MANG KOKO & GANDA MEKAR GROUP - TEPUNG DILAMPING GALUNGGUNG

Kliningan and Tembang Sunda songs from Mang Koko and his Ganda Mekar Group with Ida Rosida, Iyan Arliani and Tajudin Nirwan.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MANG KOKO & GANDA MEKAR GROUP - PANCA USAHA TANI

A lovely tembang Sunda / kliningan cassette from Mang Koko and his Ganda Mekar Group with Ida Rosida, Tadjudin Nirwan and Eka Gandara.... GET IT HERE enjoy!

MANSYUR, ITJE K. EFFENDI & PHARONS GROUP - MAEN BALL

Cool kecapi calung cassette from Mansyur, Itje K. Effendi and the Pharons Group playing songs from Mang Koko.... GET IT HERE enjoy!

GANDA MEKAR GROUP - SEKOLAH LANJUTAN TINGKAT PERTAMA

Tembang Sunda music from the Ganda Mekar Group with Ida Rosida, Lilis, Lia, Aan, Riskonda, Wahyu, Andi and Dadang S. singing. This is a cassette that was made by the Yayasan Cangkurileung Pusat organization and was given to school kids to learn about Tembang Sunda music. It was recorded in the "karaoke style", meaning they put the music on one channel and the singing parts on the other channel..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MANG KOKO & GANDA MEKAR GROUP - BECA

Tembang Sunda music by Mang Koko and his Ganda Mekar Group, singing by Ida Rosida B.A., U. Warliah, Nia Henrita and Tatty Saleh, kecapi by Tatang Benyamin.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

EUIS KOMARIAH & MANG KOKO - SUARA EUIS KOMARIAH G. PIRIGAN KECAPI MANG KOKO

Here's a lovely Tembang Sunda Cianjuran cassette, Euis Komariah singing and Mang Koko playing the kecapi.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

TATTY SALEH & TADJUDIN NIRWAN - POP SUNDA

A kecapi album, Tati Saleh and Tadjudin Nirwan singing songs from Mang Koko Koswara with Tatang Benyamin playing the kecapi and Mang Undang playing the kendang..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

KOKO KOSWARA - GAMELAN SUNDA

Here's a lovely Gamelan Sunda/kliningan album from the great Koko Koswara, better known as Mang Koko, on the A side with the Gamelan Konservatori Karawitan Group with Tati Hatidjah Saleh (better known as just Tati Saleh) and Tadjudin Nirwan and on the B side with the Ganda Mekar Group with Anok Roekmini and Tadjudin Nirwan.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MAMAH DASIMAH, DIAH TJAKRATAWI, D. BADJURI & DEWI PRAMANIK GROUP - OMBAK LAUT

Lovely degung cassette from Mamah Dasimah, Diah Tjakrawati and D. Badjuri with Gugum Gumbira, Mang Koko, Nano S. and the Dewi Pramanik Group.... Bit of the beginning of the B side missing because of tape damage.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MANG KOKO - SI KABAYAN JEUNG RAJA JIMBUL

Lovely gending karesmen cassette from Mang Koko with among others Nano S., Tajudin Nirwan and Ida Rosida.... Gending Karesmen is a kind of Sundanese opera also called Dramaswara.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

TATI SALEH & TADJUDIN NIRWAN - DUH INDING/TAUCO CIANJUR

Fantastic kecapi krontjong cassette from Tati Saleh and Tadjudin Nirwan with music by Orkes Krontjong Rapsodhy, songs from Mang Koko and the first song from Nano S. .... GET IT HERE enjoy!

MANG KOKO & GANDA MEKAR GROUP

Here's a lovely kliningan album from Mang Koko and his Ganda Mekar group..... GET IT HERE Enjoy! enjoy!

GUMBIRA VOL. 1 & VOL. 2 KAWIH SUNDA KARYA MANG KOKO

Two tembang Sunda cassettes with songs from Mang Koko, Music by Tatang B. Koswara, vocals by Ida Rosida & H. Tanjudin Nirwan, these cassettes were put out by the Department of Education and Culture in West Java to be distributed among school children.... GET THE FIRST CASSETTE HERE

GET THE SECOND CASSETTE HERE Enjoy!

HANNY H.R. & LAYUNG SARI GROUP - REUMIS BEUREUM

Here's a kacapi cassette from Hanny H.R. and the Layung Sari Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

GANDA MEKAR GROUP - TUKANG BASO TAHU

Here's a wonderful tembang Sunda cassette from Mang Koko and the Ganda Mekar Group with Ida Rosida, Tadjudin Nirwan, Dede Gustinah and Eka Gandara.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MANG KOKO & GANDA MEKAR GROUP - PAHLAWAN SAMUDRA

Lovely cassette from Mang Koko and the Ganda Mekar Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MANG KOKO & GANDA MEKAR GROUP / TATY SALEH - SIIIP DEH!!

Here's a lovely kecapian cassette, on the A side Mang Koko and the Ganda Mekar group with Ida Rosida, U. Warliah and Nia Henrita and on the B side the great Taty Saleh.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MANG KOKO - GUMBIRA 2

Lovely Tembang Sunda cassette from Mang Koko with Ida Rosida and H. Tadjudin Nirwan, this cassette was not sold in stores it was put out with help of the local government for students to learn about Sundanese traditional music.....

GET IT HERE

Enjoy!

HANNY H. R. & LAYUNG SARI GROUP - REUMIS BEUREUM

Beautiful kecapi cassette from Hanny H. R. and the Layung Sari Group, all songs and arrangements by Mang Koko....

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Enjoy!

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Found these original photographs at a second hand market yesterday, they come from an old family photo album and they depict a gathering of students from Kokam (Konservatori Karawitan) and from A.S.K.I. (Akademi Seni Karawitan Indonesia), the places where you would go (and still go) to study traditional music and dance.... Found out that these were taken in 1968, maybe 1969 and in the first photograph we see no other then the great Mang Koko giving a speech..... Quiet a find!!!

Enjoy!