Music for gongs

January 15, 2012 5:52 PM

Recommend some recordings of (or featuring) gongs.

I've been listening to Rhys Chatham's "Two Gongs" a lot lately, and am looking for recommendations of other recordings in which gongs are the only, or almost the only, instrument.

I'm open to music from any tradition or genre.

posted by reedbird_hill to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

Gongs in Popular Culture.
posted by XhaustedProphet at 6:06 PM on January 15, 2012

might i suggest balinese gamelan music (not in a position to provide links at the moment, sorry, but google/wikipedia/youtube ought to be forthcoming).
posted by fingers_of_fire at 6:09 PM on January 15, 2012

Response by poster: fingersoffire: thanks - I'm definitely interested in + listening to the gamelan, but looking specifically for gongs (+ the sustained overtones you often get w/them.)
posted by reedbird_hill at 6:27 PM on January 15, 2012

You want sustained overtones? Non-traditional gamelon. Also, Keith Moon.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 7:37 PM on January 15, 2012

Frank Perry: Zodiac
posted by davebush at 8:26 PM on January 15, 2012

I don't have it in front of me, but as I recall nearly every song on James Brown's album Hell starts with a gong.
posted by sportbucket at 12:07 AM on January 16, 2012

Christina Kubisch: Clocktower Project
posted by chocolatepeanutbuttercup at 5:21 AM on January 16, 2012

Sorry, this is a better link for Christina Kubisch's "Dreaming of a Major Third."
posted by chocolatepeanutbuttercup at 5:24 AM on January 16, 2012

Google Longplayer. It is a thousand year long song featuring Tibetan gongs, you can listen to it streaming anytime.
posted by catatethebird at 8:05 AM on January 16, 2012