Melati ESP is the recording alias of Indonesian-born, New York City-based multidisciplinary artist Melati Malay. ‘hipernatural is their debut album.

Melati (Jasmine in Indonesian) Malay grew up in Jakarta, a sprawling subtropical metropolis with a population of 30 million and the administrative capital of 17,000 Indonesian islands. Like other similar Asian megacities, Jakarta is a bewildering melting pot of ancient traditions and future technologies, which merge in a uniquely Javanese late-capitalist equatorial fusion.

Raised in this environment on a dual diet of western pop music and musik Dangdut (a Javanese form of pop blending Hindustani, Arabic, and Malay influence), Malay eventually relocated to New York City in her early 20’s and collaborated, recorded, and performed with an array of experimental groups, refining her practice at DIY venues across the city.

Malay has released music as part of multinational experimental trio Asa Tone (Leaving Records), however ‘hipernatural’ is the first of her work recorded entirely in the language of her childhood, Indonesian: “It was liberating, not just phonetically, but also culturally, it was important to me.”

Over the last decade Malay has collaborated with U.K. trip-hop pioneer Tricky, U.S. cellist and composer Kelsey Lu, Keifing-born Vancouver based producer Yu Su, and innovative 70’s French composer Ariel Kalma. In what could feel like the middle of a long career, this new project by Melati Malay hints that she may only be beginning.

Salamanda is a Seoul-based Leftfield Ambient music producer/DJ duo of Uman Therma (Sala) and Yetsuby (Manda). Salamanda believes every sound has beauty and loves to collect and experiment with all kinds of sounds from the world around them.

Sharing the love for a broad spectrum of music, Salamanda has been presenting its own unique dreamy and humid tracks with its debut fulllength albums released on Good Morning Tapes (FR) and Small Méasures (UK) labels. They’ve also been reaching out to a wider range of listeners around the world through their mixes through multiple domestic & international radio stations including Seoul Community Radio (KR), NTS Radio (UK) and LYL Radio (FR), as well as through their works for multiple fashion films, animations and exhibitions.