There’s a story — perhaps apocryphal, but a good story — that a Balinese gamelan master once visited a performance by the well-skilled gamelan ensemble of Mills College in Oakland, California. The Balinese listened respectfully and praised the ensemble profusely, but said that there had been something missing… something essential but mysterious. When asked to be specific, he pondered, and then said, ‘Where are the frogs?’
— Customer review, Explorer: Bali - Gamelan & Kecak
