Looking ahead to a year full of uplifting music and timeless digs that will leave you asking for more? Look no further than our regular music program, Alur Bunyi, as we head into 2024 with accented beat, syncopated basslines, and an overall funky feeling.
Throughout 2024, Alur Bunyi focuses on Disco music – with or without the extravagant mirror balls, flashy dance floors, and newfound novelties. We will welcome artists, musicians, researchers, and even historians from a variety of background that could offer a new perspective on disco music, specifically Indonesian disco – which saw a vital resurgence in recent memory. It speaks to the sensibilities of Indonesia’s music history: disco was the resistance; it was the zeitgeist; it was the dancier exchange compared to other genres.
Re-living and re-imagining how influential the once-forgotten musical movement would be relevant in this oeuvre, and thus, in 2024 Alur Bunyi will incorporate these features beside our usual affairs – of electronic and experimental music which has been the core of the program since its inception. Therefore, audience can expect quirks from the scene: some oddball rarities and oddities that will surely enrich the socio-musical knowledge and references.
Our centrally located Institute will once again house this program that has been running for more than 5 years. Several editions of regular concerts and our mid-year event, Festival Alur Bunyi, are planned for the whole year. So, worry not, stick around, and get ready to dance to the beat, dance to the sound!
