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Gamelan Anak Swarasanti's
first performance was at the Harmony 4x4 weekend in
the Sierra Mountains, not far from Lake Tahoe. The setting was magical - an
open-air site amidst beautiful mountains and forests. We took a small group,
hastily assembled for the occasion, and played a long trancey set for two
hours, accompanied in part by Rob Rayle and later Randy Cone on electronic
keyboards. Randy had set up the ambient space in which we played with a huge
white parachute as a canopy, with our Balinese umbrellas and temple flags to
add to the ambience. It was one of our favourite performances ever in an
unforgettable setting, and gave us a glimpse of what we could do in an
extended experimental format.
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