Raim Laode, the creative force behind Menari-nari, roots this sound in the vast, diverse creative ecosystem of Indonesia, a country whose artistic communities span thousands of islands and countless cultural traditions, each bringing their own layers of perspective and creative expression to every work that emerges from its creative spheres. As an artist-led project, this sound centers the full scope of Laode’s creative vision, with no outside agendas or unasked-for creative constraints shaping the final form of the work that audiences encounter. The classification of the sound’s genres as three overlapping, unassigned “Other” tags speaks to a core truth of many unclassifiable creative works: that the art an artist makes does not always fit neatly into the preexisting bins that logistical and commercial frameworks often use to categorize music for easy sorting and consumption.