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Hitting high notes — Jazz round-up

August 28, 2015 By Andrew Hamlin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Make a joyful noise onto the tape.  Failing that, make a noise, any noise, onto the tape.  It doesn’t have to be music, it doesn’t have to be the dictionary definition of music, noise, or anything.  Just leave an impression.  That is the first rule of recording. But Japanese […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Christian Pruvost, Ichigo Ichie, John Cage, Louis Armstrong, Natsuki Tamura, Northwest Asian Weekly, Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin, Satoko Fujii Tobira, Takashi Itani, Todd Nicholson, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, Yamiyo Ni Karasu

Relatively unknown Javanese gamelan music becomes an emerging art form

September 10, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Do you know what the soundtracks of the sci-fi show “Battlestar Galactica” and the video game “Sonic Unleashed” have in common with certain works of classical music composers John Cage and Lou Harrison?
They all contain the haunting, bell-like sounds of gamelan, an Indonesian musical ensemble.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2009, Battlestar Galactica, Benjamin Britten, Chapel Performance Space, China, Columbian Exposition, Francis Poulenc, Gamelan Pacifica, India, Indonesia, John Cage, Lou Harrison, Northwest Asian Weekly, Paris Exposition, Sonic Unleashed, United States, Vivian Miezianko, Vol 28 No 38 | September 12 - September 18

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