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At times of massive upheaval we become witness to forces beyond mankind's control. How can we speak about this?    
 
 
GAMELAN NAGA MAS 2005
 
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Looking at questions about ritual and ritualised aspects of living, Float Sound Objects was created as a performance vessel exploring diverse and political ideas arising from the aftermath of the Indonesian tsunami in 2004. This is the music of that performance.

In a multitude of scenes, days and nights seem to pass. In the moonlight, a woman traces the spiral of life upon the ground.  Music is intermittent and the environment is omnipresent. Layers of micro-sounds are revealed: insects, frogs, birds, rain, and occasional far off thunder, all which come and go. Unfamiliar sounds, quiet and ominous recede into the distance. The music gains power.

Uncertainty has become ritual. There is tension in the air as we begin to apprehend the powers of nature, forces beyond our control. Demons of the sea claim their victims. We run and run from the shore.
 
 
Contemporary music performance from Scotland's foremost gamelan music group.  New compositions by Jon Keliehor, J Simon van der Walt, Katherine Waumsley, Anna Himsworth and Doug Haire.  Production direction by Jon Keliehor
 
 
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photo courtesy of Andrew McDermid

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Music titles and select samples.mp3


2   Woman Man Nature   nature  
4   City/Crickets VA    doug haire
6   Distant scintilations w-peepers   nature
8   DH Collage + Crystal   doug haire
10 Gentle scintilation distant frogs   nature
12 Memory Hammers Sword Pt 2   anna himsworth
13 Evening Trills     nature