Bow Gamelan Ensemble

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The Bow Gamelan Ensemble were a group of musicians in Bow, London UK who used elements of gamelan music. Formed in 1983 by Richard Wilson with Paul Burwell and Anne Bean, the group was disbanded in 1990. The ensemble created a theatrical experience, going beyond the normal definitions of music, and adapted their performances to the environment. They performed at Three Mills on the River Lea and many other novel venues.

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A Bow Gamelan Ensemble performance might accommodate sirens and
motors, steam whistles and electric bells, arc welding equipment
and fireworks, bagpipes, oil drums and shattering glass. Their
sound art was spectacular, literally pyrotechnic and adapted to
specific locations. A decade before “Industrial” became a familiar
category in record stores this strictly acoustic trio took the noise
and flashing light of industrial process into venues ranging from
shopping precincts to barges floating on the river.

Quotation from Sound Art.

BOW GAMELAN ENSEMBLE 'They serve up adventures in music, sculpture
and performance that dazzle the eyes, astonish the ears and stimulate
the imagination of viewers with an unorthodox magic.' 

Quoted in Time Out.

[edit] External links

• Talk on Bow Gamelan from Paul Burwell from The Arts and Humanities Data Service
• Review from the New York Times
• ORANGES AND LEMONS AND ORANGES AND BANANAS from www.artistsineastlondon.org
• Sounding Out at the University of East London (March 2004)
• Sound Art
• PADS entry at Glasgow University
• Reference from The Liveart Archives at the University of Bristol