ossory

Jakarta's story told straight: four names in four hundred years, canals dug so straight the water stopped moving, ground pumped dry until the north began to sink, and a capital that eventually packed up and left.

L53 The Local Anthems Betawi Folk Rock / Gambang Kromong Fusion

Sabar Aje

Style

Fast 168 BPM Betawi folk-rock fusion — gambang kromong xylophone and gong row, tehyan and kongahyan spike fiddles, tanjidor brass band, and bamboo suling flute set against downtuned distorted guitars and double-kick drums, with male and female leads alternating in Betawi-accented English and joining for a shouted unison chorus.

Tags

  • #Jakarta
  • #Betawi
  • #Indonesia
  • #IndonesianMusic
  • #GambangKromong
  • #Tanjidor
  • #FolkRock
  • #CityAnthem
  • #KotaTua
  • #Glodok
  • #TanahAbang
  • #Menteng
  • #SabarAje
  • #Macet
  • #originalsong
  • #ossory