Gamelan Sulukala

We have a full court style Javanese Gamelan and play traditional Indonesian, contemporary American music and more!

We are returning to the Plainfield Opera House for a performance on June 26, 2022. If the weather cooperates it will be outside at the Plainfield Rec Field!

Gamelan Sūlukāla, a community gamelan group, has been playing together for the past 6 years using Goddard College’s beautiful Javanese Court Gamelan instruments. Their latest project will be a performance of their own soundtrack to “The Adventures of Prince Achmed”. The film, made in Germany by Lotte Reiniger in 1926, was the first ever feature-length animated film and is based on two tales from the Arabian Nights. The cutout silhouette animation technique used by Reiniger is similar to that of Indonesian shadow plays, which are typically accompanied by gamelan, so the idea of rescoring ‘Prince Achmed’ was a natural one. The gamelan score uses traditional Indonesian and 20th century American pieces for gamelan and creates a magical feeling that greatly enhances the exquisite animation.
Here's a link to a great Seven Days article about this...