1st Edition

Contemporary Music in Indonesia New Voices from the Archipelago

Edited By Septian Dwi Cahyo Copyright 2026
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

Contemporary Music in Indonesia: New Voices from the Archipelago provides insights into the evolution of Indonesian contemporary music in the 2000s. This comprehensive collection examines how gamelan, noise scenes, and experimental composition have transformed within Indonesia's diverse cultural landscape. The volume features seven scholarly articles exploring key developments across the... Read more

Introduction: ‘Newness’ Reconsidered: Reflections on New Music from Indonesia

Dionysius Nataraja, Erie Setiawan, and Septian Dwi Cahyo

 

1. New Music Activity in Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2000–2020 (History and Network)

Erie Setiawan

 

2. Digging Through the Network of the Indonesian Noise Scene

Martinus Indra Hermawan

 

3. Voicing Papua: The Resonance of Rituals

Nyak Ina Raseuki

 

4. Searching for the Unusual: New Methods of Composing for Gamelan

Wayan Sudirana

 

5. Tradition in Suspension: Timbre in Contemporary Gamelan Compositions

Dion Nataraja

 

6. The Role of New Instruments in the Musical Works of Composers/Sound Artists in Indonesia

Septian Dwi Cahyo

 

7. Becoming Women Composers in Contemporary Indonesia: Music and Collective in the Pandemic Era

Halida Bunga Fisandra and Gema Swaratyagita

 

Index

 

 

Biography

Septian Dwi Cahyo is an Indonesian composer whose works have been performed by international ensembles including Orkest de Ereprijs, Spółdzielnia Muzyczna, Mondrian Ensemble, and Talea Ensemble. He has also served as a guest editor for the journal Contemporary Music Review.