Jejak by Peni Candra Rini

“[Rini] showcases [an] explosive collision between traditional Indonesian
forms and Western instrumentation.” — Songlines

“Rini is an interpretive master, channeling every sensation of a
narrative and wringing it dry.” — I Care If You Listen

On Thursday, March 20, 2025, Peni Candra Rini (she/her), the Indonesian composer and performer lauded as “one of the world's greatest singers” by Kronos Quartet's David Harrington, and whose musical practice encompasses a wide range of traditional and experimental Javanese styles mixed with Western instrumentation, releases a 2 song EP, titled Jejak/Steps, via New Amsterdam Records.

Peni Candra Rini follows the upbeat and frantic energy of her 2024 release, Wani, with a 2 song EP, Jejak/Steps. Over the span of both songs, Candra mixes modern production techniques such as autotuned vocals and lush synthesizers with traditional Javanese instrumentation and her “feral sense of creativity and virtuosic vocals” (Songlines) to encourage movement and growth. In the composer’s words: “Don’t stop, keep walking toward a full humanity, seeking out a path whispered by conscience. Spread the crazy fire of creation in all directions.”

Peni Candra Rini is an Indonesian composer, song writer and singer. She is also a lecturer in the department of Karawitan at the Indonesian Institute of Art.

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