Indonesia, but different: Nusantara Beat bring the overpriced beach holiday into your living room for free, and without plastic bottles or busted flip-flops. The six-piece group from Amsterdam celebrate neo-psychedelia with a mix of instruments from the gamelan tradition. Their sound is refined with selected pinches of keroncong, an early form of Indonesian pop music that celebrated its heyday in the 70s and 80s. With last year’s singles “Djanger” (2023) and “Kota Bandung” (2023), Nusantara Beat mapped out the stylistic terrain on which their debut album – which will hopefully be released soon – is sure to run riot. Another sampler entitled “Mang becak” was released in the spring and whet our appetite for more. This year, the sextet are on a festival tour throughout Europe, with several stops planned in Germany. When they come to Hamburg, cocktails with little paper umbrellas are a must.