Benny Soebardja

Beginning his music career in 1967, Benny Soebardja played with essential Indonesian bands including The Peels, Sharkmove and Giant Step. He is credited with bringing progressive rock to the Indonesian audience through privately releasing many of his albums without any creative limitations that come from a label. While playing with Giant Step in the ’70s, the band nearly missed a record deal with Virgin UK that would have introduced them to the international market. Instead, Benny Soebardja and his talents went unnoticed outside of Indonesia.

Originally released in 1977 on SM Recordings, Gut Rock was Soebardja’s second of three solo albums which was reissued by Strawberry Rain in 2012 for the first time. The album features intricate progressive compositions with backing by both Giant Step and Lizard. The LP is limited to a pressing of 500 copies.