FIX YOUR FACE: Performing Attitudes between Mathcore and Beleganjur

In 2012, on the way to Gamelan Tunas Mekar’s rehearsal, I played a song by Dillinger Escape Plan called “Fix Your Face” for my father. I cranked up the volume on the mathcore tune and sure enough, his response, in Balinese, was, “Apa ng’redek ne … Pak sing demen” (What’s all this commotion … I don’t like it).¹ Mission accomplished! I successfully annoyed him, and yet, at the back of my mind, I was seeking a bit of approval for this music that I thoroughly enjoy. Fast-forward five years to 2017. I played the same song, again with the intention