Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat
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Seeking a wider path for expressing his approach to new music in gamalen, composer / musician Dewa Alit founded his own gamelan group in 2007, Gamelan Salukat, performing on a new set of instruments of Alit’s own tuning and design. Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat are based in Ubud, Gianyar, Bali Indonesia. The word Salukat is Dewa Alit's original combination of two words; "salu" and "kat". "Salu" means house, "kat" signifies regeneration and the cycles of rebirth, and together it makes a place for new creativities based on the tradition. Gamelan Salukat is a set of new 11–tone gamelan instruments developed by Dewa Alit. The members of Gamelan Salukat consists of some 25 young musicians from Ubud area. They are not only musicians with high skill and knowledge in traditional gamelan, but also are enthusiastic about being on the very front line in the Balinese gamelan music scene by playing Dewa Alit's most new and challenging music.