World music as a categorical framework for centering sonic works that emerge from localized, culturally specific creative traditions across the globe draws enormous depth and diversity from the contributions of creators based in Indonesia, an archipelagic nation whose hundreds of distinct ethnic groups and intergenerational cultural practices have nurtured a vast, multifaceted ecosystem of creative sound that carries distinct cultural identity unique to each of the regions that make up the country’s sprawling landmass strung across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.