Tirakat

Tirakat brings together Jakarta-based trio Ali and
Lebanese composer and multiinstrumentalist
Charif Megarbane in a collaboration rooted in long
histories of cultural exchange between Indonesia
and the Arab world. Ali are known for blending
1970s Indonesian psychedelic funk with Orkes
Melayu, disco grooves, and Arab melodic forms,
while Megarbane’s extensive catalogue has
consistently explored similar cross-regional
currents through jazz, library music, and
Mediterranean-influenced arrangements. What
connects the two is not genre alone, but a shared
musical vocabulary shaped by overlapping histories,
references, and lived cultural continuities.