{"id":56432,"date":"2025-11-08T23:25:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T16:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/?p=56432"},"modified":"2025-11-08T23:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T16:25:55","slug":"a-distorted-individual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/film-review-en\/a-distorted-individual\/","title":{"rendered":"At Last, the Outsider Rises from Underground"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a bit difficult to describe Individual Distortion. It\u2019s not quite grindcore, nor is it breakcore, given the chaos present in its sonic explosions. The band itself claims to be a \u201cngentotcore\u201d <\/em>(lit. holy f*ck-core) unit, whatever that means.<\/p>\n

Individual Distortion is Adythia Utama himself. Crafting music using Fruity Loops 8 on the Windows XP operating system and his youthful creative impulses, he has been active in the underground music scene for over a decade. As an idea of his style, one of his first songs was titled \u201cTitit Saya Gede\u201d<\/em> (My D*ck Is Big), which used a New Order-style drum loop, an abrasive bassline, and a robotic vocal sample that repeatedly chanted the song\u2019s title throughout its duration. Looking at his naivety and logic, he has the spirit of Daniel Johnston if Johnston were an IKJ film student who grew up with free socializing and unsupervised internet access. His other song titles are also varied, such as \u201cTukang Ngentot Must Die!\u201d<\/em> (F*ckers Must Die!), \u201cPalakan Parkir Ormas Berak Sekebon\u201d (Parking Lot Thugs Sh*tting Hard), and \u201cDekonstruksi Hati, Karir, dan Sinema\u201d (The Deconstruction of the Heart, Career, and Cinema).<\/p>\n

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A Distorted Individual<\/em> (2025) is a documentary by Adyth about Adyth who wants to prove himself and validate his efforts in the underground music scene. His method is to try to win an award from Anugerah Musik Indonesia (Indonesian Music Awards [AMI])\u2014simply because AMI describes itself as \u201cthe highest award for Indonesian music\u201d on its Instagram bio. Throughout the film, we see Adyth navigating the creative process, searching for a formula for market success, and also outsmarting the award system by creating a song using Minang language to secure a nomination in the \u201cbest regional language song\u201d category.<\/p>\n

With a humorous tone, this documentary slowly shifts its focus from Adyth\u2019s creative process in obtaining a nomination to an expos\u00e9 of AMI. In a straightforward manner, this documentary highlights the driving forces behind the music scene\u2014from musicians to journalists\u2014who share their experiences and findings about the awards, from the flawed nomination system to the quality of AMI trophies themselves.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

With both irony and sincerity, this feature-length documentary serves as both a satire and a love letter to Jakarta\u2019s music scene. Featuring a handful of contemporary Indonesian musicians\u2014A Distorted Individual<\/em> not only highlights Individual Distortion but also offers a glimpse into Jakarta\u2019s music landscape, its dynamic movements, all the while leaving the audience in stitches. (Timmie) (Ed\/Trans. Vanis)<\/p>\n

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Film Details <\/strong>
\nA DISTORTED INDIVIDUAL.
\nAdythia Utama | 98 min | 2025 | DKI Jakarta, Indonesia
\nIn Competition for Indonesia Feature-Length Documentary<\/strong>
\nFestival Film Dokumenter 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a bit difficult to describe Individual Distortion. It\u2019s not quite grindcore, nor is it breakcore, given the chaos present in its sonic explosions. The band itself claims to be a \u201cngentotcore\u201d (lit. holy f*ck-core) unit, whatever that means. Individual Distortion is Adythia Utama himself. Crafting music using Fruity Loops 8 on the Windows XP […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":788,"featured_media":44212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"edition":[781],"class_list":["post-56432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-review-en","edition-ffd-2025-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/788"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56432"},{"taxonomy":"edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/edition?post=56432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}