Susheela Raman - Ghost Gamelan (2018)

Susheela Ramans voice, whether solo or in unearthly harmonies, performs its unique magic drawing the musical world together. With its bold meddling with tune and tempo, this fresh set of songs threatens not to work but achieves a compelling integrity. Susheela Ramans Ghost Gamelan is a rich new landscape unlike any of her previous work and quite unlike anything else. Born in London to South Indian parents, singer Susheela Raman, alongside producer/guitarist Sam Mills, has released a chain of adventurous albums and is known as an intense, captivating live performer. Spirited encounters with musicians from a wide range of backgrounds has been a hallmark of her work. Now a new ambitious collaboration with Indonesian musicians is bearing fruit. Raman has delivered this extraordinary album, the body of which was recorded in Solo, Indonesia in 2016. The album is a collaboration with Javanese contemporary gamelan composer Gondrong Guanarto and his team of virtuoso gamelan players. Gamelan, for non-initiates, is the music of Bali and Java, played mostly on tuned gongs, which has long inspired smart western music makers from Debussy, Messaien, Philip Glass and Steve Reich to Sonic Youth. Traces of its shimmering, loopy DNA are over everything from modal jazz to electronic dance music.

Tracklist:
01. Susheela Raman - Tanpa Nama (feat. Samuel Mills & Gondrong Gunarto)
02. Susheela Raman - Beautiful Moon (feat. Samuel Mills & Gondrong Gunarto)
03. Susheela Raman - Annabel (feat. Samuel Mills & Gondrong Gunarto)
04. Susheela Raman - Sphinx (feat. Samuel Mills & Gondrong Gunarto)
05. Susheela Raman - Going Down (feat. Samuel Mills & Gondrong Gunarto)
06. Susheela Raman - Spoons (feat. Samuel Mills & Gondrong Gunarto)
07. Susheela Raman - Ghost Child (feat. Samuel Mills & Gondrong Gunarto)
08. Susheela Raman - Rose (feat. Samuel Mills & Gondrong Gunarto)