Listen and download the album and booklet from Bandcamp
Following our recent collaboration with cellist Martin Johnson and uillean piper Mark Redmond, which led to a sold-our performance at the 2025 New Music Dublin Festival, the NCH Gamelan Orchestra is delighted to release our second album, titled Confluence, out now on Farpoint Recordings.
The album is accompanied by a set of music videos produced by Irish videographer Blaise Smith. The first video to be released is my own composition, Beyond Yourself, which uses muted gongs, and the soft metal gendèr instruments, combining the slendro and pelog tuning of the gamelan, while the solo cello part unfolds an ornate melody inspired by South Indian classical music.
The album also features works by Abigail Smith, Cathy Purcell, and David Bremner. Read my interview with the RTÉ Culture website discussing the new works.
Event: Yogyakarta International Karawitan Festival
Keynote Speech: The Resonance of Karawitan
Venue: ISI Yogyakarta, Java
Event: Yogyakarta International Karawitan Festival
World Premiere: Archipelago
for gamelan and uilleann pipes
Performers: ISI Gamelan Orchestra, Anon Suneko, Mark Redmond
Venue: ISI Yogyakarta, Java
Event: Oxford New Music Weekend
Performance: Bonang Quartets Nos.1&2
Performers: Hammer & Bronze Contemporary Gamelan Ensemble
Venue: The Pavilion, St Hilda's College, Oxford
Irish Premiere: Archipelago
for gamelan and uilleann pipes
Performers: UCD Gamelan Orchestra, Anon Suneko, Mark Redmond, Paddy Glackin
Venue: National Concert Hall, Dublin
Event: Kaleidoscope Night
Performers: NCH Gamelan Orchestra
Venue: Bello Bar, Dublin
Event: Indonesian Music and Dance Concert
Performers: NCH Gamelan Orchestra, Sanggar Tari Irlandia-Indonesia
Venue: National Concert Hall, Dublin
