 Between the 1970s and 1990s, recorded Indonesian popular music grew to include, like most popular music elsewhere in the world, the use of at least some Western instruments and Western harmony.It was increasingly disseminated through the mass media, performed by recognized stars, and became essentially a "commercial" genre.In the process of reformation ("Reformasi") that was put into motion with the resignation of president Suharto and the fall of his New Order regime in 1998, popular music became a common vehicle of protest, and many songs, cassettes and genres were labeled with the adjective "reformasi.