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Times Neue Roman feat. Santa Guerrilla
Oct 14, 2011

I just stumbled upon this amazing collaboration performed in 2009 by Times Neue Roman feat. Santa Guerrilla. Very nice blend of kunlintang meeting hip hop. Check it Out!

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Kulintang
Oct 16, 2010

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Kulintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music composed on a row of small, horizontally-laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, kulintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of the Eastern Malay Archipelago — the Southern Philippines, Eastern Indonesia, Eastern Malaysia, Brunei and Timor.

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Kulintang
Jan 28, 2008

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Gong-chime of the Philippines, Indonesia and other parts of south-east Asia. The term is also used for a percussion ensemble in which the kulintang gong-chime is the main constituent. It consists of bossed bronzed gongs laid horizontally, the largest on the left, in a row in front of the performer on two parallel strings stretched in a wooden frame, and played with two soft wooden mallets. Kulintang ensembles are used for feasts, weddings and entertainments; the gong-chime provides the melody and the punctuating instruments provide drones.

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