1972's Gamelan Semar Pegulingan translates this style to "Gamelan of the love god'. In Western culture, love songs are associated with ballads, but this gamelan has a much higher energy than the Javanese court gamelan captured on some other albums. It's not as chaotic as the ketjak, but the tempos are consistently fast, with energy and drive. The music is all instrumental, which I prefer to the gamelan with vocal melodies. The recording is clean and impressive for a field recording, but the metallic instruments feel a bit harsh and I'd like to hear a bit more low end. The back cover of my late-70s copy uses a badly-matched font to identify Nonesuch's updated address.
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