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To find out more about the various ‘Alkisah’ releases around the globe, check out Senyawa’s Instagram page.
Last September, Senyawa – the duo of Rully Shabara Herman and Wukir Suryadi – made an open call seeking record labels interested in releasing ‘Alkisah’. They said the release through multiple labels would decentralise the “former hierarchical system of music distribution” and would allow shipping distances and cost to be reduced, and empower “smaller scattered powers to grow and connect”.
NME, Rully explained that the global release approach “isn’t about trying to ‘dominate’ the world. It’s about making [the album] more easily accessible, and maybe even cheaper to get a hold of.” He added, “This is what we need during this pandemic: a lot of people making a lot of small connections.”