New Geographies

«TIMEZONES» – Episode 24 What does it mean to live on an island and yet feel estranged from the sea? Moving through Singapore and the Malay archipelago, this episode, produced by Zachary Chan and Rosemainy Buang, gathers voices, songs, and personal stories that are carried across the waters of Southeast Asia.

One day, when sitting in an angkot minivan in Bogor, our writer had a weird encounter that made her ears ring; it was funkot, a mix of gabber and Indonesian folk. An essay inspired by the music of Animistic Beliefs who performed at MUTEK festival 2023.

After growing up in Japan, Sally, a Kenyan teenager, wanted to reconnect with Kenyan music upon returning home, while dealing with the meaning of that term, «home».