On her most fully realized album to date, the prolific Chinese artist serves up an enthralling blend of dread and beauty that feels quintessentially her own.
Bali’s Gabber Modus Operandi will reissue their groundbreaking debut LP, ‘PUXXXIMAXXX’, this month.
Originally released in 2018 via Yogyakarta label YES NO WAVE MUSIC, ‘PUXXXIMAXXX’ launched the duo’s musical journey with a sound that fused elements of gabber, breakcore and happy hardcore with distinctly Indonesian dance, folk and pop styles such as jathilan, dangdut koplo and funkot. After a subsequent EP on Shanghai label SVBKVLT in 2019, the pair were launched onto the global stage, leaving audiences at events like Nyege Nyege Festival and CTM Berlin awe-struck with their frenzied, high-energy live shows.
Now, Aïsha Devi’s Danse Noire label is set to reissue the album, which has been remastered by Beau Thomas. Along with the album’s original nine tracks, three bonus tracks have been added into the mix, one of which, ‘Ketewel’, you can hear below. Check it out, ahead of the reissue’s official release on 19th March.
CTM 2021: Gabber Modus Operandi x Rimbawan Gerilya x Siko Setyan – MBELEDOSSS! (EXPLODE!)
Indonesia’s hard dance superstars take an intergalactic trip in this 3D-animated performance from CTM 2021’s Cyberia programme.
This week saw the opening of Cyberia, a a virtual multiplayer environment and exhibition from Berlin’s CTM Festival that allows visitors to explore a digital club space in the form of an avatar. One of the audiovisual works that can be experienced in Cyberia is MBELEDOSSS! (EXPLODE!), a 45-minute 3D-animated video mixtape from Indonesian duo Gabber Modus Operandi, animator Rimbawan Gerilya and choreographer Siko Setyanto.
The full AV mixtape, soundtracked by GMO’s singular brand of hard, fast dance music, tells an intergalactic rave story through an early ’00s video game aesthetic. Here, Fact presents a supercut of the performance, soundtracked by GMO’s track ‘Melayu Boleh Neraka’, which is previously unreleased but features in the full performance.