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RAMPAK G Is Giving Durban Gqom an Indonesian Accent
Music

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.

August 13, 2026
GAUNG Doesn't Want to Be a Festival, and Yogyakarta Is Better For It
Features

GAUNG Doesn't Want to Be a Festival, and Yogyakarta Is Better For It

Three weeks from now, a Yogyakarta collective called GAUNG will run a festival with no headliner, no ticket price and sixteen collectives sharing the same week. Here's why that's the point.

August 12, 2026