tracks

Bulan Sapasi
Jemplang Naek Kukupu
Kembang Tanjung
Jaleuleu Ja
Serat Salira
Paddy Pergi Ke Bandung
Teman Endah
Arang Arang Kaleon Prawa
Kapeje (Mun Pareng Patepung)
Balagenjat Naek Bangbung Hideung

notes

The label code is printed on the release as LC 11067, although Riverboat's label code is LC 11068.

01 Bulan Sapasi (Crescent Moon)
(Gugum Gumbira, arr Ismet Ruchimat/Yadi Cahyadi)
A Sundanese standard which has been adapted to many different styles. It tells of a lover’s tryst as witnessed by the moon.

02 Jemplang Naek Kukupu
(trad, arr Ismet Ruchimat)
This track is an amalgamation of two pieces in the style from Cianjuran. Kukupu, from the title, refers to a butterfly.

03 Kembang Tanjung
(trad, arr Ismet Ruchimat/Yadi Cahyadi)
Taken from the kliningan gamelan style, the words of this song are known as a sisindiran – four-line verses in which the first two lines use allegorical images to allude to the essence of the meaning in the last two lines.

04 Jaleuleu Ja
(trad, arr Ismet Ruchimat)
A traditional children’s song, ‘Jaleuleu Ja’ is usually sung when children invite their friends to come and play together.

05 Serat Salira
(Gugum Gumbira, arr Ismet Ruchimat)
‘Serat Salira’ translates as ‘Your Letters’.
I write to you,
Why do you not reply?

06 Paddy Pergi Ke Bandung (Paddy Goes To Bandung)
(Ismet Ruchimat/Asep Yana)
‘Paddy Goes To Bandung’ is a cheerful collision of Irish and Sundanese themes.

07 Teman Endah (Beautiful Garden)
(Ismet Ruchimat)
A couple meet and fall in love with each other in a garden full of flowers.

08 Arang Arang Kaleon Prawa
(trad, arr Ismet Ruchimat/Asep Yana)
An instrumental composition in the old Cianjuran style.

09 Kapeje (Mun Pareng Patepung)
(Ismet Ruchimat/Colin Bass, arr Asep Yana/Yadi Cahyadi)
A contemporary composition about a couple impatiently waiting to meet each other. Based on the song ‘Sailing Home’ by Sabah Habas Mustapha.

10 Balagenjat Naek Bangbung Hideung
(trad, arr Ismet Ruchimat)
Another amalgamation of two pieces. ‘Balagenjat’ is taken from the Cianjuran style, while ‘Bangbung Hideung’ is a popular song from the repertoire of the kliningan style.

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – World Music Network
Copyright (c) – World Music Network

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