Album lore

Ensemble Gending’s 1996 release on Donemus Musicians' Voice presents five pieces blending electroacoustic techniques with elements of lagu jawa, the traditional music of Java. The album comprises Soundings, Kendang, Gending, Mawar Jiwa, and Hake, the latter matched here as a featured track. The recordings explore the interface of avant-garde experimentation and regional sonic materials, with the kendang drum and gamelan-derived textures informing the sound.Though modestly circulated, these works capture an intriguing moment of cross-cultural engagement within an electroacoustic framework. The label Donemus, known for documenting contemporary composers, situates Ensemble Gending within a lineage of modernist inquiry, where acoustic sources are refracted through electronic processing. This artifact offers a rare glimpse into the dialogue between Javanese musical idioms and late 20th-century experimental practice.

Album lore

Ensemble Gending’s 1996 release on Donemus Musicians' Voice presents five pieces blending electroacoustic techniques with elements of lagu jawa, the traditional music of Java. The album comprises Soundings, Kendang, Gending, Mawar Jiwa, and Hake, the latter matched here as a featured track. The recordings explore the interface of avant-garde experimentation and regional sonic materials, with the kendang drum and gamelan-derived textures informing the sound.Though modestly circulated, these works capture an intriguing moment of cross-cultural engagement within an electroacoustic framework. The label Donemus, known for documenting contemporary composers, situates Ensemble Gending within a lineage of modernist inquiry, where acoustic sources are refracted through electronic processing. This artifact offers a rare glimpse into the dialogue between Javanese musical idioms and late 20th-century experimental practice.