Liner Notes
Larangan adalah mekanisme kosmologis Nusantara yang memadukan norma adat, spiritualitas, dan strategi ekologis. Manusia, sebagai bagian kecil dari ekosistem bumi, semestinya menyadari batas-batasnya—kemampuan untuk hidup berdampingan dengan seluruh makhluk, dan kerendahan hati di hadapan kekuatan yang jauh lebih besar dari dirinya.
Belajar dari masa lalu, leluhur meninggalkan titik-titik wilayah Larangan beserta nasihat, agar setiap generasi menjaga amanah dalam kesadaran kolektif: menghormati yang sakral, dan mengenali bahwa tak segala hal boleh disentuh. Namun ketika manusia kehilangan kemampuan mengenali yang suci—sebuah kondisi nirsakralitas—larangan tak lagi terlihat sebagai larangan. Dan larangan yang dilupakan atau dilanggar akan menuntut konsekuensinya: Lara—rasa sakit, kehilangan, luka yang menjalar dari tanah hingga ke sesama.
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Larangan is a Nusantaran cosmological mechanism that binds together customary law, spirituality, and ecological strategy. Human beings, as a small part of the earth’s ecosystem, ought to recognize their limits—the capacity to live alongside all other creatures, and humility before a power far greater than themselves.
Learning from the past, our ancestors left behind places marked as Larangan—the forbidden, the guarded—along with the counsel that each generation keep this trust in collective awareness: to honor what is sacred, and to know that not everything may be touched. But when human beings lose the ability to recognize the sacred—a condition of nirsakralitas—the forbidden no longer appears as forbidden. And a Larangan forgotten or transgressed will demand its consequence: Lara—pain, loss, a wound that spreads from the soil to one another.
Rani Jambak is a composer, sound artist, field recordist, instrument designer, and vocalist of Minangkabau heritage. Her practice is deeply rooted in exploring electronic music and soundscapes drawn from diverse regions across Indonesia. Through an extensive body of work, she investigates themes of nature, socio-cultural dynamics, and the intricate ties between human experience and ancestral heritage.
Her artistic journey is a profound exploration of cultural identity as a Minangkabau individual, delving into the philosophical dimensions of tradition and examining how ancestral wisdom can respond to the challenges of modernity. Central to her vision is the concept of #FUTUREANCESTOR, which reimagines spiritual values as vital resources for contemporary life.
In recognition of her groundbreaking contributions to sound, music, and technology, Rani was awarded The Oram Awards in 2022. She is currently a PhD researcher on the NWO-funded project Restituting, Reconnecting, Reimagining Sound Heritage (Re:Sound).
Production Notes
Composed by Rani Jambak
Mixed and Mastered by Rani Jambak
Album Cover by Wok The Rock
Lyric for Abih Raso by Hario Efenur
Humming Vokal for Abih Raso by Asha Nusa Ardhana
Cover Photo by Rani Jambak
Graphics by Wok The Rock
Rani Jambak photo by Sojourner.net
Notes:
1. Fragments of public voices from demonstrations, obtained through open digital archives. This material has been transformatively reworked as part of the composition.
2. Parts of this work were first performed together with Toton Show (Year of 2025 and 2026). And Riki Damanik (2026)