Welcome to the I Wayan Balawan Official website – Balinese Indonesian Jazz/Rock/Ethnic guitar player, singer and songwriter. He better known by single name Balawan and as Asia’s first guitarist that has developed the touch style technique with 8 fingers a.k.a. the touch-tapping style on a double-neck guitar. He formed bands: Batuan Ethnic Fusion and Gamelan Maestro Project, which combined the traditional Balinese gamelan music with jazz / fusion style, Balawan Bifan Trio (Balawan – guitar, Fajar Adi Nugroho – bass & Dion Wardyono Subiakto – drums). Balawan associated with Trisum (Trio Indonesian guitar-heroes project by Dewa Budjana & Tohpati). The founder of Bali Guitar Club, and the founder of Yayasan BUMI (Balawan Untuk Musik Indonesia - Modern, Traditional, Music and Art) Music & Recording School with Stage Hall.
Find out everything about Balawan with this web-site: Information, projects, albums, videos, photos, merchandise and his upcoming events. Stay connected with Balawan by following his life-stream on facebook fanpage, twitter, foursqaure, youtube and others.
Want to hear music from Balawan studio album? Please click the “Listen to Balawan music” bar below. Happy listening!
- BALAWAN GAMELAN MASETRO LIVE AT TONG TONG FESTIVAL (map) – 1 June 2013 (add this)
- BALAWAN GAMELAN MAESTRO LIVE AT TONGTONG FESTIVAL (map) – 2 June 2013 (add this)
- GITARAN SORE BALI (map) – 8 June 2013 (add this)
- JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL (map) – 15 June 2013 (add this)
A nice way while you browse this site, you can listen some tracks from The Balawan Radio »
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Balawan using Rick Hanes™ guitar,
Vox effects and Amplification
