Dangdut music is present in the frenetic urban nightclubs, village celebrations, to the political scene. The rhythm has even rocked Indonesia in the debate over the power of Rhoma dangdut and dangdut koplo.
Interest in recorded music, led by DJs and "crate-diggers", has shone a light on some fascinating popular music genres over the past 20-odd years. Soundway Records, set up by Miles Claret in the UK, released its first compilation in 2002 on Afrobeat, funk and fusion from Ghana in the 1970s, and since then has released compilations on African, Caribbean, Latin and Asian music (mainly focusing on the period from 1950s to 1980s, when popular genres were being created by newly independent countries).