Franki Raden, 59, greeted the month of June with a smile. A representative of a recording company owner from New York had just arrived in Jakarta, to offer him a collaborative project. We are in the process of plunging into an eight billion dollar business, said Franki gleefully, referring to the total value of the world music genre today.

With a doctorate degree in ethnomusicology, and now with his new project, Franki aims to launch Indonesian