"...inherited from thousands of years ago..."
"balungan" or "core" melody, a circle:
Absolute Universe.
But the
aesthetic did not
compel him for long.
An overture to atrocities
born in Yokohama; the
co-existence of unrelated styles that
commemorate the dead:
concrete images,
continuing association of
cross-cultural dualism--
enlightenment--
evil spirits the
final revelation:
horrified fascination with an
image of festivities;
immobility on an
indigenous ten-stringed instrument.
Indonesian musical practices inferno at the
United States premiere of
Japanese musique concrète
a kerosene labyrinth of
man-made fire, a
Mandala or
Nirvana symphony of
non-logical qualities and
numerous commissions;
an overtone system of temple bells, a
percussion section and a
pervasive element of
pitched and non-pitched
propulsive rhythmic structures mingled with
pure tones
pursuing "art"
quite secretly.
Scriptures, the
sole crystallization in graphic form of Buddha's teaching, a
strange recurrence of fire, a
strong kinship;
synthesized
threnody for the dead,
variations and transformations on/in a
variety of media.