Across the thousands of islands that make up Indonesia, sound creation and circulation has long been shaped by a willingness to weave together distinct threads of cultural expression, pulling from regional traditions, contemporary creative currents, and the shared impulse to reimagine existing sound works in new, cohesive forms that speak to current audiences. This ethos of recombination and connection is rooted in the archipelago’s unique demographic and cultural landscape, which is home to more than 1,300 distinct ethnic groups, each with their own longstanding traditions of sound, performance, and storytelling, and each with their own approaches to adapting new creative influences as they emerge across regional and national borders.