He was the first Western composer invited to compose for Balinese ensembles in Bali and has completed a series of works of an increasingly experimental character for the gamelan since 1982, among them "Sinar Jegog" (1985), "Situ Banda" ("Bridge of Monkeys"; 1989), "Banyuari" ("Tributary"; 1992), "Talakalam" for gamelan with tabla (1999), "Puser Belah" for 2 simultaneous gamelan ("Unstable Center"; 2003), and "Buk Katah" for gamelan with a nonet of brass, winds and piano ("Underleaf"; 2006).