Gamelan in the New World

This album is a compilation of avant-garde art music performed by Son of Lion, an American Gamelan Orchestra that uses traditional Indonesian instruments as well as found objects (hubcaps, foodcans) in its music. The liner notes feature diagrams and/or descriptions of each piece that explain the nature of its unique composition. For example, Elena Carey describes the four nitrogen bases of D.N.A. and an analysis of the relationship between this raw genetic material her Gamelan music. The songs D.N.A. and Machine Shop were recorded live, while all others were recorded at the Rutgers University studio in New York.

Track Listing

101	Circular Thoughts	Gamelan Son of Lion	16:00
102	Machine Shop	Gamelan Son of Lion	03:58
103	D.N.A.	Gamelan Son of Lion	03:26
201	Braid	Gamelan Son of Lion	09:28
202	Sleeping Braid	Gamelan Son of Lion	02:12
203	Gamelan II	Gamelan Son of Lion	07:21