Noise in the Tropical Underground

Interest in experimental music scenes from a global perspective has grown in recent years as familiar avant-garde art forms are found ensconced in various communities in many parts of the world. Often, the aesthetic expression found in these scenes could be understood as a mixture of a globally recognized phenomena, such as noise art, and distinctive practices drawn from the situated local cultures. In January, Sanne Krogh Groth visited the Indonesian noise and experimental music scene on Central Java in Indonesia.