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Lokananta is the first record label of Indonesia. The Jakarta Post: Surakarta Administration Ready to Support Lokananta Based in Surakarta, Central Java, it was owned by the state-owned printing agency Percetakan Negara Republik Indonesia.
Lokananta has over 40,000 recordings, which include some 5,200 commercial labels, in its collection.
It currently has more than 5672 vinyl records of ethnic/folk music from all over Indonesia, and old Indonesian pop songs. Lokananta also has the biggest collection of keroncong and gamelan orchestras recordings (Javanese gamelan, Balinese gamelan, Sundanese, even Batak), together with the first recorded speeches of Indonesia's first president Sukarno and the original version of the Indonesia Raya. From Bolo to Solo: Lokananta Recording
They also have recordings of wayang performances, for example by , and Surakarta/Yogyakarta karawitan music.
Many Indonesian performers were introduced from Lokananta, including the famous Gesang (and his Bengawan Solo), Waljinah (and her Walang Kekek), Titiek Puspa, Bing Slamet, and .
The word Lokananta means "gamelan from heaven", was suggested by R. Maladi, the head of RRI at the time, and Surakarta was chosen because of its long history of radio broadcasting. Solosche Vereeniging (SRV) was the first Indonesian radio station that was established in 1933. Lokananta and Press Monument of Surakarta Lokananta is also the name of the pitch-black gamelan set of Kraton Surakarta (Surakarta's Palace). Gamelan From Karaton Surakarta Gamelan Perunggu Wulung Kyai Sekar Ganesa Lokananta It had the most modern equipment of its time, Recording Session in Lokananta including the then state-of-the-art Trident Studios Series 80B mixer, UREI 801 speaker. The Indonesian Abbey Road
Nowadays, after the bankruptcy of 2001, Lokananta is trying to renovate its image, working on the recording of new musical genres and on the re-mastering of its impressive archive on physical supports like CDs, and WAV files: nineteen people still work here and Lokananta's main income is now the rental fee of some futsal space they were forced to create in the past three years. Jakarta Post: RI's oldest recording studio struggles to survive
The record of the Maluku's song was given to the 1962 Asian Games contingent (in the form of compilation Asian Games: Souvenir From Indonesia).
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