As evident from the ‘Nglayang’ song snippet, the music in this album is rich in influences, beyond Balinese gamelan and jazz. This is partly due to Firetail itself having members hailing from ...

It was Malay gamelan that brought them together, and now Nur Diyana Nadirah and Teuku Umar Ilany are determined to spread the love for this traditional art form. Nur Diyana, 26, was first ...

B. Nicholas’ keen interest in Malay gamelan, a traditional form of music, drove him to not only master the artform but also inspired him to pass on his knowledge to a younger generation of ...

Their studies weren’t for nothin’ — Buka means open in Indonesian, often referring to the beginning of a Gamelan orchestral piece. The initial group formulated in Professor Christopher J.