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Post-rock musician Reruntuh talks God and music 'worth fighting for'
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A splatter of reflections: A Jakarta native, Eky Rizkani performs under stage moniker Reruntuh (wreckage). (Courtesy of Reruntuh) (Courtesy of Reruntuh/Courtesy of Reruntuh)
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he Jakarta-based musician has left his usually somber sound behind for a post-rock-influenced ambient album that addresses a higher power's redemptive touch.
Eky Rizkani, who performs under the stage name Reruntuh (wreckage) has been thinking a lot about God lately.
Why?
"I have no idea!" the 24-year-old said with a nervous chuckle in an interview on July 25.
Later, however, he revisited the question and offered a weightier answer.
"There was a period in life when I felt like the life that I led was not pleasant – and perhaps it would always stay that way," he said.
"I had actually made peace with that. I had made peace with all the inequalities and the social standards and the life's realities that I loathed. But then – and I don't know how – so many things came to my life and made it more amazing."
