Artist	Song
Erna Sari	Disco Jaipong Melati
Ona Sutra	Terbayang Bayang
Fenty Nur	Lain Bumbu
Intan Ali	Sebuah Nama
Camelia Malik	Seputih Kapas
Minawati Dewi	Berdarah Lagi
Ikke Nurjanah	Terlena
Caca Handika	Undangan Palsu
Iis Dahlia	Ditinggal Kekasih
Rano Karno & Ria Irawan	Cinta Suci
Meggi Z	Usah Dikejar Lagi
Evie Tamala	Sedingin Salju
Manis Manja	Hanya Cinta Yang Kupunya
Ine Sinthya	Terpedaya
Cucu Cahyati	Terguling Guling
Elvie Sukaesih	Perih
Titiek Nur	Badai Derita
Muchsin Alatas	Sudah Tahu Aku Miskin
Noer Halimah	Patah Hati

Comment:

Dangdut (rhymes with "Wong's suit") is a kind of pop music that originated in Indonesia, but is also found in Malaysia. It sounds sort of like Indian film music crossed with Cuban salsa, but with a significant Andean (South America) influence, by way of Hong Kong. The name refers to the sound the double drum (it resembles bongoes, not tabla) makes after each even beat. Extremely infectious, but sadly, there are only five dangdut songs readily available in the USA. The biggest star of this genre is the Indonesian singer Rhoma Irama. The biggest female dangdut singer, Elvie Sukaesih, is heard on track 16. Indonesian dangdut is more authentic, I think, but I couldn't tell you if the other tracks are Indonesian or Malaysian (after doing some research, probably the former) in origin. A very interesting paper on Indonesian music (including dangdut) is at http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/mpi/workshop98/papers/sutton.htm. Thanks to http://www.heruweb.com for their help (and mp3 downloads). This will fit on an 80-minute MiniDisc.

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