(Malam Minggu: A Saturday Night In Sunda is a compilation from Akuphone label that brings us to Southeast Asia, with a stopover in
the Indonesian archipelago to the region of Sunda in western Java. As
its name suggests, this collection immerses us in the vibes of Sundanese
nights at the turn of the 1980s.
During the post-independence climate
of the 1960s, Presidents Sukarno and Suharto encouraged artists to renew
and innovate traditional Indonesian art forms in an attempt to limit
and control the spread of Western music - which was banned from
broadcasting in 1961. This policy saw a revival of traditional musical
styles like gamelan degung, and the emergence of Indonesian singing
genres: jaipong and pop sunda. Recorded between 1978 and 1985, this
unique and surprising selection presents some of the most popular
artists of the time, such as Nano S. and Tati Saleh. It is richly
documented by Southeast Asian music specialist Édouard Degay Delpeuch).
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