Mingkar mingkuring angkara
Akarana karenan mardi siwi
Sinawung resmining kidung
Sinuba sinukarta
Mrih kretarta
Pakartining ngelmu luhung
Kang tumrapneng tanah Jawa
Agama ageming aji
Jinejer neng Wedhatama
Mrih tan kemba kembenganing pambudi
Mangka nadyan tuwa pikun
Yen tan mikani rasa
Yekti sepi, asepa lir sepah samun
Sasnangsane pasamuan
Gonyak ganyuk ngleling semi
supported by 22 fans who also own “Pangkur Dudakasmaran”
I know of no other musician alive today who makes the listener feel like s/he's standing in front of something too old to be eternal. Record after record, Eyvind Kang has been building a singular body of work that revolves around precisely that experience. Ajaeng Ajaeng is beautifully recorded and is best appreciated as a deep listening experience; I've been playing it whilst alone in my evening walks. Kang's will reward your patience like very little music ever will. Cosmographer
supported by 10 fans who also own “Pangkur Dudakasmaran”
The pedal steel player makes seeking, self-contained symphonies with atmospheric glissando. Janel Leppin arranges Alcorn's pieces for a sextet sympathetic to endless possibility. Lars Gotrich