World Music, the curatorial and editorial category that frames this work, was developed over decades of critical engagement to center creative sonic output tied to distinct regional cultural contexts, moving beyond the limiting framing of non-mainstream international sounds as niche or uncategorizable, and creating space for work from every corner of the globe to reach audiences eager to engage with cultural expression that carries the specificity of place. Indonesia, the country that forms the geographic root of Darah Muda, is a nation of thousands of distinct communities, each with their own longstanding cultural practices that tie creative expression to shared identity, making the archipelago one of the most vibrant and extensively documented sources of work featured within global World Music collections, which draw from the range of creative traditions that emerge from the nation’s many islands.