Pekak! Indonesian Noise 1995 –2015 is the latest tape and digital release from acclaimed New Zealand label End of the Alphabet Records. (Look out a label profile and some of End of the Alphabet Records’ other new releases here at Six Noises very soon.) Pekak! Indonesian Noise 1995 –2015 has been curated and compiled by Indonesian musician Indra Menus––who is probably best known to extreme music fans outside Indonesia as a member of noisecore crew To Die––and the album features a striking cover and artwork by Wedhar Riyadi.

Pekak! Indonesian Noise 1995 –2015 kicks off with a gnarled roar from opening band Worldhate, before blasting into the far reaches via 18 tracks that draw from the past two decades of left-field and experimental Indonesian music. There’s a huge assortment of frequently dissonant and always explorative sounds on offer. You’ll encounter Senyawa’s percussive tribal tumult. Hissing horrortronics courtesy of Electrocore. Burrowing-under-your-skin noise by Seek Six Sick. Glitchy cut-and-paste pandemonium from SKM. And Black Ribbon provides some acid for your ear canals as well.

Elsewhere, there are twisted beeps and blips from Satan Loves Nintendo. Fittingly cacophonous endtimes thunder from Apocalyptcore. Sci-fi grind by Sound of Human Pollution. To Die’s always corrosive commotion. And Melcyd melds nose-bleeding frequencies with gentler sounds too.

I could go on, but you get the point. There are plenty of different strains of harsh noise, feedback and electronic dementedness to be found. In fact, with artists hailing from “Java, Bali, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi and spots in between”, Pekak! Indonesian Noise 1995 –2015 not only highlights the exploration of plenty of raucous musical ideas, it also shines a light on a lot of differing musical interpretations and accents.

Personally, I’ve got zero complaints about Pekak! Indonesian Noise 1995 –2015.

Full Review http://sixnoises.com/2015/10/30/pekak-indonesian-noise-1995%E2%80%8B-2015-20-years-of-experimental-music-from-indonesia/