamelan mallets.

[ThreeChe]

It's got a weird, electronic/futuristic sound to it. Like Autechre, if synthesizers had never been invented.

[Gamelan78s]

Nothing better then seeing the playing

[stockhausen]

GAMELAN MUZACK FROM BALI...

[raonipaes]

This could be a soundtrack for a horror movie

[deerfish3000]

I want Balinese Gamelon Hero for the XBOX 360 this Christmas!

[kelath5555]

What an eerie sound.

[bolengerin]

we are doing gamelan for my music class, but as soon as i heard the balinese gamelan i thought Mushi!

[meltingskin]

Michael savage

[goodtimecharlie3]

michael savage actually played this very song on his show last night several times....it was pretty creepy but, it's alluring at the same time....so, does this song have a name? savage was also saying that he used to collect this type of music until it started driving him insane so, he got rid of it....i could see how this stuff could drive you crazy

[bfizzledizzle]

They're all tripping balls

[WalrusDoom]

@bfizzledizzle Fuck knows I am right now, yayuh

[thornatical]

which guest house do u stay?

[abaex]

this rocks it's like those mystic-melodies of games xD

[ipodnano360]

wish i was back there again

[undefinedcause]

oh my god. looks like someone from my music class needs help with his assignment!

[VHalen2112]

What part of the world is this music from?

What is this music called?

There are two distinct varieties of this kind of music (named after islands they

come from). Which variety is represented on this video and how could you tell if

you only heard the audio?

[rabbidhedgehog]

This is really pretty spectacular. It would take me FOREVER to get down the whole hand muting part. These guys don't even look.

[Tengent]

Interesting half-step harmonies.

[BeorhtFrognostic]

I like this, it has a sweet sound yet an eerie quality.

[Spipou]

Marvellous ! It's so difficult to find real, enternaining, traditional music !

[TheLfwjo]

Philip Glass is largely inspired by the Gamelan Music.

[SrNutritivo]

@TheLfwjo actually sounds like an asian Steve Reich, I think

[dennis12345ize]

i play this music the beat thing is called a towa- towa the big round thing is called a gong and i forgot the rest

[hflat1]

@dennis12345ize The biggest gong is a Gong Ageng, in descending size of the gong sets they are as follows;

Kenong, Kempul, Kethuk, Kempyang.

[TheTranceCartel]

Trippy

[mitow111]

im at school with zjb quite funny music



[zjbparkour]

very nice music listen to it at school wiv ma m8s

[linguadigatt0]

O.O never heard something stranger and more beautiful at the same time

[snokelpops]

whoa, its really hypnotic

[sandiek]

The university I attended had a gamelan ensemble that I played in for a few semesters. Had a blast!

[jibabib]

damn thought this was chinese...my bad...

[jdb83xl]

sounds awesome after eating heats of balinese fungus

[insanewarlock666]

this harmony is often used in horror movies

[joeblokes]

Very repetitive. Sounds like a bunch of monkeys experimenting.

[3lullabies]

very interesting music.has an edge but relaxing at the same time.safe with most herbal medications.

[CJYungFlow]

this is tight, i wanna rip this and use it as my ringtone lol

[analbleediscool]

a friend who frequently visits the thai peninsula and bali described balinese gamelan as the heavy metal of gamelan music. haha i personally thought that was a pretty good description

[Jsirr13]

It honestly sounds like a UFO is landing or something. Hella bumpy.

[dnumdanielem]

I don't think these guys need to be high on anything but the beautiful and hipnotizing music they are delighting us with!

Just came from Bali and loved the people, the place and the culture...

[cucu4cocopuffs00]

@dnumdanielem There is no way any of them are High. They are all playing perfectly in sync, and in my experience people who are high tend to mess up the beat.

[clancyread1]

@cucu4cocopuffs00 With that magical music they are playing, they don't need to be high to be High!!!

[jdb83xl]

@cucu4cocopuffs00 nothing like a bit of stoner swing on the beats.

[abuited234]

these guys are high as shit

[Tronlet]

@abuited234 Hm, why is this rated so low? That's not necessarily an insult, considering...

[lifeisart37]

Western music is so overrated

I just LOVE this

[KingBerk104]

You have to love any music that you can play with a hammer.

[sssIut]

xDD

[latte123]

Very nice gamelan! My only regret is that the piece is cut off - would love to have heard the whole thing!

[GodinSDXTguitars]

I've never heard anything like this in my life, very cool and strange.

[nikonl3]

@GodinSDXTguitars then you really have to come to bali. u will never regret it.

[PinkSands]

This reminds me of my trip to Bali. I went to Melia Bali in Nusa Dua and it was paradise. :)

[AragornIsStrider]

Very hypnotic and beautiful.

I got into gamelan via King Crimson, who were highly influenced by the style for their three early 80's albums.

[Mike2008and2008]

The music has a wonderful melodic over and under tone that is so responsive and a deep layer of expression that seems to float to a higher concousness

[PhillipThunderGrunge]

Well said :)

[GodinSDXTguitars]

In other words; trippy as fuck.

But your's sounded better.

[Riana718]

had to watch this for my music class...finals tomorrow!!!

[HolliValsMusic]

I love this :)

[Satiaraha]

amazing music King crimson Discipline's trilogy was inspired on gemelan music

[TapesTree]

their album The Power To Believe features some Gamelan influence as well.

[CraftyKoo]

thanks for filming this!!!

its refreshing to see gamelan that isnt being played at a hotel or something like it. its just a bunch of guys practicing and having a laugh. THANKS!!!

[Inople901278]

But you have to admit, the performances are extremely good and fun to watch, too. Their coordination between instruments is kinda astounding, but maybe I find it that way because I'm in the U.S. where the competition is too great to allow such cooperation. Capitalism!

[Lintart]

After seeing the bullcrap with Kanye and the VMAs, this is a refreshing musical breath of fresh air.

Awesome music! thank you

[teranz0]

I'm playing a song called gamelan in band class

[Headenlarger]

what's the instrument (name) whose playin' the "main melody" ? the long notes, very smoothy ?

Thanks

[SiKedek]

"Calung" [cha.loong] or "jublag". The "jegogan" play the bass notes on every other note of the calung/jublag.

[Headenlarger]

Thank you very much ! :-)

[newtonc1]

What was the name of the guest house in Bali where you shot your video, thanks,

[wiiTneSs]

interesting. first time hearing this kind of music.

[Chewy7771]

the balinese scale and the gamelans have such a beautiful musical relationship, it's beyond our physical world IMO

crazy

[kewlkewl12]

its a javanese/balinese/sundanese scale.

[crazy3gal]

Beautiful... especially now that i'm away from home, anything from south east asia just makes me feel at home.

[mrjjbrown]

i love it! So interesting to hear different music from different countries! Awesome stuff!

[flakitasd]

Great Song!!! ( :

[windy98881]

it seems like the music played in the ceremony for getting rid of ghost in chinese dynasty . just my own comment

[cenac123]

I really like this piece of music .I am studying on the gamelan instruments and I appreciate the comment to give me facts on my work.

[Gitarpunk]

This is so awesome..

[wilany86]

untuk tugas ni

[philthedice]

if i was from bali i'd be a stoner with music like this

i really like it on the whole, its chilled

[PaleCabbage]

It can get really creepy at times. From experience, this is not the kind of thing you want to hear from over the trees when you're standing in a snake-infested rice paddy at midnight (Don't ask how i know this). But on the whole it's really beautiful music

[bobtheknobrob]

ahahahahhahhaha

[famouspogs]

I considered myself warned. How do you know that?

[arceo77]

@PaleCabbage

LOL! I guess I can see how this can be very haunting at night!

Thank you for sharing!

[Cimande83]

@PaleCabbage Couldnt agree more, my hair stands just by listening..

[rayakahunta]

wich instruments r being played?

[pestanah]

toxxi, which part did u say there is a synthesizer? are u refering to the basic tune? if u look at part 4:05 onwards, u will see 2 instrument playing the basic tune. These kind of instrument have bamboo hollows arranged vertically underneath the metal percussion bars, creating a low base tone

[arex82]

this shit is awesome. wow.

and we think were clever for inventing an arpeggiator. theyve probably been arpeggiating for centuries lol

great post!

[mymatesrockmysocks]

We're learning about this in music atm.

I could fall asleep to this!

[Toxxi]

Ack! Can anyone recommend me a decent album of this sort of stuff? No Phillip Glass please. =P

[joshmellsop]

Sha'aban Yahya- Return To Jogia

Brilliant

[Toxxi]

Weird, is a synthesizer part of a traditional gameland ensembles? =P

[bcn001]

toxxi, they are not using any synthesizer. All the instruments are made of wood and metal. No electronics at all.

[allsme]

there is no sytheniser!

[spfl]

n1 :D

[captainputs]

this is in ubud.

because i know some of those guys

they are my father's friends

[mrmoogle44]

Sweet, it matches what is in my head.

[zapharatu]

This music (specifically Javanese Gamelan) was also an inspiration for Debussy.

[roftedele]

lo sanno tutti

[CrossBonesAlex]

world music - always very inspiring and rich -Isn't it beautiful to have so many people coming together,live traditions, express the essential, communicate peacefully and simply have a good time together - that's psychosocial prevention and should be practiced in schools all over the world as a kind of anti-aggression training measure...

[arcticfox3888]

amazing.

[dnoyolaf]

Amazing! Thanks for posting this video!

[freakcoda]

Strangely beautiful

[jlToolfan]

hmmm...i'm told this style of music is a big influence on modern composers like Philip Glass, I can't quite hear it but it is interesting nonetheless

[BridgeBurner74]

I'm not trying to bash you or Glass, but how can you not hear this in many of Glass' works?

[gypped]

yes definitely Glass and also Steve Reich.

[auralsex2030]

you can very much hear this influence on john cage's works for prepared piano, sonata VIII is a very good example.

[airtas007]

what's the 'flute' like instrument called?

[horncomposer]

suling

[staalhaan87]

flute

[jasonmalik]

two javenese and balinese

[moshimoshi333]

how many styles of Gamelan is there?

[Stealthanugrah]

The two MAIN types are I think Javanese which is less famous than it's cousins, Balinese. But it is overly popular so you'll never know what you're getting unless you are purely Indonesian and can tell one region from another.

[Meursault2004]

less famous than Balinese ... There are more Javanese than Balinese, so it depends on your personal point of view

[SiKedek]

Regional styles: Certainly more than just the (Central) Javanese and Balinese. There are Sasak (on the island of Lombok), Sunda, Cerbon, Madurese, Banjar (on Kalimantan), and probably many others I've not mentioned here. And then you have to divide that into the number of ensemble types present in each region. To make a long story short, a lot!

[hirofan]

There was/is a tradition of indigenous playing of gongs in the Philippines as well.

[kewlkewl12]

not as refined as the ones developed in Java and Bali

[Ketrin01]

Hmmmm...I suppose it is in Bali. ^_^

[3tristan]

This is Gamelan Angklung. The music is with 4 tones and is played when there is a cremation.

The music is very different from Gong Kebyar, Gamelan Gong and Semar Pegulingan.