CRANE GANG QUAVERS
Evil Plays Cangak Merengang
a Glorious Illusion by Zachar Laskewicz
Evil Plays Cangak Merengang
a Glorious Illusion by Zachar Laskewicz
13 May
2026
2026
https://youtu.be/zI_s8-pDKPA
CRANE GANG QUAVERS - Evil Twin Plays Cangak Merengang a Glorious Illusion by Zachar Laskewicz In this film you can hear me playing the composition Cangak Merengang as interpreted by me. In this case, four different versions of me in the gamelan group with me and three versions of me from the past in a group I called "Evil Twin". Although all four of the instruments are here, i.e. the two evil twins plus their even more evil clones, I decided to stick with Evil Twin because this named seemed a useful incorporation of the two melodies that complement one another and create a unique whole particularly striking because the two instrumental parts are so closely tuned. Note that the YouTube profile photo is from my GIF series "Evil Twin". The text of one of these GIFs is - I'M BOTH EVIL! This composition is known in Balinese as “Cangak Merengang” which translates to something like “The Wobbling Stork” (or any number of variations like “The Storks are Wobbling”). My transcription of this composition is called “Crane Gang Quavers”, i.e. if the Storks Wobble, then my Cranes Quaver (sufficiently different to make it mine). This piece seems to me an ideal example of how Balinese titles of Gender Wayang compositions tend to have no actual connection with the contents of the work, which are, after all, pieces of musical abstraction. It should be noted that this is considered a typical work of the Kayumas school I assume composed by Suweca. Kayumas compositions with their sweet lyrical melodies, are less abstract than the Sukawati school characterised by abstract flourishes, and structures of labyrinthine complexity; if this is true then "Crane Gang Quavers" is the most abstract and the least connected to the title which seems to have little to do with wobbling of cranes - it is the most similar to Sukawati school compositions I've yet discovered. Note that in terms of this composition, if the title means anything, it refers to the left hand which I see as the "Crane Gang", and the abstract fast melody in the right hand which seems only at moments related to the cranes, is called naturally: the quavers!
CRANE GANG QUAVERS - Evil Twin Plays Cangak Merengang a Glorious Illusion by Zachar Laskewicz In this film you can hear me playing the composition Cangak Merengang as interpreted by me. In this case, four different versions of me in the gamelan group with me and three versions of me from the past in a group I called "Evil Twin". Although all four of the instruments are here, i.e. the two evil twins plus their even more evil clones, I decided to stick with Evil Twin because this named seemed a useful incorporation of the two melodies that complement one another and create a unique whole particularly striking because the two instrumental parts are so closely tuned. Note that the YouTube profile photo is from my GIF series "Evil Twin". The text of one of these GIFs is - I'M BOTH EVIL! This composition is known in Balinese as “Cangak Merengang” which translates to something like “The Wobbling Stork” (or any number of variations like “The Storks are Wobbling”). My transcription of this composition is called “Crane Gang Quavers”, i.e. if the Storks Wobble, then my Cranes Quaver (sufficiently different to make it mine). This piece seems to me an ideal example of how Balinese titles of Gender Wayang compositions tend to have no actual connection with the contents of the work, which are, after all, pieces of musical abstraction. It should be noted that this is considered a typical work of the Kayumas school I assume composed by Suweca. Kayumas compositions with their sweet lyrical melodies, are less abstract than the Sukawati school characterised by abstract flourishes, and structures of labyrinthine complexity; if this is true then "Crane Gang Quavers" is the most abstract and the least connected to the title which seems to have little to do with wobbling of cranes - it is the most similar to Sukawati school compositions I've yet discovered. Note that in terms of this composition, if the title means anything, it refers to the left hand which I see as the "Crane Gang", and the abstract fast melody in the right hand which seems only at moments related to the cranes, is called naturally: the quavers!
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