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Jakarta Vinyl

Arts, Culture & Media

How do you find albums in a country where all the record-pressing machinery was dismantled? 

Samson Pho (behind windows)

Jakarta is having a vinyl renaissance

Culture
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.

Need the latest news on flooding? In Jakarta, there’s an app for that.

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Blitz the Ambassador featuring Nneka: Love on the Run

Blitz the Ambassador featuring Nneka: Love on the Run

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