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2 articles on Gqom from Loopliner, the English-language voice of Asian electronic music: news, releases, club nights and festival coverage across Southeast Asia and beyond.

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RAMPAK G Gave Five Producers the Same Sample Pack. Here's What Yogyakarta's Gqom Label Got Back.
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RAMPAK G Gave Five Producers the Same Sample Pack. Here's What Yogyakarta's Gqom Label Got Back.

Symbiotic III sent one folder of sounds to five producers in Indonesia and Mexico and let them fight it out. The Yogyakarta label built on gamelan and Durban gqom just released the results.

RAMPAK G Is Giving Durban Gqom an Indonesian Accent
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RAMPAK G Is Giving Durban Gqom an Indonesian Accent

A Yogyakarta-rooted label is taking South Africa's log-drum sound and running it through gendang and Indonesian folk texture. Symbiotic II is the proof, and Mixmag Asia noticed too.