Indonesia’s rich and multifaceted musical landscape, which spans centuries of traditional practice and decades of contemporary independent creation, has long been a home for artists who reject the limitations of genre to craft work that feels entirely their own. For creators working outside the mainstream, whose interests pull them toward sounds and structures that don’t map onto the music industry’s standard categories, this landscape offers both freedom and a community of like-minded creators who understand that sound’s endless potential can’t be contained by the labels used to sort and market music to mass audiences. Perunggu is one such artist, rooted in Indonesia’s network of boundary-pushing creators who prioritize the unique identity of their work over any need to fit into pre-existing boxes that would narrow their sound to a set of pre-approved expectations.