'Teratai Åkande' explores electronic techniques transforming sounds, melodies, and rhythms from balinese gamelan. It's an interaction and synthesis of acoustic and electronic expressions, exploring an imagined territory between two otherwise separate cultural worlds.
On 'Teratai Åkande' the Copenhagen-based producer and electronic musician Anton Friisgaard travels new paths, as he explores gamelan music from his own artistic perspective in close collaboration with Balinese musicians, afliated with Ubud’s acclaimed Gamelan scene.
After experiencing a concert with the Gamelan ensemble 'Gamelan Salukat' at Roskilde Festival in 2018, Friisgaard became inspired to contact Dewa Alit from the ensemble. With the aim of bringing forth a unique expression through the meeting of two distinct musical traditions, Friisgaard traveled to Ubud, Bali to record, compose and improvise in close collaboration with artists from the esteemed Gamelan scene in Ubud. The result is 'Teratai Åkande', which features Pande Made Gangga Sentana, I Nyoman Suwida, Dewa Badukz, Suryana Putra and Pande Made Gangga of Gamelan Salukat.
Anton Friisgaard (fka Hviledag) is an electronic producer and musician based in Copenhagen. Known primarily for his experimental work with tape loops and ambient soundscapes, he’s become an established figure both in the Danish music scene as well as internationally.
Recorded in Ubud, Bali 2018.
Composed, edited and processed in Copenhagen, Denmark from 2018 - 2024.
Here, the recordings and compositions changed shape multiple times over the years, until finally reaching their current state.
Thank you Christian Lindinger, for helping me rediscover the potential of this project.
Thank you Dewa Alit, for inviting me into your heavenly garden, and for all the inspiring art being created there.
Mixing by Anton Friisgaard
Additional Mixing by Nikolaj Jakobsen at Soundstuff Studio
Mastering by Rashad Becker at Clunk Studio
Artwork by Victor Verhelst
Instruments by Gamelan Salukat
Working Space at Dewa Alit and Aya Sakuma
Recordings by Anton Friisgaard
Additional Recordings by Marcel Gnauk
Supported by Koda Kultur and The Danish Arts Foundation
