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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name = Djam Karet
| image = DjamKaret_studio-collage.jpg
| origin = [[Claremont, California|Claremont]], [[California]], [[United States|US]]▼
| background = group_or_band
| genre = [[Progressive rock]], <br>[[Jam rock]], <br>[[Psychedelic rock]], <br>[[World music]], <br>[[Avant-garde music|Avant-garde]], <br>[[New wave music|New Wavewave]], <br>[[Electronic music|Electronic]], <br>[[Ambient music|Ambient]]▼
▲| origin = [[Claremont, California|Claremont]], [[California]], [[United States|US]]
| years_active = 1984–present
▲| genre = [[Progressive rock]], [[Jam rock]], [[Psychedelic rock]], [[World music]], [[Avant garde]], [[New wave music|New Wave]], [[Electronic music|Electronic]], [[Ambient music|Ambient]]
| years_activelabel = 1984–present[[Cuneiform Records]]
| label website = [[Cuneiform Records]]http://djamkaret.com
| current_members = [[Gayle Ellett]], Mike Henderson, [[Henry J. Osborne]], Aaron Kenyon, [[Chuck Oken, Jr.]], M.G. Murray▼
| website = http://djamkaret.com
▲| current_members = [[Gayle Ellett]], Mike Henderson, [[Henry J. Osborne]], Aaron Kenyon, [[Chuck Oken, Jr.]], M.G. Murray
}}
 
'''Djam Karet''' is an instrumental [[progressive rock]] band based in [[Topanga, California]]. The band was founded in 1984 by guitarists [[Gayle Ellett]] and Mike Henderson, bassist [[Henry J. Osborne]], and drummer [[Chuck Oken, Jr.]]. The band's name is an [[Republican Spelling System|old spelling]] of an Indonesian word (pronounced by English speakers as 'jamjum carecar-RAYRAT) that translates loosely as "elastic time".
 
==Personnel==
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===Guests===
* [[Judy Garp]] — Violin in "Lights Over Roswell" on ''[[The Devouring (album)|The Devouring]]''.
* [[Loren Nerell]] — Oberheim Synth in "Demon Train" and "Eulogy" on ''New Dark Age''.
* [[Michael Ostrich]] — Melodic Lead Synth Lines in "Requiem" on ''[[Recollection Harvest]]''.
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==History==
Djam Karet was founded at [[Pitzer College]] in 1984 by guitarists Gayle Ellett and Mike Henderson, bassist Henry J. Osborne, and drummer Chuck Oken, Jr. They've created 1718 instrumental albums so far, and have played on an additional 2026 compilations, EPs, and limited-edition CD-rs. They chose as the band's name an [[Indonesia]]n word (pronounced 'jam Kah-ret<ref>Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Complete Dictionary of the Indonesian Language], third edition, 2002</ref>) that translates loosely as "elastic time". Early Djam Karet was a proto-"[[jam band]]" whose live, totally improvised performances on the southern California/LA area college circuit featured a free-form mixture of guitar-dominated instrumental rock and textural Eastern drone music, as on their 1985 release ''No Commercial Potential''. Djam Karet's mode of working and repertoire gradually expanded beyond improvisation to include compositional elements, field recordings, and studio work. In 1987 the band released ''The Ritual Continues'', which was chosen "Number 2 Album Of The Year" by [[ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN]] magazine. Two years later, they released ''Reflections From The Firepool'' (now available from Cuneiform Records), which received ''[[ROLLINGRolling STONEStone]]'''s accolade of " Number 2 Independent Album Of The Year".
 
In 1991, the band released two separate CDs at the same time: ''Burning The Hard City'' and ''Suspension & Displacement'' which "show-cased the band's two extreme split personalities...The former was a bone-crushing excursion into heavy power rock with anarchistic guitar solos, and the latter was a brilliant diary of dark, eerie ambient soundscapes." (EXPOSE'). Three years later in 1994, Djam Karet released the CD ''Collaborator'', with guests musicians: [[Jeff Greinke]], [[Kit Watkins]], [[Marc Anderson]], [[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]], [[Carl Weingarten]], and many others.
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2013 saw the release of ''The Trip'' which features one single 47 minute track. Spacey and dreamy, ''The Trip'' takes you on a journey to places both familiar and exotic. It was voted "#6 Album Of The Year" by the listeners of east coast FM Radio show Gagliarchives, hosted by DJ Tom Gagliardi.
 
In 2014 they celebrated their 30th anniversary together with a new album ''Regenerator 3017'', their 17th album so far. The album is a collection of 7 tracks that were recorded with a pristine sound quality, without any compression or computer manipulation. All music is played by hand the old-fashioned way. Punchy drums and fat bass hold down a slowly driving groove, as Rhodes and electric guitars rock on. Interestingly, manyMany of the instruments used on this album have been owned by the band members since the band was formed thirty years ago! Founding member/guitarist Gayle Ellett said “We wanted to create a melodic album with a classic sound. Most of us were born around 1960, so the 1970’s was the decade of our youth, our teenage years. And the music of that time, and the values it embraced, were very pivotal in the development of our views on how music should sound. This was a time when Fusion, Psychedelic music, Southern Rock and other styles were all quite popular. With Regenerator 3017 we’re not trying to recreate that era, but we are inspired by it.”
 
In 2017 they released their most melodic album: Sonic Celluloid. Relating to the idea of "sound as cinema", this collection of 10 tracks demonstrates the group's ability to create "mini-movies in your mind". With more acoustic instruments, and more minimoogs and mellotrons then on any previous album, Sonic Celluloid is their best produced and best sounding album to date.
 
==Discography==
Discography of Major Releases:
* 2019: ''[[A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof]]''
* 2017: ''[[Sonic Celluloid]]''
* 2014: ''[[Regenerator 3017]]''
* 2013: ''[[The Trip (Djam Karet album)|The Trip]]''
* 2010: ''[[The Heavy Soul Sessions]]''
* 2005: ''[[Recollection Harvest]]''
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* 1999: ''[[Live at Orion]]''
* 1998: ''[[Still No Commercial Potential]]''
* 1997: ''[[The Devouring (album)|The Devouring]]''
* 1994: ''[[Collaborator (Djam Karet album)|Collaborator]]''
* 1991: ''[[Suspension & Displacement]]''
* 1991: ''[[Burning the Hard City]]''
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Minor Releases, Compilations, CD-rs & EPs:
* 2016: ''All From One, And One From All''
* 2015: ''[[Swamp of Dreams]]''
* 2012: ''Spring Attack - Lizard Magazyn''
* 2011: ''Progressive Journey II''
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* 2009: ''25th Anniversary Beginner's Guide''
* 2006: ''iO Pages''
* 2006: ''After The Storm'' - [[Hurricane Katrina]] fundraiser CD
* 2005: ''Kinections: The ProgDay CD''
* 2004: ''Got Prog?''
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* [http://www.djamkaret.com Djam Karet official web site]
* [http://cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/djam.html Cuneiform Record's Djam Karet page]
* [http://www.wiegers.demon.nl/ Ben Wieger's Djam Karet Site (in Dutch)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617220201/http://www.wiegers.demon.nl/ |date=2006-06-17 }}
* [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20080726022619/http://virb.com/fernwood FERNWOOD - An acoustic side-group of Djam Karet's Gayle Ellett]
 
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