jaipongan (indonesia)

strictly speaking jaipongan is not the name of a particular rhythm
rather it denotes a style of music and dance
purportedly developed by the bandung musician and producer gugum gumbira in the 70's
from various traditional sources it was perceived as rather wild and suggestive at the time
but is now established as a classic west javanese form
so says songlines about the jaipongan style or rhythm
my personal exposure to this sound was from a songlines sampler cd
featuring an outfit from indonesia called sambasunda
seems they are making inroads internationally
with this western infused form of gamelan orchestra music
had the great fortune of seeing the band at womadelaide this year
and stumbled on this clip on youtube of their performance
so i'm in the audience at this show
shame about the very poor audio quality
but the video captures the style of the music
lots of percussion on traditional instruments
with western bass lines thrown in
and a lady up front doing some traditional dance movements
which according to songlines above is as important as the music
there may be better examples of jaipongan on youtube
but it's great to have a video momento of my favourite music festival
with thanks to whoever made the effort to record and post the show
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