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“#Indonesia’s ambassador met with senior #Australian #diplomats on Tuesday as the nation was thrust into an election campaign debate about a potential #Russian military presence in the region – and on the same day #AnthonyAlbanese accused #PeterDutton of damaging the bilateral relationship.

Indonesia’s ambassador to Australia, Dr #SiswoPramono, met with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (#DFAT) deputy secretary, #MichelleChan, who leads its south-east Asian policy division. One diplomatic source said Indonesia requested the meeting.

The meeting has been described by multiple sources as part of a regular series of engagements between #Pramono and #Chan, who is also responsible for managing the department’s diplomatic relationship with Indonesia.”

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1001 Other Albums

Idjah Hadidjah – Tonggeret (1987, Indonesia)

Our next spotlight is on number 753 on The List, submitted by mbr. This album features recordings made between 1979 and 1986 featuring a popular Sundanese singer, Idjah Hadidjah, backed by Gugum Gumbira‘s orchestra(/dance troupe), the Jugula Group. The songs cover three different genres of regional Sundanese music - kliningan, celempungan, and the rather fascinating jaipongan (aka jaipong).

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: 1001otheralbums.com/2025/04/23

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: album.link/i/326586487

Happy listening!

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1001 Other Albums

Idjah Hadidjah – Tonggeret (1987, Indonesia)

Our next spotlight is on number 753 on The List, submitted by mbr.

This album features recordings made between 1979 and 1986 featuring a popular Sundanese singer, Idjah Hadidjah, backed by Gugum Gumbira‘s orchestra(/dance troupe), the Jugula Group. I don’t have the knowledge nor vocabulary to describe this fantastic music, so I’m not going to ruin it by trying. Instead, here’s what musician and writer Dennis Rea has to say about it:[1]

Tongerret showcases the sinuous, melismatic female vocals of Indonesia’s Idjah Hadidjah, who performs songs spanning three genres of regional Sundanese music: the concert music styles kliningan and celempungan, and the dance music jaipongan. The latter style, adapted by renowned composer/choreographer Gugum Gumbira from the earlier, “disreputable” Ketuk Tilu tradition of Sundanese dance music, enjoyed immense popularity throughout Indonesia in the late 1970s and early 1980s, catapulting Idjah Hadidjah to national stardom. Although jaipongan music shares instrumentation (gongs and metallophones) and certain formal similarities with Indonesia’s better-known gamelan (ceremonial percussion orchestra) tradition, its forceful drumming and erotic overtones give it a much more contemporary sound. The kliningan and celempungan selections, by contrast, are imbued with a dreamy, soft-focus quality, heightened by Hadidjah’s richly ornamented vocalizing.

For more information on the jaipongan genre in particular, some kind soul uploaded a great scan of the extensive liner notes for the album – click here if you’re interested!

Note that, in 2003, this album was reissued under the title Indonesia: West Java – Sundanese Jaipong and Other Popular Music, so I’ve included both album covers below.

Happy listening!

  1. Quote from: https://www.dennisrea.com/cd-reviews ↩︎
The cover art is half a colour photo of the artist, an Indonesian woman wearing very colourful eyeshadow, a pink top, and a gold necklace, looking down. The other half is randomly placed prints on a white background - the artist's name is in the top right corner and the album name is near the bottom covering both halves, but then there's also an abstract green bit with a white squiggly line all through it, an image of a bird in a blue box, a white flower in a pink box, a black umbrella, a couple random coloured boxes, a red cross, and the words 'JAIPONG' and 'SUNDA' in different colours printed vertically.
The reissued cover art is largely a black and white photo of someone riding a scooter, wearing a helmet, a field and trees in the background. The new album title is at the top, in a colour-blocked banner with a map of the world in the right corner.
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The Kyiv Independent · Australia reacts to Russia’s ‘you have no cards’ warning regarding rumored military base in Indonesia"I have no wish to help promote Russia’s propaganda messages." Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
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