Gamelan Taniwha Jaya
Indonesia Festival at Te Papa
Two audience videos at the Indonesia Festival at Te Papa national museum in Wellington, NZ:
Gamelan music, in styles from Bali by Gamelan Taniwha Jaya
and central Java by Gamelan Padhang Moncar.
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Te Marae, Level 4
Sunday 23 October 2016, 10am-5pm
This was a full day of music, dance, song, and batik fashion from Indonesia.
Gamelan Taniwha Jaya 2015
Thanks to everyone who came to see Gamelan Taniwha Jaya play in Wellington recently!
Gopala
Tabuh Telu
In 2015 we’ve also performed at the Newtown Festival, the Southeast Asian Night Market, and Indonesia Day.

Here are a couple of recordings of two of the pieces we played:
https://soundcloud.com/user521325057/margapati-rehearsal-feb-2015/s-rQW6u
These are in the Balinese gong kebyar style of gamelan, which is loud, fast, intricate and modernist. For more info see http://gamelan.org.nz/
Gamelan Taniwha Jaya is a group of New Zealand musicians dedicated to the study and performance of Balinese music. They specialise in contemporary music for Gamelan Gong Kebyar, and frequently incorporate western instruments into the ensemble. Read the rest of this entry »