Group Gapura

February 01, 2004

Group Gapura | Sangkala |Ikon | Indonesia

Sangkala is a seminal Indonesian album that is unfortunately out of print in the U.S. This is strange when one considers that half-assed recordings of the Monkey Dance and thrown-together gamelan collections can always be found in the tiny Asian ghetto of the American music chain. Add in the facts that, unlike the aforementioned releases, Sangkala is a) supremely listenable and b) popular with Indonesians themselves, and this recording's MIA status seems baffling.