Aural Archipelago is a survey of Indonesian music and sounds through field recordings and tapes collected throughout the archipelago.
My name is Palmer Keen - I am an American English teacher in Bandung, West Java whose hobby for the past two years has been traveling around this country making informal field recordings of traditional music across the archipelago.
My name is Palmer Keen - I am an American English teacher in Bandung, West Java whose hobby for the past two years has been traveling around this country making informal field recordings of traditional music across the archipelago.
My field recording practice is informal and unacademic. I often fail to get artist and song names, and recordings are of course not made in a studio, which is abundantly clear - they are filled with the sounds of Indonesian life - motorbikes in the distance, kids playing, chirping insects. These sounds are important to share regardless.
All recordings, videos, and photos are produced by myself and all rights to the music belong to the musicians - if any musician does not wish to have their music shared, please contact me.
If all goes according to plan, soon each post will also feature a Bahasa Indonesia translation - this project is not just for foreigners, but for the people of Indonesia to discover and fall in love with their own music just as I have.
Aural Archipelago (Suara Nusantara) adalah sebuah survei tentang musik dan suara Indonesia melalui rekaman lingkungan (field recording) dan kaset di sepanjang nusantara.
All recordings, videos, and photos are produced by myself and all rights to the music belong to the musicians - if any musician does not wish to have their music shared, please contact me.
If all goes according to plan, soon each post will also feature a Bahasa Indonesia translation - this project is not just for foreigners, but for the people of Indonesia to discover and fall in love with their own music just as I have.
Aural Archipelago (Suara Nusantara) adalah sebuah survei tentang musik dan suara Indonesia melalui rekaman lingkungan (field recording) dan kaset di sepanjang nusantara.
Nama saya Palmer Keen.
Saya adalah guru Bahasa Inggris di Bandung, Jawa Barat yang selama dua
tahun belakangan ini mengelilingi Indonesia untuk membuat field recording tentang musik tradisional Indonesia.
Kegiatan rekaman yang saya lakukan bersifat informal dan non
akademik. Saya seringkali gagal
untuk mendapatkan nama artis ataupun judul lagu yang saya rekam. Dan terlebih, rekaman-rekaman yang saya
buat tidak berasal dari rekaman studio.
Oleh karena itu, rekaman yang ada di blog ini juga diwarnai oleh suara-suara dari kegiatan sehari-hari di
Indonesia, seperti suara sepeda motor, anak-anak yang sedang bermain, serta
suara serangga. Bagi saya, sama
pentingnya untuk berbagi suara-suara ini di samping rekaman yang saya
buat.
Jika semua berjalan sesuai dengan rencana, setiap post di dalam blog ini akan disertakan versi
Bahasa Indonesia. Proyek ini tidak
hanya untuk orang asing, namun juga untuk masyarakat Indonesia sehingga mereka
dapat menemukan dan mencintai musik mereka sendiri seperti yang saya
rasakan.
Hi Palmer...I am so glad with your work. Can't wait to see the other work music record. It would be great with video also.
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