Stainless Gamelan

Compilation album by John Cale and the Theatre of Eternal Music

Released

2002

Recorded

1965-1968

Genre

Drone, experimental rock, avant-garde, minimalist

Length

55:18

Label

Table of the Elements

John Cale chronology

Dream Interpretation
(1965-1968)

Stainless Gamelan
(1965-1968)

Vintage Violence
(1970)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

John Cale: Inside the Dream Syndicate Volume 3, Stainless Gamelan or simply Stainless Gamelan (and sometimes incorrectly Stainless "Steel" Gamelan, after the first track on the album) is an album by John Cale, better known for his work as the violist and founding member of the Velvet Underground. It is the fourth and final album in a loose anthology released by the independent label Table of the Elements. It follows Sun Blindness Music, Day Of Niagara and Dream Interpretation.

Stainless Gamelan, along with the other albums in the trilogy, involves Cale during his tenure with the minimalist group Theatre of Eternal Music.

Track listing

"Stainless Steel Gamelan" - 10:25
"At About This Time Mozart Was Dead And Joseph Conrad Was Sailing The Seven Seas Learning English" - 26:30
"Terry's Cha-Cha" - 8:21
"After the Locust" - 4:20
"Big Apple Express" - 5:45

Personnel

John Cale – cembalet, wollensak, viola, electric piano
Sterling Morrison – guitar
Angus MacLise – percussions, tambourine
Terry Jennings – soprano saxophone
Tony Conrad – thunder machine

References

↑ Stainless Gamelan at AllMusic

John Cale

Studio albums	Vintage Violence Church of Anthrax (with Terry Riley) The Academy in Peril Paris 1919 Fear Slow Dazzle Helen of Troy Honi Soit Music for a New Society Caribbean Sunset Artificial Intelligence Words for the Dying Songs for Drella (with Lou Reed) Wrong Way Up (with Brian Eno) Last Day on Earth (with Bob Neuwirth) Walking on Locusts HoboSapiens blackAcetate Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood M:FANS

Extended plays	Animal Justice 5 Tracks Extra Playful

Live albums	June 1, 1974 (with Kevin Ayers, Brian Eno and Nico) Sabotage/Live John Cale Comes Alive Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Fragments of a Rainy Season Le Bataclan '72 (with Lou Reed and Nico) Circus Live Live at Rockpalast

Soundtrack albums	Paris s'eveille - suivi d'autres compositions 23 Solo Pieces for La Naissance de L'Amour Eat/Kiss: Music for the Films by Andy Warhol Dance Music Process

Compilation albums	Guts Seducing Down the Door: A Collection 1970-1990 Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale The Island Years Gold New York in the 1960s: Sun Blindness Music Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol. I: Day of Niagara Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol. II: Dream Interpretation Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol. III: Stainless Gamelan Conflict & Catalysis: Productions & Arrangements 1966-2006

Related articles	Discography Productions Filmography The Velvet Underground Theatre of Eternal Music

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