madrotter-treasure-hunt: March 2024

Saturday, March 30, 2024

BAGONG KUSSUDIARDJA - PUSPITA

Here's a great gending cassette for dancing by Bagong Kussudiardja.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

A. KADIR & ORKES SINAR KEMALA - ISTRI BARU

Fantastic album from A. Kadir and Orkes Sinar Kemala with Ida Laila, Djamilah, Suraya and Zubaidah..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

SURAYAH & ORKES GAMBUS AL FATA - WAHDANA

Nice gambus cassette from Surayah with Orkes Gambus Al Fata.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

Friday, March 29, 2024

MASNAIT GROUP - MARI YO

80's Disco and pop songs from the Masnait Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

DADANG DARNIAH, PEPEN EFFENDY & ENDANG DHARMA GROUP - SABARA .. A..

Nice tarling jaipong cassette from Dadang Darniah, Pepen Effendy and the Endang Darma Group.... GET IT HERE enjoy!

Thursday, March 28, 2024

NYI TJONDROLUKITO & NGESTI BUDHOYO GROUP - PALARAN MONCOWARNO

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

ORKES EL SURAYYA MEDAN - MEMPERSEMBAHKAN LAGU2 DI-MALAYSIA

A lovely gambus album from Orkes El Surayya Medan with Atikah Rahman, Mohd. Tahir, Selingan and Asmidar Darwis and this is a Malaysian pressing.... GET IT HERE enjoy!

TITIN SUTINI - CIR GOBANG GOCIR

Cool jaipong cassette from Titin Sutini.... GET IT HERE enjoy!

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

ORKES MELAYU RIA BLUNTAS

Here's an album from Orkes Melayu Ria Bluntas with Lies Saodah, Titing Yenny, Hartono, Fendy Agam and Efendy.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

H. AAM KAMINAH & NIRMALA GROUP - SAIDAH

Lovely kliningan Cirebon style cassette from H. Aam Kaminah with the Nirmala Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Here's what our friend Yoshio says about this record: Yu Opera Fung Yee Pavilion・The Orphan of Zhao Yu Opera “Yu Opera” is a major local opera in Henan Province and enjoys nationwide popularity. There are four styles in Yu Opera：Xiangfu(from Xiangfu County), Yudong (East Henan), Yuxi(Western Henan)and Shahe (Shahe County). It is noted for its fluent tune, strongrhythm and intensive use of spoken language. Its simple and plain performance as well as its stronglocal flavor, always provokes the applause of the audience. https://www.sohu.com/a/400948654_655057 Fung Yee Pavilion（Very popular in Japan) Lu Bu took advantage of Dong Zhuo's visit to the court to spy on Diao Chan and invited Diao Chan to meet him at the Feng Yi Pavilion. Diao Chan cried to Lu Bu about the pain of being occupied by Dong Zhuo, and Lu Bu was very dissatisfied with the situation and had a grudge against Dong Zhuo. When Dong Zhuo returned to his house, he threw his halberd at Lu Bu, who fled. From then on, the two of them were jealous of each other. Wang Yun said that Dong Zhuo should not have taken over Diaochan, and Lv Bu and Wang Yun planned to get rid of Dong Zhuo together, and on the day when Dong Zhuo was going to usurp the throne, Lv suddenly turned against Dong Zhuo and killed him. The Orphan of Zhao The sad historical story of "The Orphan of Zhao" has been called the "Hamlet" in the history of Chinese literature. From the "Records of the Grand Historian" to Yuan opera to drama and then to the long novel in front of our eyes, "The Orphan of Zhao" has finally developed into a huge spiritual tragedy. The thrilling intrigues and love, desires and struggles, incest and killings are all concentrated in such a novel, and the pain that cannot be borne in the life of the contemporary people is amazingly presented through a distant story, which is really shocking. As one of the most widely circulated and internationally influential plays in the history of Chinese opera, "The Orphan of Zhao", after being adapted into a play in 2003, has once again shown an amazing vitality, as people try to look at their own destiny through history. The author, Jin Haishu, uses an ancient story to write about the barrenness of human nature for all mankind. There is nothing sadder than this, when intrigue and love, lust for power and incest, vengeance and killing, all of them become meaningless, and standing in the wilderness of human nature, there is an emptiness on all sides. In fact, each of us, is an orphan, Zhao's orphan fate, is the urban people displaced by the tragedy of the soul.... Thanks Yoshio! GET IT HERE Enjoy!

O. M. RIA BLUNTAS, O. M. MUTIARA & O. M. BARINDANG - SI DJAGUR

Beautiful album from Orkes Melayu Ria Bluntas, Orkes Melayu Mutiara and Orkes Melayu Barindang with Djuhana Sattar, Achmad Basahil, Nur Sjamsu and Maemunah KS.... The canon on the cover is a famous Portugese canon in Jakarta called "Si Jagur" and local women often will sit on it in the belief that it will help them get pregnant.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ERVINNA & THE STYLERS - SILENTLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RETURN DATE

Here's an ep from Ervinna with The Stylers.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ORKES GAMBUS AL FATA - JA ASMAR

Here's a great gambus album from Orkes Gambus Al Fata with Rosita, Malichatun, Sumiati and A. Rachmat.... GET IT HERE enjoy!

H. NUR ASIAH JAMIL & TUNAS MEKAR - SEMANIS-MANIS GULA

Here's a gambus album from H. Nur Asiah Jamil with Orkes Gambus Tunas Mekar.... GET IT HERE enjoy!

LILIS SURJANI & BAND 4 NADA - KU TELAH BERDUA

Excellent album from Lilis Suryani with Band 4 Nada.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

SAYYED MAKAWI - ASMAUL HUSNA

Here's a cassette from Egyptian singer and composer Sayed Makawi.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ITOH MASYITOH & RINEKA GAYA GROUP - AKANG DEUI AKANG DEUI

Cool jaipong cassette from Itoh Masyitoh with the Rineka Gaya Group.... GET IT HERE enjoy!

IIN WIDANINGSIH & ENEN SUNENGSIH - KLININGAN DANGDUT VOL. 5

Cool kliningan dangdut cassette, Ida Widaningsih on the A side and Enen Sunengsih on the B side..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

Monday, March 25, 2024

NANYIN MUSIC, JADE AND HARMONY OF VOICE

Well, I'm just going to copy-paste what our friend Yoshio said about this record: The immigrants from the Central Plains in the two Han, Jin, Tang, and Song dynasties brought music culture into the southern Fujian region centred on Quanzhou and fused it with local folk music, forming a form of cultural expression with the legacy of ancient music from the Central Plains. Nanyin originated in the Tang Dynasty and was formed in the Song Dynasty. The singing style of Nanyin retains the traditional and ancient folk singing style before the Tang Dynasty, and its singers and players are extremely casual in their second creation, while the performance of Nanyin pipes also maintains the characteristics of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Nanyin, also known as "String Pipe" and "Quanzhou Nanyin", is the traditional music of the southern Fujian Province, and is a world-class intangible cultural heritage. Nanyin is known as the "living fossil in the history of Chinese music", originated in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, and is sung in Minnan language, which is the oldest surviving ancient Han music in China. Thanks Yoshio! GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ORKES MELAYU CHANDRALELA - PENGABDIAN

Lovely album from Orkes Melayu Chandralela with Komaria, Husin Bawafie and Hasjim.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MARC DEPOND - BANDA - DANSE PRIMITIVE

Killer percussion album from French percussionist Marc Depond and this one came out in 1980.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

H. NUR ASIAH JAMIL & ORKES GAMBUS AL BARKAH - INSYTARU

Here's a lovely gambus album from H. Nur Asiah Jamil with Orkes Gambus Al Barkah.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

LILIS SURJANI & ORKES MELAYU PANTJARAN MUDA - GADIS SAKURA

Excellent album from Lilis Suryani with Orkes Melayu Pancaran Muda..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

INNEKE KUSUMAWATI & DE GALAXIES - PENGEN KENAL

Had to re-record and re-post this album from Inneke Kusumawati... In my humble opinion one of the best 60's Indonesian pop albums, the music by Jopie R. Itim with band De Galaxies is just amazing, lots of pop mixed with psych.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!