Mimicry and Hybridity of “Congrock Musik 17†in Semarang

Sunarto Sunarto(1), Irfanda Rizki Harmono Sejati(2), Udi Utomo(3),


(1) Department of Drama, Dance, and Music, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia
(2) Department of Drama, Dance, and Music, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang
(3) Department of Drama, Dance, and Music, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia

Abstract

Keroncong, a slow and crooning music, serves as the art and culture that reflects Indonesian identities. This music style still exists today, particularly in Semarang that is widely known as an urban area. The resistance of such music is actualized with the process of mimicry and hybridity of keroncong and rock music, causing pros and cons that lead to a crisis. The performed mimicry and hybridity is a negotiation in identity construction that takes place in ambivalent behavior as a strategy to survive from the crisis. Building an identity of Congrock (keroncong and rock) is carried out to explore the mediation form in the third space, enabling the outlining of the position of Congrock identity in Semarang. A case study, an art research method, and historical reading were employed to interpret the existing phenomenon. The result indicated that the Congrock identity was the result of mimicry and hybridity that was formed due to the hegemony in Indonesia. Mimicry and hybridity had become the most important point because they took place in an urban area, such as Semarang. The integration of local and global cultures in Congrock generated a new identity in society as the third space and created a gray zone in Congrock, i.e., the area between the form of imitation and cross-cultural music integration. The position of Congrock in Semarang became a symbol of freedom in negotiating locality while partially articulating modernity.

Keywords

Congrock; Hybridity; Mimicry; Semarang; Urban Area

Full Text:

PDF

References

Alfian, M. (2013). Keroncong music reflects the identity of Indonesia. Tawarikh: International Journal for Historical Studies, 4(2), 171–186.

Aryandari, C. (2018). Ora minggir tabrak: Electronic dance music (EDM), a montage of the time-image. Journal of Urban: Society’s Arts, 5(2), 87–93.

Bhabha, H. (1984). Of mimicry and man: The ambivalence of colonial discourse. The MIT Press, 28(1), 125–133.

Bhabha, H. K. (1984). The location of culture. London: Routledge.

Chatterjee, P. (1993). The nation and its fragments: Colonial and postcolonial histories (Princeton). Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Clark, J. (2003). Introduction: Urban culture: Representations and experiences in/of urban space and culture. JSTOR, (57), 3–10.

Clayton, D. (1996). Colonialism, postcolonialism and the production of space. Oxford: Blackwell.

Darini. (2012). Keroncong dulu dan kini (Keroncong in the past and present time). Jurnal Mozaik, 6(1), 19–31.

Dini, T. A., Utomo, U., & Triyanto, T. (2018). The reflection of cultural identity of gayo society, central Aceh regency in tawar sedenge song. Catharsis, 7(2), 189–198.

Easton, S. C. (1964). The rise and fall of western colonialism. A historical survey from the early nineteenth century to the present. Connecticut: Praeger.

Ganap, V. (2006). Pengaruh Portugis pada musik keroncong (Portuguese influence to kroncong music). Harmonia: Journal of Arts Research and Education, 7(2), 1-8.

Hauser, A. (1982). The Sociology of Art. Terj. Kenneth J. Northcott. London: University of Chicago Press.

Kartika, B. A. (2015). Mengapa selalu harus perempuan: Suatu konstruksi urban pemenjaraan seksual hingga hegemoni maskulinitas dalam film Soekarno (Why always women: An urban construction of sexual restraint and masculinitiy hegemony in the movie of Soekarno). Journal of Urban: Society’s Arts, 2(1), 35–54.

Laksono, K. (2015). Musik hip-hop sebagai bentuk hybrid culture dalam tinjauan estetika. Resital: Jurnal Seni Pertunjukan, 16(2), 75–83.

Metro Semarang. (2015). Congrock 1 kolaborasi dengan rock dengan sentuhan modern (The collaboration between congrock 1 and rock music with modern touch). Retrieved from https://metrosemarang.com/congrock-17-kolaborasi-keroncong-dan-rock-dengan-sentuhan-modern-13657

Mintargo, W. (2017). Akulturasi budaya dalam musik keroncong di Indonesia (Cultural acculturation in keroncong music in Indonesia). Nuansa Journal of Arts and Design, 1(1), 10–22.

Nasional Kompas. (2008). Congrock kebebasan dalam berkesenian (Congrock as a freedom in art). Retrieved from https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2008/12/13/15153116/congrock.kebebasan.dalam.berkesenian

Paeni, M. (2009). Sejarah kebudayaan Indonesia: Seni pertunjukan dan seni media (History of Indonesian cultures: Performing and media arts). Jakarta: Raja Grafindo Persada.

Pribadi, A. R. & S. E. (2019). Kroncong music in Semarang: A process of enculturation. IJAL: IC ADRI 23- ICUTK, 4(2), 1–9.

Purwanto. (2015). Politik identitas dan resolusi konflik transformatif (Identity politics and transformative conflict resolution). Jurnal Review Politik, 5(1), 11–30.

Rachman, A. (2013). Bentuk dan analisis musik keroncong tanah airku karya Kelly Puspito. Harmonia: Journal of Arts Research and Education, 13(1), 69–77.

Rachman, A., & Utomo, U. (2019). The rhythm pattern adaptation of langgam Jawa in kroncong. 2nd International Conference on Arts and Culture (ICONARC 2018), 99–101. Atlantis Press.

Rachman, A., & Utomo, U. (2018a). Sing penting keroncong: Sebuah inovasi pertunjukkan musik keroncong di Semarang. JPKS: Jurnal Pendidikan Dan Kajian Seni, 3(1).

Rachman, A., & Utomo, U. (2018b). Sing penting keroncong: Sebuah inovasi pertunjukkan musik keroncong di Semarang. Jurnal Pendidikan Dan Kajian Seni, 3(1).

Rachman, A., & Lestari, W. (2013). Bentuk aransemen musik keroncong asli karya Kelly Puspito dan relevansinya bagi remaja dalam mengembangkan musik keroncong asli. Catharsis, 2(1), 1–11.

Sedyawati, E. (2002). Indonesia heritage seni pertunjukan (Indonesian heritage: Performing arts). Jakarta: Buku Antar Bangsa.

Sukarwo, W. (2017). Krisis identitas budaya: Studi poskolonial pada produk desain kontemporer (Crisis of cultural identities: A postcolonial study on contemporary design products). Jurnal Desain, 4(3), 311–324.

Susanto, B. (2003). Identitas dan poskolonialitas di Indonesia (Identities and posrcolonialisms in Indonesia). Yogyakarta: Kanisius.

Turner, K. (1984). Mass media and popular culture. Chicago: Science Research Association.

Tolah, A. F. (2004). Proses berkarya grup musik distorsi akustik (The work process of acoustic distortion music group). Catharsis, 3(2), 10–25.

Usman, S. (2000). Apresiasi masyarakat terhadap musik populer (Community appreciation to popular music) In ketika orang Jawa nyeni (When the Javanese does arts). Yogyakarta: Galang Press.

Wertheim, W. F. (1964). Indonesian society in transition: A study of social change. The hague: W. van Hoewe. Bandung: Sumur Bandung.

Widiastuti, T. (2014). Wacana poskolonial dalam desain komunikasi visual kemasan jamu tradisional Indonesia (A postcolonial dicourse in visual communication design of the package of Indonesian traditional herbal medicine). Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi, 12(1), 1–15.

Wuryanto, L. R., Rohidi, T. R., & Tarwiyah, T. (2016). Yen Ing Tawang Ana Lintang kasus bentuk musik keroncong group congrock 17 di Semarang (Yen ing tawang ana lintang: A case of forms of keroncong music of congrock 17 Semarang group). Catharsis, 5(2), 79-83.

Zahrotul, F., & Rachman, A. (2020). Aransemen vokal sebagai identitas O.K congrock 17 di Semarang. Gondang: Jurnal Seni dan Budaya, 4(1), 38-46.

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.




Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.