[78-L] FW: New CD: Bali 1928

[Joel Bresler]

Hi, I thought some members might be interested in this project, which looks
very worthwhile. 

By the way, can anyone speak about this one sentence: 

"The 78rpm transfers were realized through Arbiter's proprietary Sonic Depth
Technology restoration, which allows for a greater transparency and presence
in sound recordings once considered limited and compressed.

I was reminded of the joke that it is very easy to turn a cow into
hamburger, and very difficult to turn hamburger into a cow...is it possible
to faithfully "add back" missing information to limited and compressed sound
recordings?

Best,

Joel

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-----Original Message-----
From: Society for Ethnomusicology Discussion List
[mailto:SEM-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU] On Behalf Of Edward Herbst
Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:24 AM
To: SEM-L at LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Subject: New CD: Bali 1928

Dear Friends,

I would like to share this announcement with you:


Bali 1928. Gamelan Gong Kebyar: Belaluan, Pangkung, Busungbiu.

The Oldest New Music of Bali

World Arbiter CD 2011

After five years of travel, research, writing, and restoration, the first of
a five volume CD series has been published.

Please visit the Arbiter website arbiterrecords.com for full contents, a
download of Gong Belaluan playing the first section of Kebyar Ding, and a
PDF of Edward Herbst's extensive essay on the genre and its evolution. The
CD also contains three silent 1930s films made of dancer-choreographer I
Marya by Rolf de Maré: they are on the CD as mpeg4 files, but not available
on the website.

The 78rpm transfers were realized through Arbiter's proprietary Sonic Depth
Technology restoration, which allows for a greater transparency and presence
in sound recordings once considered limited and compressed.

In addition, our website hosts five additional films made in the 1930s by
Colin McPhee and Miguel Covarrubias: click on the link, or view them
directly on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/arbiterrecords#play/uploads

Updates will be posted on the Arbiter website, reflecting ongoing research
in Bali. Extensive and current developments will appear first on two
Facebook pages:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bali-recordings-1928/203632160547?ref=ts

Bali 1928 Recordings: a page dedicated solely to the recordings and related
activities

Arbiter of Cultural Tradition's page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Arbiter-of-Cultural-Traditions/105862311998?re
f=ts


Best wishes,

Edward Herbst
Triple Shadow