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GA-02752 2009 rel C

Genjer Genjer, Hiphop Version

Genjer Genjer, Hip-Hop Version (2009)

Anonymous 2009 hip-hop version (4:33, MP3) of 'Genjer-genjer', the Banyuwangi folk song by Muhammad Arief that became associated with the PKI/Gerwani milieu and was banned under the New Order. Shows the song's afterlife in contemporary youth culture. Description only; no lyrics transcribed.

GA-02768 2016 rel C

One Hour of Indonesian Communist Music (kompilasi)

One Hour of Indonesian Communist Music (Compilation, 2016)

One-hour (55:48) audio compilation of songs associated with the Indonesian communist movement and the Sukarno era, compiled and uploaded by GETchan to the Internet Archive in 2016. Description only; no track list or transcript, so Gerwani content cannot be confirmed.

GA-02753 2020 rel C

Bedjo Untung memainkan Genjer-Genjer (klip video tweet)

Bedjo Untung Plays Genjer-Genjer (Video Clip, 2020)

45-second phone video clip posted on Twitter by Vincent Bevins on 18 May 2020. Per its title, Bedjo Untung, chair of the 1965 victims' association YPKP 65, plays 'Genjer-genjer' on an upright piano at home while another older man moves to the music. Illustrates the song's use in survivors' memory work.