Long before the capture of any live performance that would go on to be shared as a standalone sound, the cultural landscape of Indonesian music has nurtured public pop gatherings that serve as critical spaces for creative exchange, bringing together audiences and creators to engage with work that draws from a wide range of sonic and cultural traditions. These spaces have long supported work that defies narrow genre categorization, leading to the widespread use of flexible classification frameworks that can hold the breadth of expression that unfolds at in-person events, rather than forcing work into rigid, pre-existing genre boxes that cannot account for the cross-pollination that defines many live performances. The SRN Pop Party is one such gathering, a space built to showcase the kind of dynamic, unbound creative work that thrives when creators can lean into the energy of a live audience, blending influences and approaches that might not come together in a more formal studio setting.