Space City Gamelan at TEDxHouston 2012

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Published 2013-01-15

Space City Gamelan is a group of diverse musicians who have come together as keepers of an amazing collective of instruments known as a Gamelan. The origin is Indonesian, dating back as far as 230 AD (thank you Wikipedia) and the individual musicians are from many diverse backgrounds. We found their story to be a fascinating example that speaks true of the multicultural amalgamation that is Houston.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

All Comments (21)

@learntaichi8980 2 years ago

Thank you for loving and playing such a beautiful sound and composition of gamelan...Respect and love from West Java...
@Mreto17 10 years ago

Sebagai penabuh gamelan, saya tidak melihat mereka memainkan gamelan seperti orang jawa, tapi mereka punya bakat sendiri. Kreatifitas yang mereka racik ke dalam instrumen gamelan patut mendapatkan apresiasi. Salam Budaya
@odelflynn9851 6 years ago

wow as an indonesian i am so proud, the song is called Mojang Priangan.
@ardiashary9981 6 years ago

Thank you for your interest in Gamelan, Space City guys. At least, by now we (Indonesian and especially Javanese people) knew that we still have Gamelan set somewhere in the different part of earth. So, when there is no more gamelan here we can SEE you guys playing Gamelan for us. (sing komen negatif kudune mikir, iki carane mas-mas mbak-mbak kuwi ngapresiasi senine dhewe. Malah dinyinyiri. mbok yen pinter ojo nemen-nemen, keminter kaya yak-yak o)
@saepulpermana5378 2 years ago

Wow, this is crazy, this is the first time I've seen our country's instruments being played by players from other countries. I thank this channel
@goodnight2783 4 years ago

I like it!! Cause I'm Gigi Pingky Prasetyo Javanese people from Lumajang, Jawa Timur. Gamelan is beautiful and Unix music! Thank very much for playing on the TEDx, you're smart people!!!
@muhidinudin4925 8 years ago

thank you, every arrangement, or composer, have their own sense of art, please go on, you can mix, sundanese rhytm, java, bali, west rythm, together, up to u
@niag3233 10 years ago

Amazing...always love Gamelan..
@myltoxez1390 3 years ago

I love this music so it sounds so good I love it it sounds amazing
@differentanimal 8 years ago

I recommend listening to actual gamelan music.
@sriyantahadi959 10 years ago

That is gamelan from Central Java Indonesia, but that gamelan is not the complete set. But I do appreciate people who play the gamelan and off course the composer. I am Javanese and in my family my mom is one of percussion called 'kendang' in Javanese and Indonesian language. Thank you for posting.
@appranayuda 10 years ago

Physically this is gamelan, but not the original one. The original one using unique pentatonic scales such as pelog, salendro, and madenda. The gamelan shown here is using standard diatonic scale. It sounds like gamelan, but doesn't feel like gamelan.
@produksidenkos3858 6 years ago

very nice, their musicality r great.. thank u
@psychedelicpsychonaut28 5 years ago

as a javanese, i appreciate your effort a lot... love and respect from me to all of you.. a good gamelan guru will make you guys play it better tho :)
@PEJALTAPAIMEYDIE 7 years ago

terbaikkkk ah...korang buat aku suka dengan alat musik ni..
@ak2tine 7 years ago

Kagum dan salut ama mereka yg mau lebih. membudayakan alat traditional gamelan, sedangkan org kita sndiri blm mau yach..... Great work
@beautifulmoon6891 6 years ago

hi, i'm indonesian, thanks for Space City Gamelan for sharing our beautifull GAMELAN to the world. we appreciated of you. WONDERFULL INDONESIA, WONDERFULL WORLD.
@fujiwaramisaki5244 7 years ago

As a gamelan player , I'm proud of u guys :D
@parishutapeas 11 years ago

thanks for enjoying playing gamelan, from Jogja, Indonesia :')
@indonesiabagus 6 years ago

Amazing.. !! Good job my friend.. weldone ..!!! Nice video my friend 👍👍