Autonomy by Kekal

9th full-length studio album from Kekal. Originally released in 2012.

Released by:
Whirlwind Records (December 2012, CD)
Yes No Wave Music (June 2013, Digital)
Kekal (May 2024, Digital - 2024 remastered version)

Album info:
https://kekal.org/autonomy

Watch Music Video of "Rare Earth Elements" (2024 remastered audio):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmmZNP6NW70

"Autonomy" marks as the second Kekal album being recorded and released without official band members. The term 'autonomy' itself reflects the current state of the band; that it remains autonomous and is kept alive by getting significant contributions from its former members as a collective and/or collaborative work of art in the forms of music, artwork, and audio production.

Carefully crafted and anxiously delivered, the music on "Autonomy" can be best described as emotionally adventurous and introspective in nature. As dark as it is illuminating, this album will definitely challenge listeners to free themselves from seeing music as a mere entertainment commodity. The visual artwork and photography works depicted on CD booklet (also presented digitally upon download) complement the music, and together, they create one solid statement to evoke our subconscious minds - the wildest imaginations and visuals that oftentimes are being suppressed in a conscious level by conformity to the norms.

In 2024, after almost 12 years since the original release date of the album, "Autonomy" received the remastering treatment, using the most up-to-date M/S (mid/side) digital processing. Also, the entire music was re-tuned to 432 Hz pitch from the original 440 Hz when it was recorded. More info about the decision to re-tune to 432 Hz can be read here: https://kekal.substack.com/p/new-acoustic-project-is-here-watch

Tracklist

1.	Rare Earth Elements	5:48

2.	Pandora's Empty Box	4:29

3.	Go Ahead and Feel The Pain	6:00

4.	Disposable Man	5:14

5.	Swings of All Moods	7:21

6.	Indonesanity	2:33

7.	Futuride	5:03

8.	Playground	5:14

9.	iComa	3:34

10.	Space Between Spaces	5:04

11.	Learning to Love The Future	9:00

12.	C/2010 X1 (bonus track)	4:27

Credits

released December 9, 2012

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Main contributors:
Jeff Arwadi, Leo Setiawan and Levi Sianturi

All songs composed by Jeff Arwadi, except "Rare Earth Elements" and "Playground" by Jeff Arwadi & Leo Setiawan
Produced, mixed and mastered by Jeff Arwadi
Engineered by Jeff Arwadi & Leo Setiawan
Recording workstations: Northern Isolation Station (Calgary, Canada), Langit Sejuta Damai (Jakarta, Indonesia)

Photography and illustration by Levi Sianturi
Digital cover layout by Jeff Arwadi

Kekal has no official members as in 2012.

License

CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.