Projek simposium muzik anjuran PORT (People of Remarkable Talents), yang dijenamakan sebagai Ipoh Music Symposium (IMS), buat julung-julung kalinya dilaksanakan di Bandaraya lpoh pada 26 Oktober 2019. Bertemakan “Muzik lndependen”, acara selama dua hari ini dipenuhi dengan pelbagai perbincangan dan wacana seputar dunia muzik independen di Malaysia danjuga Indonesia. Penerbitan dwibahasa ini memuatkan himpunan kertas kerja yang dibentangkan sewaktu IMS 2019, di samping beberapa artikel baharu serta gambar-gambar foto sekitar simposium tersebut. Buku ini boleh dljadikan salah sebuah sumber rujukan penting buat para pengkaji seni dan budaya. khususnya yang berkecimpung dalam bidang muzik dan seni bunyian. *** The music symposium project organized by PORT (People of Remarkable Talents), also known as the Ipoh Music Symposium (IMS), was held for the first time in lpoh city on 26 October 2019. Themed “Independent Music”, the two-day event was filled with various discussions and discourses around the world of independent music in Malaysia and Indonesia. This bilingual publication contains a collection of papers presented during the IMS 2019, as well as several new articles and photographs taken during the symposium. This book will serve as a useful resource for researchers in arts and culture, especially those in the field of music and sound.