A new series of vinyl and download only releases, "from the archives...". Islands Inbetween was originally released on cassette in 1983 [Touch # T33.2]. 3 tracks, by John Keliehor & Orlando Kimber, have been removed from this edition for copyright reasons. The second in this series, "Drumming for Creation" [Touch # T33.3V] will be released in the autumn...

Philip Jeck says: " This is one of the best productions of vinyl I have ever come across: superb cut and brilliant pressing - I am really impressed!"

Tracklist:

Side One 20'31"

Day and Night
Gending Gending
Suling
Degung Instrumental
Genggong
Cremation Gamelan
Dag combination dance
Ramayana ll

Side Two 17'05"

Watermark
Temple Gamelan
Frog Sound
Degung instrumental no. 2
Ducks
Tenun
Anjung

NOTES:

Indonesians often use the name 'Nusantara', meaning 'the islands in-between', when referring to the archipelago that forms their Republic. This cassette covers only some of the cultural activity on Java and Bali, the best known islands out of the 13,700 counted by statisticians, so it is not intended to be in any way definitive. The selections are more like musical postcards of two cultures balanced between tradition and tourism.

legend: meridian 105º - 115º east

Side one

There is no specific translation for 'Gending Gending'. The term generally means 'orchestra' or 'gamelan composition'. The Javanese word for hammer is 'gamel', and the music is said to encourage the growth of plants. 'Suling' - the end blown flute. 'Degung instrumental' - from the Sudabese region of West Java to the speakers of tourists cafes. 'Genggong' - the first Balinese instrument, a mouth harp made from the palm and played by Igusti Ngurah Togog at his homestay in Peliatan, Bali. 'Cremati.......
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