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Jakarta is having a vinyl renaissance

October 22, 2016
Culture

In Indonesia, where record-pressing plants went out of business decades ago, vinyl is enjoying a renaissance. Here’s how a new generation of collectors is finding their treasures.

Jakarta is having a vinyl renaissance

Jakarta Vinyl

October 6, 2016
Arts, Culture & Media
Jakarta Vinyl
Feri Yadi, a resident of Muara Baru in North Jakarta, stands atop the seawall recently built to protect his neighborhood. He has little confidence that the wall will work as expected. "Like in the past, this will be broken somehow" he says.

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September 16, 2016
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