KUNTARI (id)
Saturday, 07 Mar 2026
Borne of Tesla Manaf’s restless defection from jazz orthodoxy and a meeting with the like-minded Rio Abror, Kuntari dissect tradition with surgical instinct, rebuilding it in the form of primal-core: the guttural echoes of mating calls and tribal Indonesian rhythms resurrected from the 16th century blended into a feral rite, roto toms snarling with clipped resonance as Tesla’s percussive guitar transforms into an instrument of raw, thrumming power.
Inspired by Hadrah Kuntulan rhythms and the clamor of field-recorded Indonesian soundscapes, a brutal aesthetic devoid of distortion yet drenched in weight and resonance emerges. Instruments gasp, groan, and shriek under their touch, manipulated into sounds that scrape against the marrow, tearing them open with unflinching teeth.
