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Bali World Music

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Gus Teja is a flute ( Suling ) maestro from a small village near Ubud,Bali. He began playing the flute while attending elementary school, but also spend a lot of time during that period practising the gamelan ( balinese traditional musical instrument ). As the years progressed, his preoccupation with wind instruments sparked a passion for learning all he could about wind instruments from around the world. Over the years, Gus Teja continued to challenge him self, creating new instruments to augment his passion for flute. Gus Teja crafted artefacts ranging from whittled wood instruments to full-fledged bamboo flutes. He is constantly harmonizing his music, combining traditional and modern instruments to produce a unique signature blend.