DRS. R. HIDAYAT SURYALAGA

Nur Hidayah Saritilawah Basa Sunda Al-Qur'an Winangun Pupuh by Drs. H. Hidayat Suryalaga is a translation of the meaning of the Qur'an in the form of traditional Sundanese poetry (pupuh). Published by the Nur Hidayah Foundation, Bandung (2002), this work aims to facilitate the understanding of the Qur'an using the ijmali (global) method and four types of pupuh: Asmarandana, Dangdanggula, Kinanti, and Sinom.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

IDRIS SARDI - DALAM SENTUHAN QALBU SHALAWAT NABI

Here's a cassette from violin player Idris Sardi playing religious songs..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

DRS. H. R. HIDAYAT SURYALAGA - NURHIDAYAHAN VOL. 1

The Sundanese song Saritilawah Al-Qur'an, specifically Drs. H. Hidayat Suryalaga's work entitled "Nur Hidayah," is an attempt to globalize the meaning of the Quran through Sundanese literature. Using the pupuh format (Asmarandana, Dangdanggula, Kinanti, Sinom), this work explains the meaning of the verses in a global (ijmali) manner, making them easy to understand, internalize, and recite in the Sundanese language of Tembang Sunda Cianjuran..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

YAN BERLIN PANDJAITAN & ALOYSIUS - LAGU LAGU PUJIAN

Yan Berlin Panjaitan singing religious songs with Aloysius playin a Lowrey organ.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

VOCALISTA SONORA CHOIR - GEMA HIDUP

Here's a cassette from the Vocalista Sonora Choir from Yogyakarta.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ANDRI S. ON LOWREY ORGAN - INSTRUMENTAL CHURCH SONGS

Andri S. playing church songs on a Lowrey organ.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

THE SINGERS - IT'S TIME TO PRAISE THE LORD

Here's a religious cassette from The Singers. Wonder if this is the same group that put out those fantastic 60's albums in the 60's... GET IT HERE And for some reason this video is blocked in Japan.... Enjoy!

YAN BERLIN PANDJAITAN & ANDYONO ARIE - LAGU LAGU KEBAKTIAN

Here's a cassette with Yan Berlin Pandjaitan singing religious songs with Andyono Arie playing the Lowrey organ.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

THE STAPLE SINGERS - SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT

Check out this absolutely amazing album from The Staple Singers, combining gospel with the Delta Blues, amazing album this and this came out in 1963 but this one is the Japanese 1978 re-issue.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

GUS DUR - TADARUS BUDAYA

Here's a cassette from Abdurrahman Wahid, also known as Gus Dur, he was the fourth president of Indonesia and the long-time president of the Nahdlatul Ulama Organization and the founder of the National Awakening Party (PKB).... He was a great, great man.... Songs and Gus Dur talking..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

FRANS DAROMEZ & ANDYONO ARIE - MANA ADA SOBAT LAGI

Frans Daromez singing religious songs with Andyono playing an organ.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

GLORIA BERSAMA FRANS & SANDRA

Here's a cassette from Frans Daromes and Sandra Sanger singing religious songs and this cassette, or at least the cover, to me as a Dutch city boy, is really funny. Frans and Sandra all decked out in traditional Dutch clothing complete with the wooden shoes :) Might be they still wear that stuff in some far away agrarian areas in some Dutch corners but as far as I know, nowadays, that type of clothing is only worn by tourists for pictures in the city called Volendam. When I was around 11 or 12 years old me and my brother worked at a farm for a while, a farmer who had grazing lands for his cows and sheep where my grandmother, who was a real sweetheart, had her old farm house. She had chickens, rabbits, goats and we used to love going there. I remember showing up at that farmers place with my brother for the first time and my grandmother had bought us those old Dutch farm clothes with the wooden shoes and everything and when we arrived there the farmer and his whole family were on the ground laughing, they didn't wear none of that, they wore overalls... I remember mt first job was to pick up the dead body of a baby sheep with it's eyes picked out by birds and I remember how heavy it was. Nobody in Holland works as hard as those farmers do, they get up at 4 every morning and grind all day long. Saw sheep being born, horses and cows being born, saw a special bull being brought in to impregnate some cows which was quite the spectacle and I learned how to drive a tractor. Most of the fun we had there had to do with jumping off huge haystacks.... My grandmother's old farm house, all those grazing lands are all long gone, it's all houses, houses and more houses there now.... Anyway, Frans and Sandra, for your pleasure.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ANDRI S. - LAGU LAGU GEREJANI

Church songs played on the Lowrey organ by Andri S. ..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

RADEN HIDAYAT SURYALAGA - NUR HIDAYAH

A program made by R.R.I. (Radio Republik Indonesia) about Raden Hidayat Suryalaga, who, in the 1990's, developed a system called Nur Hidayah where he combines Da'wah (Islamic proselytizing) with Tembang Sunda Cianjuran music.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MARHABAN OLEH NURUL IMAN

Religious songs by Nurul iman.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

INTERNATIONAL SAI BHAJAN VOL. 1

A cassette put out by the Indonesia Sri Sathya Sai Baba Trust.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

BIMBO & IIN - RIWAYAT 25 NABI VOL. 2

Bimbo and Iin Parlina singing songs about 25 different Prophets, the second volume.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

H. MUHAMMADONG B.A. & KAWAN KAWAN - TAKBIRAN

A cassette from H. Muhammadong B.A. and friends to celebrate Idul Fitri.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

SELAMAT HARI RAYA IDUL FITRI

Well, this Wednesday it will be Idul Fitri, the day Muslims all over the world celebrate the end of the Holy month of Ramadhan. Here in Indonesia, what they call Mudik has been going on for the last few days and will continue till it is Wednesday. Mudik is when millions and millions of people travel to the places where they were born to celebrate Idul Fitri with their families. I saw a report today that said that this years Mudik is breaking all previous records, some 129 million Indonesians traveling, by car, by motor, by train, by bus, it's a time of truly insane traffic jams....

Anyway, here's a cassette, celebrating the Idul Fitri holiday from the Tapanuli area in North Sumatera, lots of gambus music from H. Nur Asiah Jamil (when she was still going by the name Nurul Asiah), Orkes Gambus Al Jafar and Orkes El Surayya.... There's also some great gondang music on this cassette.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

KUMPOLAN KOMPANG SRI WANGI PT: KADZI, KG. KELANTAN. MUAR, JOHOR

Here's a religious record from Johor in Malaysia, first two songs with percussion, 3rd song only singing.... GET IT HERE enjoy!