NANO S. & NENENG FITRI - SENAM JUMAT BERSIH

Nice cassette from Nano S. and Neneng Fitri put out by the West Javanese government to promote gymnastics. There are no song titles.... GET IT HERE enjoy!

SABDHO LARAS GROUP - MANA TAHAN

Here's a gending cassette from the Sabdho Laras Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NGESTHI LARAS GROUP - CAO GLETHAK

Gending music from Ki Gondo Sudjito and his Ngesthi Laras Group with Nyi Jumiati, Nyi Umitta and Nyi Nurjanah singing.... GET IT HERE Enjoy

TRI WALUYO GROUP - RICIK RICIK

Here's a calung cassette from the Tri Waluyo Group with Nyi Tukirah, Nyi Sarinah ande Nyi Eny Amborowati.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

PIRIANG TALAYANG GROUP & GURUN SAHARA GROUP - NABI IBRAHIM & PENGORBANAN NYA

Here's two Selawat Dulang cassettes by the Piriang Talayang and Gurun Sahara Groups.... Salawat dulang or salawat talam is form of Minangkabau oral literature with an Islamic theme in the form of a performance by two people reading a memorized text accompanied by the sound of a drum, a brass tray with a diameter of 65 cm.... GET THE FIRST CASSETTE HERE

GET THE SECOND CASSETTE HERE Enjoy!

ELIS ROSLIANI & L.S. LOKANTARA BUDAYA GROUP - BENTANG CIANJURAN

Here's a Tembang Sunda Cianjuran cassette from Elis Rosliani with the L.S. Lokantara Budaya Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

IRAMA MASA GROUP - BUNGA SIANTAN WETAN

Here's a gambang kromong cassette from the Irama Masa Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

VARIOUS ARTISTS - POP MINANG

Here's a pop Mining cassette with Elly Kasim, Lily Syarif, Yan Bastan, Eva Nurdin, Nuskan and Mimy S. This cassette was one of a bunch of Minang tapes that I bought recently, the former owner had his/her name and adress stamped on them and he/she cut that part out of the covers, it happens lah, at least he/she didn't cut the music on the tapes :) GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ELLY KASIM, ZULKARNAIN, FERDY FARDIAN & NUSKAN SJARIF - GAMAT & BALANSE

Here's a gamat and balanse cassette from Elly Kasim, Zulkarnain, Ferdy Fardian and Nuskan Sjarif.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

SELEKSI QASIDAH & GAMBUS PALING TOP

Gambus and qasidah songs from Hidayah, Abdullah H, Noor Cholifah, Diana Yusuf, H. Ullya Zain, Muhdar Al Atas and Afuwah..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MARDI BUDAYA GROUP - KETAWANG TAMAN SARI

Here's a gending cassette from Ki Yono Prawito and his Mardi Budaya Group with Nyi Sri Utami and Nyi Sukamti singing..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

SINGO LODOYO GROUP - SINGO LODOYO

Here's a reog ponorogo cassette from the Singo Lodoyo Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

THE EXOTIC SOUNDS OF BALI

Here's a cassette with traditional music from Ubud in Bali.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MARDI BUDAYA GROUP - LAGU2 KREASI MARDI BUDAYA

Cool gending cassette from Ki Yono Prawito with his Mardi Budaya Group and Nyi Sri Utami and Nyi Sukamti singing..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

SEKAR TUNJUNG YOGYAKARTA GROUP - GENDHING2 TARI

Here's a cassette from the Sekar Tunjung Yogyakarta Group. Gending music for traditional dancing.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

SUMBER BUNGA GROUP - MISTIYA VOL. 2

Here's a wonderful gending cassette from the Sumber Bunga Group from the island of Madura, really, lovely music, very different, like a mix between Central Javanese gending music, Balinese traditional music and Sundanese kliningan music.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

KAMIATI, NENG SETIOWATI, SUDARTO & TEMBONG UTOMO GROUP - ASMARADANA

Cool calung cassette from Kamiati, Neng Setiowati and Sudarto with the Tembong Utomo Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ANNIDA NIRWANA GROUP - YAA ROBBY

Here's a modern qasidah cassette from the Annida Nirwana Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NYI TUGINI, NYI TUKINEM & STUDIO P.2.S.C. GROUP - ELA ELA GANDRUNG

Great gending cassette from Nyi Tugini and Nyi Tukinem with the Studio P.2.S.C. Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NASIDA RIA GROUP - REFORMASI

Here's a qasidah cassette from the Nasida Ria Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

R. C. JAMAR MEDIA - JAMAR RAJA RAHUL

Here's a lawak tunggal cassette from R. C. Jamar Media.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NYI SOEMIYATI & STUDIO RADIO P2SC GROUP - ANEKA KINANTI

Great gending cassette from Nyi Soemiyati with the Studio Radio P2SC Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NYI KUNES & TIRTA KENCANA GROUP - COWET COWETAN

A gending cassette from Nyi Kunes with the Tirta Kencana Group from the Banyumas area in Central Java.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

POPON FATIMAH, EUIS ROHAENI & SURYA KENTJANA GROUP - VOLUME 1

Here's a great kliningan/ketuk tilu cassette from Popon Fatimah and Euis Rohaeni with the Surya Kentjana Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

LENGGER KAMPI BANJARWARU - SUWE ORA JAMU

Lengger Kampi was a legendary traditional dancer from Banjarwaru in Central Java. She was one of the big three dancers from that area, the others being Lengger Adminah and Lengger Sopiah (lengger means dancer), and these dances are accompanied by calung music. There were quite a lot of lengger dancers but those three became the most famous... Unfortunately it's, from what I've been reading, a bit of a dying art form. It was always the music of choice at weddings etc. but in modern times people more often choose to have the more modern music forms of campursari and dangdut at their weddings, much like here in West Java where weddings these days have more dangdut then the old traditional music... Here in and around Bandung I have been seeing a lot of renewed interest among youngsters in traditional music, specially wayang and jaipong are pretty popular again these days, and for that I'm grateful.... Took me a moment to realize it but the woman pictured on the cover is actually Lengger Kampi.... This genre, the dances and the music, it all goes pretty deep actually, and I'm reading as much as I can find about at it the moment.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

PIDATO BUNG KARNO

Here's a cassette with speeches from Indonesia's first President, Sukarno, or as he was lovingly called, Bung (brother) Karno.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

LANGEN SUARA RADEN DEWI SARTIKA

Dewi Sartika (4 December 1884 – 11 September 1947) was the leading figure and pioneer for the education for women in Indonesia. She founded the first school for women in Dutch East Indies. She was acknowledged as a National Hero by the Indonesian government in 1966.... In 1996 The RRI (an Indonesian radio station) put out this cassette, it's the story of her life, all in Indonesian.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ALI USMAN & ORKES MELAYU ROMANSA - MANUSIA

A dangdut album from Ali Usman, Maria and Ida Sonjaya with Orkes Melayu Romansa.... A promotional copy for radio stations... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

RIZA UMAMI, YUSNIA & ORKES MELAYU BUNGA VIOLETA - LEMBAH HITAM

Here's a dangdut album from Riza Umami and Yusnia with Orkes Melayu Bunga Violeta and this is a promotional copy for radio stations.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

SUKA RARAS GROUP - KLAMBI LURIK

Here's a fantastic Tayub Sragen cassette from the Suka Raras Group. Tayub Sragen is a kind of gending music from the Sragen area in Central Java.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

PEMILIHAN UMUM 1997

Here's a cassette put out by Lokananta records to promote the 1997 (rubberstamped) elections, patriotic songs, speeches etc. ..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ALI USMAN, HIKMAH & ORKES MELAYU ROMANSA - VOL. 1

Here's a dangdut album from Ali Usman and Hikmah with Orkes Melayu Romansa and this is a promotional copy for radio stations.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

YAO SU RONG - YAO SU RONG'S HIGHLIGHTS

Here's an a gogo album from Taiwanese singer Yao Su Rong and this one came out in 1967.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

KI NARTOSABDHO - COKEKAN

Here's a lovely gending cassette from Ki Nartosabdho with the Keluarga Karawitan R.R.I. Surakarta Group and Nyi Tukinem and Nyi Tugini singing.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

KI NARTOSABDHO - KUTUT MANGGUNG ISTIMEWA

Here's a gending cassette from Ki Nartosabdho.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

JOINT GROUP - PAI RAUN

Here's a pop Minang cassette from the Joint Group with Syafar Sam, Dahlia S. and Masgul.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

SEMANGAT INTIFADHA - KOMPILASI NASYID HAROKI TERBAIK UNTUK PALESTINA

Here's a nasyid haroki cassette with five different Indonesian nasyid haroki groups, Izzatul Islam, Shoutul Harokah, I.R.A., Ar-Ruhul Jadid and Brigif.... This came out in 2006 in support of the Palestinian uprising at the time.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

LIME STONE BAND - TOP HIT'S GAMAT VOL. 3

Very cool gamat cassette from the Lime Stone Band with Yan Juneid, Nurhayati, Erry and Mardiana.... There's seven songs on the B side but only 6 songs listed.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

HINDUN KOMALASARI & KARANG NUNGGAL GROUP - IMUT MANIS

Here's a kliningan dangdut cassette from Hindun Komalasari with the Karang Nunggal Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ASEP SUNANDAR SUNARYA - ASTRAJINGGA MANTUN

Here's a wayang bodoran cassette from Asep Sunandar Sunarya and his Giri Harja III Group with Aan Darwati and Nenny Hayati singing.... This one is VERY different and VERY beautiful, not gamelan but very pantun oriented... Wayang Bodoran is a style developed by Asep Sunandar Sunarya, very much focused on the cassette market and almost always just one cassette long, not much focused on story telling but more on just telling jokes, very much disliked by a lot of the older dalang (wayang puppet players), Asep was truly a revolutionary in that genre, coming out with wayang puppets that could do all sorts of things, smoking cigarettes, vomiting; he was very much influenced by another dalang who was also much focused on the cassette market and very much disliked by the older generation of dalang, R. C. Jamar Media who was very, very popular with younger audiences and who was a big innovator (he quit producing wayang and sandiwara ((story telling)) cassettes and became a full time Islamic preacher).... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

YAN JUNEID, VERA PUTRI & MIRSYAM B. - BADOSO JIKO NDAK KAWIN

Here's a Melayu Minang cassette from band De Marissy with Yan Juneid, Vera Putri and Mirsyam B. .... GET IT HERE Enjoy!