Komang Rosie Clynes combines alternative R&B and electronic music with traditional Indonesian elements, like gamelan. She is one of a growing number of diaspora musicians celebrating Indonesian culture through contemporary music.
Komang Rosie Clynes, known as Rosie, is a musician who was born in Brunei to a Balinese mother and an Anglo-Australian father. Now based in Melbourne, she spent time living in Jakarta and Bali to explore Indonesian culture and its performing arts traditions.
While living in Indonesia, Rosie was immersed in the sounds of dangdut and gamelan, and began experimenting with blending them into R&B and electronic music. She said traditional Indonesian music and electronic production complement each other naturally.
To date, Rosie has released one EP, Mythologies, along with several singles, and is currently finishing her debut album. Her first single, "Dewi", was inspired by a dream in which she met a young child she believed to be her future daughter. The song explores themes of reincarnation in Balinese philosophy.
I would describe it as alternative R&B which has electronic elements but also is meeting and combining with traditional Indonesian elements.Komang Rosie Clynes
Listen to the full conversation between SBS Indonesian and Komang Rosie Clynes about her musical journey and how Indonesian culture has shaped her identity as an artist.
