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'Gamelan concertos-of-sorts for Jakarta-born jazz pianist Sri Hanuraga, who plays catchy, angular polyrhythms with the off-kilter strut of 1920s player pianos.' Dewa Alit, Gamelan Salukat - Baur Bentur - Rum Music For October 2026 buff.ly/jntsbwS

Dewa Alit, Gamelan Salukat - Baur Bentur album cover.

“Even my solo records in the past, where it’s layers of guitar stuff, a lot of it is literally just throwing everything up in the air and seeing how it lands. Or randomly turning on two different things, hearing what they sound like together and going, ‘oh, wow, that’s really bizarre.’”

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The Australian guitarist on the solo album as a construct, getting away from predictability, and his perverse Pat Metheny fandom.

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'There’s an enjoyable Whack-A-Mole-ish quality to the arrangements on Cooked, where instruments surface then vanish: fitful double bass takes the place of twelve-string guitar, hushed ambient textures replace jazz skronk.' Oren Ambarchi - Cooked buff.ly/BE4MJUv

Oren Ambarchi - Cooked album cover. Sequin-covered, toy animal head with large round eyes, overlaid by bold white title "COOKED", and artist name at the top.