GengGong
This is a group Sawung Jabo ........ genggong are a group of cross-language,cross-nation "said Jabo about Genggong Sawung consisting of Sawung Jabo, RonReevees, Kim Sanders, and Reza Rachman.
GengGing personnel consists precisely of the musicians from various countries, likeIndonesia, Australia, Turkey, and Bulgaria.
Genggong is the umpteenth group of Johan odyssey, original name Sawung Jabo,since Circus Barrock, Kantata Takwa, Swami, Dalbo and kantata samsara and others
Genggong was like meeting the current East and West. Western music deviceconsists of guitar, percussion, drums, flute, saxophone, and a bagpipe that gave birth to a tone sounds like a typical musical instrument synclavier-Scots ready to echoedby side with the beat of traditional Indonesian percussion
In Genggong Jabo smuggle elements of humor that makes amused.
such as, Garuk-garuk Sampai Ngantuk, Kontal-kantil Kentul, Sweet Kambing Guling, and no lag Tut-tat-tit-tut. A humor that often also served Frank Zappa.The tip end is entertaining but also precipitate a meditation actually..
Genggong founded in Sydney, Australia.Genggong a musical group by the Jabo is always defined as a group of musicians with the tagline: Not Just Music.
"Playing music is clear It must however, for genggong, it is only one function. Othercommon is the desire to be able to develop a tradition of music-be it Western,Aboriginal, and of course Indonesia, and that to me means gamelan music," saidSawung Jabo.
Formed early 1999 in Sydney, Geng Gong birth initiated by Jabo who want to collectback a number of Indonesian musicians who-said-like "roaming" with no direction inAustralia particularly in Sydney. Since the beginning, said Jabo, genggong beenconceptualized as an open group that would accept the participation of Westernmusicians. "That's why, a number of Australian musicians and join us," he explained..
Now, after nearly two years of work in Australian music arena, driven genggong
1 - Jabo: guitar, percussion, drum, bonang, Lead vocals,
2 - Reza Achman: (drums, percussion, drum Batak, and vocals),
3 - Kim Sanders: a bloody mixture of Turkey-Bulgaria (bagpipes, flute, saxophone),
4 - Ron Reeves: (drum Sunda, Aboriginal wind instrument, vocal, and percussion),
5 - Monica Willy: (Mask dancer and vocals).
why there are dancers of all?
"That is what is meant by Not Just Music.Gak only music from the beginning we'vesaid, genggong not just play music, aka not just music. So, once climbed the stage onthe stage, we can play music, dancing, and jokes," that cash Jabo Tangkasi.Uniquely, for cultivating business arrangements-all members of the Gang Gong groupis working on it together. There is a togetherness there it seems.
According Jabo, public welcome Australia to the presence of Genggong quite a relief. Once, for example, Geng Gong was invited perform at the forum Wolrd MusicFestival in New South Wales.
"incredible audience reaction, because in the middle of our game they weredesperate to come to the stage danced with us. Furthermore, among those whoactually have started to shed tears because the music touched by Gang Gong," saidJabo proud.
treat gamelan music and Western instruments. This is now being undertakenAustralian music group named Gang Gong leader Jabo Sawong native to Indonesia.
The most prominent element on genggong music is simple beat-beat of the musictradition of Indonesia, in this case the gamelan which is then combined with elements of other traditional music from around the world outside Indonesia.
"Gang Gong to take, the elements of traditional music of Turkey, Bulgaria, andWestern Australia and that means whatever we could and then smelted to make newcompositions without having to impose, such as inter-human relationships as a rule looks,"explained Sawung Jabo.
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