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.

Stainless Gamelan
Compilation album by
Released2002
Recorded1965-1968
GenreDrone, experimental rock, avant-garde, minimalist
Length55:18
LabelTable of the Elements
John Cale chronology
Dream Interpretation
(1965-1968)
Stainless Gamelan
(1965-1968)
Vintage Violence
(1970)
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Description edit

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 edit

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

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