Indonesian Music Webzine
Acara hari itu cukup menyenangkan, dengan dipindahkan nya panggung ke dalam ruangan Frontyard Foodcourt membuat suasana menjadi lebih dekat dan menghangatkan malam yang dingin karena hujan. Diisi oleh line-up menarik seperti Jellybelly, Ansaphone, Sunday Night Joy, Bleary Eyes dan Summery. Semua band memberikan penampilan yang cukup oke. Tidak lupa hiburan ringan dari MC Saski Sugar Pop dan Dynna yang rame banget. Dan tidak sabar menunggu acara selanjutnya pada 17 November 2007 nanti.
Setelah sempat mengeluarkan Triple Inchophone dan USB drive versi White Stripes, kali ini mereka juga mengeluarkan beberapa set kamera lomo custom. JACK Holga dan MEG Diana+ dengan desain pattern oleh Rob Jones.
Starter Kit JACK Holga includes “an additional Fisheye lens, three filter set and a custom Peppermint lens filter,” sedangkan versi MEG termasuk ringflash “Nobody Knows How To Talk To Children” dan filter Peppermint Film Mask custom. Masing-masing seharga $180, dan jumlahnya limited to 3000.
Kalo mau ngaku-ngaku demen lomo dan tetep jadi anak indie rock harus cepat-cepat beli yes, secara pasti belon ada yang punya gitu lho disini.
Saya rasa kamu semua udah nge-download album terbaru Radiohead, In Rainbows? Kalo belon, kamu kurang gaul yes, coba nambahin waktu nongkrong kamu di internet.
Beberapa saat sebelum Radiohead merilis In Rainbows, banyak gambar pesan-pesan rahasia yang ditampilkan di radiohead.com, spekulasi seputar gambar ini sempet kita tulis beberapa waktu yang lalu dengan codename LP Seven (hoax).
Tapi kalo diperhatiin, kode-kode dalam gambar-gambar tersebut bisa kita baca lewat gambar kunci ini:
yang kalo diterjemahkan menjadi:
YES
WE ARE
STILL
ALIVE
BLINK YOUR EYES
ONE FOR YES
TWO FOR NO
CODE
CODE
CODEXENDLESS
Lewat numerology dan hal-hal semacamnya, kita bisa tau kalo hal ini berhubungan dengan deretan biner, 01 dan 10. In Rainbows, dirilis tanggal 10 Oktober (10/10), terdiri dari 10 huruf, 10 lagu, diumumkan 10 hari sebelum dirilis, bisa didownload dari 10 server, dan huruf X yang muncul beberapa kali. OK Computer, yang dirilis 10 tahun sebelumnya, mempunyai working title Zeroes and Ones. Kombinasi dari OK Computer (01) dan In Rainbows (10), adalah bilangan biner yang komplementer.
Maka hasilnya 01 and 10. In Rainbows dimaksudkan untuk menjadi sebuah album komplenter untuk OK Computer, secara musikal, struktural dan lirikal. Cobain sendiri dengan membuat playlist ini (tentunya sangat mudah dengan lagu-lagu yang didownload).
Mulai dengan lagu pertama dari OK Computer, Airbag, sebagai track 1 dan dilanjutkan dengan lagu pertama dari In Rainbows, 15 Step, sebagai track 2. Terus sambung playlistnya seperti diatas sampai ke Karma Police (OK Computer) di track 11, dan sambung dengan Fitter Happier (OK Computer) sebagai track 12. Dua lagu ini adalah bridge dari 10 lagu pertama dengan 10 lagu terakhir. Lanjutkan dengan Faust Arp (In Rainbows) di track 13 dan Electioneering (OK Computer) di track 14, lanjutkan sampe kelar. Maka hasilnya akan jadi begini:
Radiohead - 01 and 10 playlist:
1. Airbag (OK Computer)
2. 15 Step (In Rainbows)
3. Paranoid Android (OK Computer)
4. Bodysnatchers (In Rainbows)
5. Subterranean Homesick Alien (OK Computer)
6. Nude (In Rainbows)
7. Exit Music (For A Film) (OK Computer)
8. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi (In Rainbows)
9. Let Down (OK Computer)
10. All I Need (In Rainbows)
11. Karma Police (OK Computer)
12. Fitter Happier (OK Computer)
13. Faust Arp (In Rainbows)
14. Electioneering (OK Computer)
15. Reckoner (In Rainbows)
16. Climbing Up The Walls (OK Computer)
17. House Of Cards (In Rainbows)
18. No Surprises (OK Computer)
19. Jigsaw Falling Into Place (In Rainbows)
20. Lucky (OK Computer)
21. Videotape (In Rainbows)
22. The Tourist (OK Computer)
Transisi antar lagu-lagu ini sangat luar biasa dan memang sepertinya disengaja. Cobain deh, maka kamu akan dapet hearing experience yang baru yes.
As you all may already now, one of Jakarta’s new promising electronic indiepop act, Santamonica, is going to release their debut album entitled Curiouser and Curiouser next month. They have been releasing radio singles, Wanderlust and The Boy (which only comes with the limited edition package), and now their releasing another single for digital download with us, Tinkerwish.
For those of you who are too lazy to read the rest of the entry, just go to the top and right-click at the download link and choose “save target as” from your browser command menu. Or just play the song and continue reading.
Right now, you could pre-order the limited edition package at listed retailers, which comes at 50k rupiah. It will include a bonus disc with 8 songs of b-sides and unreleased materials, and a couple of videoclip. The pre-order closes at 27 October 2007 (it’s less than a week from now, guys).
Hello, how are you guys? What are Santamonica up to lately?
Hi, we’re doing just fantastic. We’re busy doing interviews for magazines, radios, and shooting for our first clip ‘Wanderlust’.
Can you tell you the story behind the pre-order version for your upcoming album?
For the special edition album, you’ll get additional 8 reworked B-sides that won’t available anywhere else, not in the previous album, compilations, or future albums. The CD will also have unique alternative packaging than the regular one. There are also videos and other extras there too, so you know that it will be special. We have released the single ‘The Boy’ on radios for listeners to get a taste of what we had in this special edition album.
Why did you choose the title ‘Curiouser and Curiouser’? Did you find it a bit hard to spell (especially with the Indonesian tonque)?
We took the name ‘Curiouser and Curiouser’ from Alice in Wonderland. In chapter Two, when Alice was following the white rabbit into the tunnel, she was so excited, surprised and confused at the same time, she started crying ‘curiouser and curiouser’, although she knows that there’s no such word as curiouser. I guess the word Curiouser describes our album perfectly.
The track listing for the upcoming album (plus the bonus disc)?
Curiouser and CuriouserBonus Disc:
How would you assure those who had been pre-ordering and paying full up front n their expectations?
It would be impossible to describe Santamonica music in this album. You need to experience it by yourself. It will be nothing that you ever heard from other bands in this country, we know that for sure.
Have you been working on a videoclip for your single?
Now we’re preparing to shoot our first video, ‘Wanderlust’ which is also the first single of the album. It will be directed by newcomer Dibyo Kusumo with help from famed director Anton Ismael. It will be surreal and awesome, we promise you!
Any last words?
Believe in yourself, don’t believe the fad
In 2001, when Joseph Saryuf returned home to Jakarta after studying in Hamburg, Germany, he decided to become a full-time musician; starting to compose songs for his own music project and working as a freelance music director for various production houses in Jakarta. Not long after that, Joseph met Anindita, a fashion editor and freelance illustrator, and decided to form a duo based on their similar taste in music and their love for analog sounds.
They also took part in two compilation albums, Pop Shower (2003, Quince Records Japan) and Todays Of Yesterday (2005, Bad Sectors Records). Recently, Anindita also contributed in the latest album from shoegaze veteran, Loveliescrushing, which will be released sometime in 2007.
In September 2005, Santamonica finally released their first EP titled ‘189′ to stamp their name in the local music scene and as a warm up prior to the release of the bands full-length album. The EP includes three songs ‘Please Say Yes’, ‘Sought and Found’, and ‘Serenade of Yellow Park’ which have a more acoustic, warm feeling than the songs in their upcoming debut album.
Other than the release of ‘189′ EP, they have played in many respectable gigs around Jakarta and Bandung, such as PL Fair, La Voila, and Indonesia’s biggest music festival: Soundrenaline, along with the country’s top bands and performers. From their ninceptions, they have gathered fans both locally and overseas, thanks to their unique sound, dynamic live performance and exposures from websites like
Myspace, Tweenet, etc.
After two years of waiting, Santamonica’s full-length debut ‘Curiouser and Curiouser’, will be released in Indonesia, this October 2007, under Sinjitos Records (Joseph’s own records label). This album is a follow-up to the band’s EP ‘189′ which was already sold out (1,000 copies in limited release).
In this album, Santamonica has shifted its musical direction from their patented bossa nova and indiepop sounds into an eclectic mixture of electropop, modern jazz, and progressive rock while their musical roots still remain intact. They described their new sound as the musical version of a trip down to Alice in Wonderland; listeners can expect a roller coaster of musical journey accompanied with the band’s trademark whimsical sounds. “The whole experience when listening to our music is quite eerie, yet I think it (our music) also possesses a beautiful quality in it” explains vocalist, Anindita, in one of the local radio interview.
Wanderlust, their first single, were inspired from French electropop with a strong touch of analog sound, unique synth-bass rhytm which visualizes velocity in suspended animation, whispering vocals as instruments and an adrenalin-rushing climax toward the ending.
The recording itself was an endless experiments, such as mic positioned between guitar amps with different tremolo rates for the electric organ, mixer-direct keyboard amps for the fuzzy-noised guitar sounds, and harmonies from a combination of 4 distinct type of mics sampled with guitar frequencies to produce the eerie vocals.
BAND MEMBERS
Name : Joseph Saryuf (Guitar, vocals, synthesizers, sampling and drums)
D.O.B : 24 July 1980
Likes : Photography, Heroes and composing music
Dislikes : Soap opera actors
Influences : My Bloody Valentine, Blonde Redhead, Broadcast. Yo La Tengo
Name : Anindita Saryuf (Vocals, synthesizer, lyrics)
D.O.B : 17 November 1979
Likes : Kooky fashion, lomography, Nancy Drew PC Games
Dislikes : Cold coffee, models who have B.O and attitude problem
Influences : The Carpenters, Astrud Gilberto, Pale Saints, Stereolab
Jakarta
Aksara Bookstores
Kemang, Cilandak Townsquare, Plaza Indonesia
Sinjitos Studios
Jl Ciputat no. 10 Bungur Kebayoran Lama Utara Jakarta 12240
ph: 021-7235812 fax: 021-7258372
email: sinjitos@yahoo.co.uk
Bandung
Monik
Jl Dr. Setiabudhi no. 56 Bandung 40141
ph/fax: 022-2038668
Yogyakarta
VOX Distro & Used CD Shop
Jl. MT Haryono No.1 Plengkung Gading Yogyakarta 55141
ph: 0274-371322
email: distro@online.ie
Bali
Suicide Glam Maximum Rock `N Roll Couture
Jl.Cok Agung Tresna 118 Denpasar 80235
ph: 0361-7945323
email: info@suicideglam.net
Mailorder distributor :
Wastedrockers (candywarhol@lycos.com)
Siklus Tanpa Arah
Jolly Jumper
Brokenjaws Records (2005)
6.2
Album ini dirilis tahun 2005 lalu saat remaja-remaja berponi lempar dengan hati yang sensitif namun tetap cadas mulai bermunculan.
Band cadas dengan lirik-lirik yang depresif dan sensitif tentang hal-hal personal, terutama hubungan antar individu, khas dengan teriakan-teriakan menyayat hati diisi dengan anak muda yang mencari jati diri dan makna kehidupan.
Album yang terdengar seperti anak manja yang sedang mulai memberontak mencari makna hidup dan jati diri ini terasa lebih bermakna didengarkan tahun ini, dibandingkan beberapa tahun lalu. karena dulu telinga saya sudah terlalu capai mendengarkan rengekan - rengekan pemuda bertato sambil berteriak berusaha menyayat hati. Sementara sekarang kelabilan mereka yang dulu dapat terasa lebih nostalgis.
Dan saat ini mereka dikatakan sedang berkembang menuju pendewasaan dengan lagu-lagu yang mungkin terasa lebih kekinian dengan sentuhan indierock sampai ke postrock. dan smeoga mereka tidak lagi menjadi remaja labil tanpa arah dan tujuan lagi.
Eric Wiryanata, September 2007
www.myspace.com/jollyjumper
Sendiri vs Dunia
Alone At Last
Absolute Records (2004)
6.8
Dulu belum kelar lagu pertama e.p. ini sudah saya matikan, karena sudah keburu terbosan-bosan dengan paksaan pasukan lagu-lagu emo dimana-mana, sementara sekarang setelah paksaan itu sudah mulai berkurang saya dapat mendengarkan e.p. ini dengan lebih tenang.
Dapat dikatakan bahwa e.p. ini adalah salah satu rilisan penting di scene emo Indonesia. terutama karena mereka termasuk menjadi garis depan sewaktu wabah emo mulai melanda. Sementara band-band lain mulai berada entah dimana, mereka masih berjaya dipanggung-panggung pentas seni dan bazaar sekolahan dan kampus-kampus. Tetap dengan sensitifitas dan emosi di jalur yang mereka yakini.
Hasil dari kerja keras mereka beberapa tahun ini terasa dengan hadirnya para remaja berponi lempar berbaju hitam plus aksesori -aksesori seperti rantai celana, piercing, handband mulai berpaduan suara meneriakan lirik-lirik mereka. Dan segerombol orang bersorak sorai saat mereka menyebutkan “amarah, senyum dan air mata”, sebuah ungkapan yang betul-betul sensitif dan emosional. Dimana mereka berusaha menunjukkan bahwa kejantanan sejati itu juga memiliki sebuah sisi sensitif.
Seorang laki-laki macho juga diizinkan menangis saat diputusin cewenya.
Dan itulah e.p. ini. sebuah teriakan sensitif menyentuh hati dengan distorsi yang macho. Sebuah anthem yang tepat untuk anda-anda para lelaki sejati yang dapat menitikan air mata saat mengetahui ibu anda berselingkuh dengan pria lain.
Eric Wiryanata, September 2007
October 3rd
We got in Adelaide airport at 11 pm, Joe and Footy picked us up and tell you what, the weather’s freezing! The view: Joe looked like Kid Rock on steroids and Footy came with 1962 Ford Falcon. This is a good start, I can tell you that.
October 4th our first show in Adelaide, we’re playin in a kool pub called Crown and Anchor. The punks were there, the metalheads, goth kittens and hardcore kids were all there. It’s obvious Adelaide got a good and positive underground scene.
The show started at 9 pm with streetpunks heroes The Jerx. Then Stolen Youth came next storming the room w/ their super tight hardcore punk. These local boys got true die hard fans and they pogo, sing-a-long the whole set. Freakin’ amazing, mate. We hit the stage around 11 pm, the soundman told us that we’re allowed to do a longer set, so we burned the room down with 10 songs, broke a few drum sticks and guitar strings and the result was our t-shirt, merchandise and CD’s sold out! Our Streetwise Guide to Bali books were also on everybody’s pockets. This is good….and bad. We’ve got another 12 shows and no more merchandise and CD to sell. This is why. A week a go we shipped more merchandise/CD from Bali to Joe’s address, but just like what happened in Brisbane, it’s stuck at Adelaide customs. Gotta find a way to get it all back tomorrow.
After the show, some locals came with their stories about how they discover us when they came to Bali and some came for a handshake and a Kodak moment. We had a good time hangin out with the great people and the amazing bands of Adelaide. It was a memorable nite!
October 5th,
seems like a big day for the underground scene in Adelaide. One of the hardcore punk legend God So Love The World is having a last show before their official split. The venue is on a open-door skate park, it’s free and illegal and we’re on the bill.
Yeah, breaking the law in Down Under!
After a tiring day and $120 bill at the customs, we finally get our stuff back. Thanx to Joe the snake-charmer.
We got at the venue around 8 pm and it’s already packed with around 300 kids. We were looking for the stage and guess what, there’s none coz the bands were playing inside the skate bowl. Man, how cool was that! Great bands, skaters, BMX riders and an amazing venue.
We saw some were wearing Superman Is Dead t-shirts and that just gave us more gasoline to burn. It’s good coz it was 9 degree Celsius, totally freezing but the hospitality of the locals [plus the whiskey] kept us warm. 9 pm we hit the skate bowl, we nailed it again after some trouble with the bass drum. Sold a few CD’s and met some of the who’s who in Adelaide’s underground scene. God So Love The World play after us and it was crazy! The skate bowl turned into an aggressive pogo area. Kids were so into them and it gave us goose bumps to see how emotional the crowd were. Giving last salute for their heroes. There’s something for us to learn here, to be a great band you don’t have to sell million records. It’s all about honesty and integrity and they’ll remember you………
October 6th
Still as cold as hell, tonight we’re playing an all-ages show at The Underground.
Joe’s friend Ian lending me his old-skool drumkit so things are looking good tonite coz I’ve been having some trouble with the drum set in our last few shows. We got there at 8 pm, many kids were already there. Mostly teenagers. No smoke and alcohol [it's an all-ages show, yay!] so we gotta sneak to the alley for a drink/smoke session.
We were playing with Adelaide’s Son of Dad [ska punks], Hoodoo Voodo Dolls [psychobilly], Patriachal Death Machine [hardcore punk] and The Brews [yes, just like The Brews from Bali but this Adelaide boys playing a bit of streetpunk-core]. They were all amazing, especially Jake the guitarist from Hoodoo Voodoo Dolls, this kid rips and he’s only 16! Thanx for the CD mate.
We hit the stage 10.45 pm, things went smooth, we finished our job with the pride of Kuta Rock City. CD’s sold out, sold some t-shirts and got really positive feedbacks from the audience/bands.
The after party? Just 10 meters away from The Underground, there’s a kool artsy-lounge-bar called Tha Fad and we all went there, Footy and wife Laura [koolest couple on earth!] were being our party host, we also met some of the Adelaide’s rockabilly and hot-rod rebels. Those guys were kool and friendly and we’re planning for a BBQ and hot-rod session with them. We partied up until 1.30 am, went home, ate pizza and go to bed.
We’ll have 2 days free before our last gig on Oct 9th at Fowlers Live and will use our free time for some yoga and meditation with the devil.
Melbourne
11th October
9am. Just like any professional blue-collar punkrock band, S.I.D and Stolen Youth drove a van for 10 hours straight from Adelaide to Melbourne, made a few piss stops and did some ridiculous things along the way. It was fun, mate. Kus was the rockstar of the trip. Haha. We got to Melbourne around 7pm, offloaded our gear in the alley around the back of the Colonial hotel [Next]. Made a quick trip to Sonia’s to drop off our bags, had a quick dinner [Sonia and Sadeg cooked us chicken potato roast, pizza and sambal Bali, hot as hell] and went back to the venue and got ready to bring the house down! And that we did. We had copious amounts of positive feed back after the gig.
The most impressive feed back was confirmed by more than a hand full of people and later backed up by Stolen Youth that there usually is no mosh pit at this particular venue, but we had them going nuts. So Stolen Youth and S.I.D didn’t just bring the house down, we blew the dang roof off! S.I.D can’t thank Stolen Youth enough for this awesome tour so far, it has proven to be beyond anything we could of imagined. We should get them all tickets to Bali….. bus tickets ha ha ha.
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Orange School
Muck
Bodysurf Music
8.1
Tahun-tahun membahagiakan saat medengarkan Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Pavement, lalu kemudian rilisan-rilisan j.mascis, folk implosion, Lou Barlow dan Steven Malkmus. Berada ditengah-tengah rilisan itu hadirlah sebuah album berjudul Orange School dari Muck, sebuah band alternatif lo-fi asal Malaysia.
Sebuah rilisan yang tetap akan bagus didengarkan diperangkat stereo hi-fi maupun sekedar speaker kualitas transistor, itulah semangat lo-fi yang tidak menyerah dengan fasilitas rekaman minim.
That is what I love from lo-fi records; we can still get satisfaction on a release even on low-end speakers. Moreover, the reason why I love this record from Muck is simply that they got the lo-fi spirits in their music.
Everyone would agree if we say that their music were influenced greatly by most of lo-fi heroes. However, I could not agree more if someone would say that Muck have their own sound. We always love the way the sing their songs. We can felt an unpretentious tune and it is true.
In addition, this year, the guys from Sebadoh and Dinosaur Jr are releasing their new songs. We were also hoping these people from Muck would also release something new, as this record was released years ago.
We demand a new release from Muck. Even though I am still enjoying this records since the first time I listened to it up until now.
Brothers and sisters,
Sebentar lagi GETAH akan hadir dikegelapan malammu dan keindahan cahaya siangmu dalam album mereka yang ke 2 berjudul “RELEASE IS PEACE”. Album ini akan dirilis oleh OFF THE RECORDS / BRAVO MUSIC pada tanggal October 31 di seluruh kota2 besar di Indonesia.
Album ini hanya akan tersedia dalam bentuk CD BOX SET dengan harga yang amat sangat manis, Rp. 35.000. Dalam CD BOX SET ini kalian akan mendapatkan tidak saja album “Release is Peace” yang berisikan 14 buah lagu, tapi juga pernak pernik eksklusif seperti Getah Arm Band, pin, Sticker, dan Poster.
Dalam pembuatan album ini pun Getah mendapatkan sumbangan nada2 gila oleh Iwan Hasan (dari band progresif terbaik Indonesia, DISCUS), Syaharani (salah satu penyanyi Jazz terbaik Indonesia), dan Ricky Siahaan (gitaris dari band SERINGAI).
Video klip utk single pertama yang juga berjudul “Release is Peace” sudah dibikin oleh sutradara Teddy Soeriaatmadja.
Berikut ini adalah susunan lagu di dalam album “Release is Peace”
- Parasit Hati
- 1,000 Tahun
- Release is Peace
- Kembali Putih (Tabula Rasa)
- Revolusi Dalam Hati
- Segitiga Bermimpi
- Menggapai Surga
- Sepi
- Karam
- Salvation
bonus tracks:
- Release is Peace (English Piano Version)
- One of The Tales (Garage Session)
- Blue Wednesday (with Jodie’s original vocals)
- Endless Summer Night (with Jodie’s original vocals)
So, see you soon our lovely friends!
cheers,
GETAH
Sepanjang bulan Ramadhan ini, band SORE akan mempersiapkan peluncuran album kedua yang bertitel ‘PORTS OF LIMA’, yang akan dirilis pada bulan November 2007. Proses pembuatan album ini sendiri memakan waktu kurang lebih satu tahun, berlokasi di Pendulum Studio di bilangan Brawijaya, Jakarta Selatan, dibantu engineer handal Dono Firman dan J.Vanco.
Album yang telah lama dinantikan para penggemar SORE -setelah album pertama ‘Centralismo’ yang banyak menuai pujian- akan memuat kurang lebih 11 lagu, ditambah satu bonus track untuk CD. Ada beberapa lagu yang akan dipersiapkan untuk menjadi single dari album ini, antara lain ‘Apatis Ria’, ‘In 1997 The Bullet Was Shy’, ‘Merintih Perih’, ‘400 Elegi’, ‘Senyum dari Selatan’, dan ‘Karolina’. Sedikit bocoran untuk para penggemar, dalam proses rekaman album ini terlibat pula beberapa musisi lain seperti Ario ‘The Adams’, Tika, dan musisi senior Andi Riyanto. Penyanyi bersuara emas, Rieka Roeslan pun sudah menyatakan konfirmasinya akan berkolaborasi dengan band SORE di salah satu lagunya.
Selain persiapan peluncuran album kedua, band SORE yang terdiri dari Ramondo ‘Mondo’ Gascaro pada keyboards, ‘Sir’ Awan Garnida pada bass, Reza ‘Echa’ Dwiputranto pada electric guitar, ‘Bemby’ Gusti Pramudya pada drums, dan Firza ‘Ade’ Paloh pada accoustic guitar, juga tengah menyibukkan diri dengan kegiatannya masing-masing untuk mengisi bulan Ramadhan.
Mondo dan Bemby beserta Aghi Narottama dari Apeontheroof yang merupakan trio penghasil soundtrack handal untuk film ‘Berbagi Suami’, tengah mempersiapkan soundtrack film layar lebar ‘Lotus Requiem’ yang disutradarai Nia Dinata dan ‘Quickie Express’ yang disutradarai oleh Dimas Djayaningrat. Ade Paloh sepertinya harus mulai berpikir untuk melebarkan sayap ke dunia akting setelah keterlibatannya sebagai aktor tamu di film ‘Lotus Requiem’. Awan dan Echa bersama segenap kru dibantu beberapa orang Neo Kampiuns (SORE fanclub) tengah mempersiapkan Safari Ramadhan a la SORE yang rencananya juga akan melibatkan band-band kompatriot lainnya.
Selamat Berpuasa, Mohon Maaf Lahir dan Batin.
Contact: Ishak Dharmawan
+62 812 1024 500 / +62 21 7000 9493
Fax: +62 21 851 8055
sore_band@yahoo.com
Here’s the photos from Jakarta Crossover 2007 with Koop, Cro-magnon, Stax Groove, Bugz in the Attic, DJ Masaya, etc
Boozin’ on 955km/hour
From Bali we’re off to Sydney September 25th midnite. Weather was good, everythin went smooth. The boys and girls of Kuta Rock City Angels were taking us to the airport. Sending their love and spirit with us. And of course, list of some oleh-oleh from Australia…
We’re on the same plane with the wild boys from Sunshine Coast, Australia who’d been coming to our infamous nest at the Lonely King Tattoo Bar and Electrohell shop down Poppies Lane 2 during their two weeks holidays in Bali. What a coincidence ‘coz our first show will be at Sunshine Coast, so at least we’ll have some crowd down there.
On the plane, there’s some turbulance when we crossed Samudera Hindia but everyone’s a bit too tired to worry bout it, we just kept drinkin our beers until these eyes fall asleep. Man we wish everything goes well with the immigration in Sydney coz we’d rather eat Vegemite for a month than getting in trouble with them. Knock on wood on that one.
And ah, forget the Opera House, we’ll be in Sydney airport for 5 hours doing nothing, then catch the flight to Gold Coast where we’ll be pick up by our good fellas Ray and Tasha. Yes, we do love airports coz our life’s too boring. Eat that.
And oh, our music equipments still stuck in Brisbane! We ship them a week ago but there was some technical error so for some reason it’s still in Brisbane when it’s supposed to be in Gold Coast, like…yesterday. Well, we shouldn’t be worry too much about it anyway, it’s only our music equipments, and we can do the tour without it [yea right…]
We’ll just gonna steal other bands equipments…. haha….
Anyway, more gossip about what’s the new black in the white town is coming soon, gotta finish up the beers now and get a lil’ rest for tomorrow.
Cheers from 37000 feet up in the sky!
Sydney 26th sept 10 am.
Thank God everything worked well with the customs in Sydney airport, even though there’s a few kejadian like our stage crew Sadik almost got busted for bringin fruits in his luggage. The reason is, he forgot! Dasar Sadik dukun kurma illegal. The customs also asked about my boots, they were like “What do you use your boots for? Did you went to a chiken farm this the last 2 weeks? Have you been hunting? ”
I told them it’s just a fashion boots and I wear them to look kool. Yup, style does cost your….time. From international airport we gotta ride a bus to domestic airport and it ain’t free, biatch, $5 each for 5 minutes drive. In Bali, you can get 5 packs of Lucky Strike with that.
Gold Coast Convicteds
So ya we got in Gold Coast safe and sound and guess siapa yang memberi kita sambutan pertama disana…yup, the lovely airport securities! Just right when we got out from the gate, the securities chased us and and asked to check our bags coz one of the live saver jacket in the plane is missing [Yes, that yellow thing that'll save your life if you get beat up by king kongs]. It’s sad but true, but people still judge punkrock book by it’s goddamn punkrock cover. Since we were all wear black and tattooed, we were convicted already. They search our bags and nothing was found, so they left. Thanx for the unconvenience mate!
It’s around 6 pm when we arrived at Ray’s and we’re all so tired but our Aussie mates were there, ready with beers, food and some stuff. So yea we had a lil welcoming party roll. The results? At the end of the party Kus got confused of wether he’s in Bali or Aussie so he wanted to get a cab home to Bali coz he missed his lady. Haha, that’s cute, Mike Tyson!
Just like when we started touring Indonesia, we all gotta share a room so half of us gotta sleep in the garage. Went bed pretty early, woke up at 6 and getting ready for a predictably-long-heavy-time at the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service [AQIS] office in Brisbane to get our stuff back.
September 27th.
9.30 am, me, Sadik and Tasha got in a car. An hour away to Brisbane, we realized how Aussie have really nice roads, and everything’s well built and organized. When we get at the AQIS office tanpa diduga everything went well, everybody was nice and helpful and we got our stuff back [minus the cigarettes]
Came back to Gold coast with smiles and ice creams….everybody was happy.
Tomorrow’s our first show, hopefully we’ll kick some brown black blue yellow and red ass in Sunshine Coast!
Sept 28th
All the boys woke up early and we played tennis at the tennis court next to Ray’s house. It’s a pretty good sport hey. After shower we prepared the equipments and got ready for 3 hours trip to Sunshine Coast. Our fellow criminals Rick and Damon came pick us up w/ their cars. The kruise to Sunshine begins at 3 pm, did some ridiculous thing on the road, we got to the venue Fusion Youth Center at 6.30. The venue was small and clean…I mean clean as in a strictly non smoking and non alcohol area. But it’s all good. We finally met Footy from Two Bucks Records Adelaide who’s set up our whole Aussie tour. Such a nice guy. He also helps selling our merchandise and spread our ‘A Streetwise Guide to Bali’ books. The venue’s not too crowded but everyone was chill and friendly. We’re playing with Stolen Youth [Footy's band], Just Say Go, Forefold and Stand Or Fall, most of them are punk and hard core bands. The show haven’t started yet so we went to get some food and beers. My phone rang, the local boys of Sunshine Coast we’ve met in Bali called and said their on their ways. Smooth. We got back at the venue, met the local boys and had a lil warming up party at the parking lot. After a while we went in the venue to see Stolen Youth, and tell you what, this Adelaide boys kicks ass!
Then it’s our turn, still a bit nervous but we gave 100% of what we had. Yeah, it’s the first time we ever played overseas and it was great! We’ve got some good feedbacks, sold some CD’s and even some kids tried to give us money. After the gig, the local boys took us to this pub down at Mooloolaba. It was fun but for some reason, we were all kind of kicked out by the bouncers and headed back to Gold Coast at 12 PM. It was a quick way home. Another big night tomorrow in Brisbane and we’re ready for a bigger one. Sunshine Coast, thanx for having us there!
For more info and tour pictures-a-go go, check www.myspace.com/supermanisdead
Pada hari Senin malam kemarin tanggal 10 September 2007 di markas besar Zeke and the Popo (ZATPP) daerah Panglima Polim diadakan secret gigs launching album premium package ZATPP “Spaces in the Headlines” (SITH) sekaligus syukuran berdirinya label indie Black Morse records. Invitation acara ini pun hanya melalui sms dan words of mouth. Acara ini dihadiri oleh teman-teman dekat, rekan media dan label, keluarga, dan penggemar sekaligus pembeli premium pack ZATPP.
Acara dibuka sekitar jam 8 malam oleh Holly City Rollers (HCR). Sepertinya band ini lumayan bisa memuaskan para penonton yang datang. Beberapa yang hadir berkata bahwa HCR adalah the next big thing (“gue pesen duluan dari sekarang ya” kata David Naif kepada Tony, promo dari Black Morse Records. Padahal HCR sebetulnya masih unsigned) . Selanjutnya dilanjutkan dengan perkenalan dan peresmian dari keluarga besar Black Morse records yang ternyata semuanya berjenis kelamin pria. Peresmian ditandai dengan memotong kue berbentuk logo mesin faks, yang merupakan lambang dari Black Morse records (yang kemudian potongan kuenya di serahkan ke Bpk Agum Gumelar), disambung dengan press conference ZATTP, peresmian website www.zatpp.com, dan door prize yang berhadiah 2 buah premium package untuk 2 orang pemenang. Di dalam acara tanya jawab dengan personil ZATPP, Saudara Andy Julius dengan teman (dari komunitas progressive) menyebut Zeke and the Popo sebagai “Tuyul tuyul” yang tidak takut memainkan musik yang dimainkan di era Pink Floyd.
Acara ditutup oleh penampilan dari ZATPP, debut artis Black Morse records, yang membawakan delapan buah lagu dari album SITH, didukung dengan visual yang semakin mengukuhkan ZATPP sebagai band yang berbasis visual.
Sementara itu premium packagenya (yang terdiri dari 1 buah kotak pizza berisi 1 CD album SITH, 1 pin, 3 stickers, 1 t-shirt, dan 1 poster) sendiri terjual habis di tempat sehingga banyak yang lalu memesannya. Begitu juga dengan t-shirt berwarna hitam dan putih yang bertuliskan ZATPP juga terjual habis. Premium package ini memang hanya dijual terbatas dan hanya bisa dipesan melalui contact@blackmorserecords.com atau lewat 085920772010. Sebagian besar yang datang membeli premium package di tempat, dan yang lainnya sudah memesan terlebih dahulu. Album SITH sendiri baru bisa didapatkan di pasaran pada akhir bulan Oktober dan launching album SITH akan diadakan sesudahnya. Footages tentang secret gigs ini akan segera diupload ke youtube.
Images : SatriaRamadhan
words: Pugar Restu Julian
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Asa
Fiasco Records (2007)
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Hampir sama dengan sebagian besar band band ‘brit pop’ lokal era 90an mereka menciptakan lagu-lagu ber irama ceria dan dinamis dengan karakter pop indonesia. Yang pada masa-masa itu disebut Pop alternatif atau… ehm Pop kreatif.
Sedangkan pada masa sekarang musik dengan karakter demikian seringkali dimainkan oleh para J-rock/j-pop teatrikal bermake-up, eyeliner dan rambut jabrik warna-warni. Tidak begitu aneh jika ternyata musik mereka tidak berada jauh juga dari lagu-lagu soundtrack anime jepang, karena track semacam Pegasus Fantasy adalah salah satu lagu yang juga sering dimainkan oleh band-band britpop baik yang bermain di festival-festival ‘indie’ maupun kumpulan britpop café top 40.
Diluar semua itu, musik mereka dengan melodi dinamis dan stabil berlirikan hal romantis mengenai kerinduan, perpisahan dan perjumpaan. Mereka akan siap menembus pasaran mainstream yang lebih luas jika berhasil menemukan produser dan pemodal yang cocok.
Ga terlalu banyak yang dapat dikatakan lagi, kecuali mungkin album ini bisa dipakai untuk nostalgia para scenester yang dulu sering menghadiri acara-acara ‘britpop’ sambil mendengarkan band semacam Suede, Shed Seven, Muse, Manic Street Preachers dan semacamnya. Sedangkan untuk pendengar muda, album ini dapat didengarkan sebagai alternatif dari kebosanan telinga dibombardir oleh band-band semacam The Titans atau Samsons.
Eric 2007
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