Sunday, October 6, 2019

INDONESIA Sulaeman – Kacapi Suling - Sundanese Flute & Zither – Universitas Nasional - Fakultas Seni - Bakti Budaya

INDONESIA
Sulaeman – Kacapi Suling - Sundanese Flute & Zither – Universitas Nasional - Fakultas Seni - Bakti Budaya, recorded in Jakarta, 1975 (10 in, 33 RPM)
#Indonesia #West Java #Sunda #Sundanese music #Suling flute #Sulaeman #Kacapi #zither #traditional music #world music #vinyl #10 inch record
#Indonesia #West Java #Sunda #Sundanese music #Suling flute #Sulaeman #Kacapi #zither #traditional music #world music #vinyl #10 inch record
#Indonesia #West Java #Sunda #Sundanese music #Suling flute #Sulaeman #Kacapi #zither #traditional music #world music #vinyl #10 inch record
#Indonesia #West Java #Sunda #Sundanese music #Suling flute #Sulaeman #Kacapi #zither #traditional music #world music #vinyl #10 inch record

I first heard Sulaeman’s bamboo suling flute with zither on half of the Flute and Gamelan of West Java LP (1978) on the Tangent label. Everyone I played this music to, even people unfamiliar with traditional music, fell under its ethereal spell.

The Sundanese suling master, born c. 1910, started his career very young accompanying famous singers in the 1920s and 1930s, with whom he recorded a string of shellac 78 rpm discs. Sulaeman lived as a recluse and disappeared from view until he was rediscovered, in 1970, and invited to join the Faculty of Fine Arts at Jakarta’s National University. Sulaeman subsequently toured in Indonesia and abroad and recorded this precious duet featuring his exquisitely magical suling flute acccompanied by a delicate and lyrical 18-string kacapi zither played by the brothers Sukaya and Sukatma Di Karta.

J’ai entendu la flûte suling de Sulaeman avec de la cithare pour la première fois sur l’album Flute and Gamelan of West Java (1978) sur le label Tangent. Toutes les personnes à qui j'ai fais écouter cette musique, même celles peu familiarisées avec la musique traditionnelle, sont tombées sous son charme éthéré.

Le grand maître du suling sundanais, né vers 1910, débuta sa carrière à un jeune âge en accompagnant des chanteurs célèbres dans les années 1920 et 1930, avec lesquels il enregistre une série de disques 78 tours. Sulaeman vivait en solitaire et disparu de la circulation jusqu’à ce qu’il soit redécouvert en 1970 et invité à rejoindre la Faculté des beaux-arts de l’Université nationale de Jakarta. Sulaeman donna par la suite des concerts en Indonésie et à l'étranger et enregistra ce précieux duo présentant son jeu magique de flûte suling en bambou accompagné d'une cithare kacapi à 18 cordes délicate et lyrique jouée par les frères Sukaya et Sukatma Di Karta.


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Our other Sundanese music post:
Gamelan Degung directed by Enip Sukanda (suling) - Galloway Records here


#Indonesia #West Java #Sunda #Sundanese music #Suling flute #Sulaeman #Kacapi #zither #traditional music #world music #vinyl #10 inch record

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3 comments:

  1. Fantastic! Many thanks, again!

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  2. Realised the other day that I must have left my treasured kacapi suling cassette in an AirBnB about 2 years ago, gutted. Thankyou so much for this upload

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