NGESTI PRADONGGO GROUP - BONDAN KINANTI

Here's a gending cassette from the Ngesti Pradonggo Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

GUMARANG SAKTI GROUP - GARAK SAPAYUANG

Fantastic cassette from the Gumarang Sakti Group, music for traditional dancing from the Minang area in Sumatera. If you're looking for bad-ass beats to sample, this is your tape! GET IT HERE Enjoy!

PIDATO BUNG KARNO - MAULUD NABI MUHAMMAD SAW

Here's a cassette with a speech from Indonesia's first President, Sukarno.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MUSTAFA & ORKES GAMBUS EL MIRA - ALLAH YA ZEINAH

Here's a gambus cassette from Mustafa with Orkes Gambus El Mira.... Sound quality on the B side is pretty bad.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

XIA XIN & ZHANG MING LI - THE ESSENCE OF PATRIOTIC SONGS

Here's an album from Taiwanese singers Xia Xin and Zhang Ming Li singing patriotic songs and this one came out in 1973.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ASBEN & MELATI - KALASON VOL. 6

One week ago, on January the 21th legendary singer Melati passed away.... Here's a cassette from her with Asben....

Innalillahi wainna ilaihi rajiun, Rest In Peace Melati.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

TIRTA KENCANA GROUP - BATU RADEN

Fantastic gending Banyumasan cassette from the Tirta Kencana Group with Nyi Kunes, Nyi Wahyuni and Nyi Djumirah singing, I love that swinging style of gending!!! GET IT HERE Enjoy!

J A G J I T S I N G H & C H I T R A S I N G H - D E S I R E S

Here's a ghazal cassette from Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MELATI & ASBEN - DENDANG TARUNA VOL. 5

Here's a cassette from Melati and Asben.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MARISSA HAQUE & SYMPHONY - RENUNGAN

Here's an 80's pop album from Marissa Haque with Fariz RM and the Symphony group.... Marissa Haque was more an actress then a singer and she was and still is married with 80's pop star Ikang Fawzi. Looks like this is a promotional copy for radio stations.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

UNKNOWN TAIWANESE ARTIST(S)

Can't find any info about this one but pretty sure it's from Taiwan. 70's Pop and Disco songs.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NYI TJONDROLUKITO & NGESTI BUDHOYO GROUP - SRI MATARAM

Here's a gending cassette from Nyi Tjondrolukito with the Ngesti Budhoyo Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

PANKAJ UDHAS AT OUR HOUSE ON 27/11/82

Here's an interesting one. This seems to be a private recording of ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas performing at some private party in 1982... Who knows, might be never released this one :) Pankaj Udhas is one of the biggest ghazal singers in India and he became famous after he released a ghazal album in 1980 called Aahat. He became so succesful that he was asked to sing as a playback singer for Bollywood movies and he has sung in many, many movies since then.... Playback singers are the folks who really sing the songs sung in Bollywood movies that are lip synced by actors, singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Mohd. Rafi etc. .... Quite a find this one!

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ANURADHA PAUDWAL & CHANDAN DAS - ISHQ

Yeah. So, yesterday I bought a bag full of cassettes from India, most of the tapes ghazal music and some other stuff. About 20 or so with the cover and everything, and the seller gave me some 20 extra tapes without cover as a bonus, lot's of stuff where I will have no idea what it is, most of them have at least something written on them. Going to be fun trying to make sense of it all... Starting things off with this one, ghazals by Anuradha Paudal and Chandan Das.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

CUCU KARDIAH & DARTAM GROUP - BULAN PANINEUNGAN

Here's a jaipong cassette from Cucu Kardiah with the Dartam Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NYI TJONDROLUKITO, NYI RETNO DEWATI & NGESTI BUDHOYO GROUP - MENDES

Here's a gending cassette from Nyi Tjondrolukito and Nyi Retno Dewati with the Ngesti Budhoyo Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

VARIOUS ARTISTS - DANGDUT PILIHAN

A dangdut cassette with various artists.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

KHOO KIEN PENG AND THE SAPPHIRES

Here's an ep from Khoo Kien Peng and The Sapphires.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NYI TJONDROLUKITO & NGESTI BUDHOYO GROUP - GD. SIREP LARE

Here's a gending cassette from Nyi Tjondrolukito with the Ngesti Budhoyo Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

KARAWITAN: LOKANANTA SARI GROUP - VOLUME 3

Here's a gending cassette from R. Ng. Brotowinoto Rio Prambanan with his Lokananta Sari Group and Nyi Sutinah singing.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

EUIS ELLA & GROUP SABALAD BANDUNG - ANGIN GUNUNG

Here's a jaipong cassette from Euis Ella with the Group Sabalad Bandung.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

DJODJOH DJUARSIH & SEKAR KENCANA - KUEH ODADING

Awesome bajidor cassette from Djodjoh Djuarsih and the Sekar Kencana Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NGESTHI LARAS GROUP - SEMANGGI SUROBOYO

Here's a gending cassette from Ki Gondo Sudjito with his Ngesthi Larag Group with Nyi Jumiati, Nyi Umitta and Nyi Nurjanah singing.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NONENG ROCHAYATI S & KANCANA ARUM GROUP - UPACARA MAPAG CALON PENGANTEN PRIA

Here's a beautiful upacara penganten Sunda cassette from Noneng Rochayati S with the Kancana Arum Group. Music for a traditional Sundanese wedding.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

CICIH KOMALASARI & KUS BADAG JUM GROUP - LANGSUNG ENAK

Banging jaipong cassette from Cicih Komalasari with the Kus Badag Jum Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ANIK SUNYAHNI & RIRIS RARAS IRAMA GROUP - ULER KAMBANG KUTUT MANGGUNG

Here's a gending cassette from Anik Sunyahni with the Riris Raras Irama Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

GADO GADO

Here's an album with Dutch-Indonesian music and comedy that came out in 1969, the comedy parts are all spoken in Petjo which is a language spoken by the Dutch-Indonesians (Indo's) and is a kind of mix between Dutch and Indonesian.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NICKE R., NICKO H. & HENNY AS - SISIG NINI

Fantastic pop Sunda jaipong cassette from Nicke R., Nicko H. and Henny As...... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ORKES PUTRI EL SURAYYA - VOL. 4

Here's a lovely gambus cassette from Orkes Putri El Surayya. The sound quality on the B side is not that good, I tried cleaning the cassette but to no avail... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

FENTY EFFENDY & BAND BHAKTI SILIWANGI - WARUNG SENGGOL

Here's a pop Sunda cassette from Fenty Effendy with Tan Deseng leading the Band Bhakti Siliwangi, he's probably playing the guitar too. There's some real jewels on this one.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NUSA INDAH GROUP - ULER KAMBANG + PALARAN PANGKUR

Here's a gending Banyumasan cassette from S. Bono and his Nusa Indah Group with Nyi Jumirah, Nyi Purwi Riswanti, Nyi Marlaih and Nyi Wahyuni singing... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ORKES GAMBUS EL MUHAJIRIN - SALAMINBA'IIT

Here's a gambus cassette from Orkes Gambus El Muhajirin with Abdullah Hinduan, Noor Cholifah and Fatimah.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

REOG JAIPONG SI BETOK - DAGING TULANG KULIT

Here's a reog jaipong cassette from the Si Betok Group, Sundanese comedy with jaipong music.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

GENDING2 GIRO JAWA TIMURAN

Here's a gending cassette from east Java, no artists are mentioned.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

KELUARGA KESENIAN DAERAH DJAWA TIMUR STUDIO SURABAJA

Here's a very interesting one, klenengan gending music from Surabaya in East-Java and it has a cover from the song Gendjer Gendjer on it. Some of you probably know the story already but I'll tell it again. In the early 60's two records came out with versions of this song. Lilis Suryani's "Lilis.... Ia Tetap Diatas!!" and Jack Lesmana's album "Mari Bersuka Ria" with Orkes Lenso that had Bing Slamet's version of the song on it. Both these albums were banned under the Suharto dictatorship, just having these albums could land you in jail for a long time, heavy torture very probable.... This was because Gerwani, the female wing of the Indonesian Communist Party, the PKI, used to play that song, Gendjer Gendjer, at their meetings.... The song itself has no political message at all, it's about a poor woman eating water spinach (gendjer) and bringing some to the market to sell... The song's composer, Mohamed Arif, was among the hundreds of thousands murdered when the Suharto regime took over in 1965.... I imagine this record must've been banned too.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!