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 Indonesian
word (pronounced by English speakers as 'jam care-RAY) that translates loosely as "elastic time". Their music is hard to
categorize, switching among many different moods and styles, sometimes with psychedelic influences. Long improvisations, and
strong influence from Ozric Tentacles and King Crimson.
