#22

I had the same question; I assumed it was a typo.

I associate cultural appropriation with people who cut and paste the aesthetics of something without having a clue about the thing they’re jacking. E.g. the proverbial kid at the festival wearing a war bonnet.

The whole appropriation conversation gets kind of overwrought, IMO. (And I say that as a card carrying, far-left leaning sociologist who does fieldwork in Latin America and has had this conversation too many times to count—just to qualify that statement). Not to derail this poor OP’s request for some metallophone samples…

#23

No worries my end for the derailment!

Thanks for all the replies to this. I was never planning to actually try to compose gamelan music, but more to use the samples as a base for transformation such as granular processing.

#24

I’m sure that will be great fun! I’ve peered through the window of the Gamelan room at the Festival Hall on numerous occasions.

#25

It’s all there in the question.

Tones and timbres don’t define a culture. Traditions do.

I wish more people used that distinction. Or any distinction. Taking the time to ask “should I be upset about this?” is rare in this context.

No, I think you’re one of the few who have it right.

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#26

You can find good quality and affordable Balinese Gong Kebyar samples in this Bandcamp

Have a nice day!

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