Jo Soegono is the credited artist behind Lepas Kendali, a sound originating from Indonesia, categorized under Music/Other, a classification that holds space for creative work that cannot be neatly slotted into the more common, widely recognized genre groupings that structure most global music collections, requiring audiences to set aside any pre-conceived expectations of what a given type of music should sound like to engage with its unique creative identity. As the sole credited artist for this work, Jo Soegono joins a growing cohort of Indonesian creators whose work defies the narrow, often restrictive genre labels that are frequently imposed on music from Southeast Asia, labels that usually prioritize a small handful of popular sounds that have gained international traction, while sidelining the vast range of experimental, personal, and unclassifiable work that emerges from the archipelago’s diverse, interconnected creative communities.