Ether (in mortal form)

Mandala

Ono Maling (there is a thief) is my long forgotten piece which I wrote in 2002. I remember it was on a Sunday early morning when I woke up with a simple tune (the saron tune in this piece) in my head. I then carried on working on this simple tune and completed the whole piece in the next 2-3 hours. 

This piece was inspired by my childhood experience living in a small village in Solo, Java region. It was in the middle of the night when my family was woken up by the chaotic noise from the outside; people shouting maling, maling....while hitting the kenthongans (bamboo slit drums) as loudly as they could. My mother did not let me to run chasing the thief as my big brother and his friends did.

This piece was played by the Alpha Beta Gamelan Group. The group has been long gone but some of the members are still active in playing gamelan, both new and traditional music.

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