Raja Kirik – Dor

Pre-order: Video & Animation : Yennu Ariendra Ilustration : Enka Komariah Dancer : Andri Kurniawan Raja Kirik is Indonesian duo Yennu Ariendra and J. Mo’ong Santoso Pribadi, two radical artists who draw on Java’s rich cultural traditions and its history of struggle against colonial oppression to create music that surprises, challenges and educates in equal measure. They root their music in the sound of shamanic trance dances, specifically the Jaranan, or Jathilan, a Hindu-Buddhist-era dance from the 11th Century that symbolizes the ways common people could overcome their rulers using evasion and agility. “Rampokan“ is Ariendra and Pribadi’s second album originally released by cult Indonesian label ’Yes No Wave’ in June 2020. Inspired by centuries of cultural resistance in Java. When Dutch traders established a colonial presence on the island at the end of the 16th Century, the Javanese us