Bali Arts Festival 1997 - Jegog Battle

Jegog is one of my favorite styles of Balinese gamelan music. The tuning is similar to the normal bronze instruments but this styles uses massive instruments built from bamboo.

Be sure to check out as you get closer to the 12:00 mark when the other jegog group gets tired of waiting for the first group to finish so just starts playing a different song at the same time. It's a battle of wills to see who will get the last word in.

Here is a rundown on jegog from the nerds over at wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan_jegog

Jegog is a form of gamelan music indigenous to Bali, Indonesia played on instruments made of bamboo. The tradition of jegog is centered in Jembrana, a region in Western Bali. In recent years jegog has started to become popular in other regions of Bali with a few groups being established in central Bali to entertain tourists. International interest has been spread by tourists visiting Bali and by recordings. There are virtually no ensembles outside of Bali with the exception of at least two groups in Japan Sekar Sakura and Geinoh Yamashirogumi, the latter's being used in 4 of the tracks to their score for the film Akira ), one in the United States (Sekar Jaya) and one in Germany. Jegog music is very fast, loud, rhythmic and precise. Pieces last from a few minutes to as long as thirty minutes.

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