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Experimental Gamelan

American Gamelan

Barbara Benary

Gamelan Son of Lion

Built by Barbara Benary along with with Philip Corner and Daniel Goode

Here is a short video with Barbara Benary explaining the history of Son of Lion and the connection with other American Gamelan.


Gamelan Sekar Jaya

Dennis Murphy

Built the first American Gamelan at Wesleyan University in the 1960s

Sir Honorable Voice of Thoom
The Autochthonous American Gamelan

Lou Harrison

Old Granddad
Si Betty

Harvard and now Bucknell University

Si Darius/Si Madeleine

Mills College

Daniel Schmidt

The Berkeley Gamelan
Gamelan Pacifica

William Colvig

Gamelan Adjacent Ensembles

Terry Dame

Electric Junkyard Gamelan

The Electric Junkyard Gamelan is an experimental ensemble built out of instruments made by Terry Dame. The ensemble plays Balinese Gamelan inspired music.

NOTES

A dissertation on the subject of American Gamelan can be found here 1)
Here is a link to the digital back issues of the Balungan, which is a periodical about experimental and American Gamelan. 2)

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