Gumatat Gumitit Gospell confronts memory, hauntings & silenced histories on debut EP

Gumatat Gumitit Gospell (real name Agha Praditya) drops the debut release ‘Nyelang Margi’; a sonic archive and performance series exploring intergenerational memory, inherited unrest, and spiritual hauntings.

‘Nyelang Margi’ translates to "With respect to all beings who dwell in this territory, I humbly request passage."

The artist’s name comes from a Balinese phrase with dual meanings.

In the seen world ("Sekala"), "Gumatat Gumitit" refers to buzzing insects, while in the unseen ("Niskala"), they become spirits—messengers, warnings, or lingering disturbances.

Through this lens, the Indonesian artist’s sound becomes a channel for voices often ignored or silenced.

On ‘Nyelang Margi’, Agha leans into densely textured, restless sound design. Composed entirely through synthesis—with the only samples being his daughter’s voice and the creak of his bedroom door—the music emerges from intuitive, single-take sessions.

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The project is a jarring, unsettling listen front-to-back, but in the most engaging, thought-provoking way possible, and all executed to the highest degree. It takes a few listens to wrap your head around the ideas on offer here, but if it clicks, it clicks hard.

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Through noise, clarity, static, and pulse, ‘Nyelang Margi’ asks: what remains when the story cannot be told directly? What frequencies survive when silence has been enforced?

Speaking on the project, the artist states, “This project started as a private language—an attempt to tune into something I couldn’t fully name. I’m not trying to retell history, but to listen to what it left behind. ‘Nyelang Margi’ is a space where noise, memory, and the subconscious collapse into each other.”

Listen to ‘Nyelang Margi’, out via DIVISI62, here.

Henry Cooper is a Writer at Mixmag Asia. Follow him on Instagram.

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