Please meet Astrolab, the latest breakthrough in Bandung’s indiepop scene. It’s Dany Badra, Rangga Kuntara, Andri Diana, Ibnu Hafidz Alim, and Yoki Adhitama.
Hello would you mind to share the readers brief story about the bandung music scenes from your point of view?
It has been better prefer to few years ago in bandung. Our music expression and appreciation is now better, also there are a lot of gigs that support music scene in bandung.
tell us a lil bit more about the band background?
Friendship since junior high school and similarities in music.
What is Your current activities?
Study, work and play.
A brief astrolab description?
It’s about nature and life filled with ocean, sky, clouds and space.
Influences?
Dany Badra : Blueboy, The Pastels
Rangga Kuntara : Postcard Records, The Subway Organization 1986-1989, C86, Sarah Records, The Smiths, Felt, Mike Oldfield
Andri Diana : The Ocean Blue, St. Christopher, Morrissey, The Dears
Ibnu H.A.: The Human League, New Order, Joy Division, Marc Almond, Kate Bush
Yoki Adithama : The Hit Parade, Strawberry Switchblade, The Organ, Lovejoy, Altered Images
Future Plans?
Being productive and mature in music.
Make better social relationship
What is Top Five Songs on your play list?
Badra :
01. Cloud babies (blueboy)
02. Killjoy (Brighter)
03. His London (Beaumont)
04. Boy Meets World (Action Painting!)
05. Slow Soft Sighs (Trembling Blue Stars)
Rangga :
01. Can’t You Tell It’s True¿ (Another Sunny Day)
02. The Sea Is So Quite (Trembling Blue Stars)
03. Vasco Da Gama (Felt)
04. Everglades (The Sea Urchins)
05. Girl Afraid (The Smiths)
Andri :
01. Antinature (McCarthy)
02. Pink Champange (Arabesque)
03. Barbarism Begins At Home (The Smiths)
04. Air (The Owls)
05. The Cold Swedish Winter (Jens Lekman)
Ibnu :
01. Heart like a wheel (The Human League)
02. My Hand Over My Heart (Marc Almond)
03. To France (Mike Oldfield)
04. Here is the House (Depeche Mode)
05. You Deserve More Than A Maybe (St. Christopher)
Yoki :
01. Mercury (The Ocean Blue)
02. Save A Prayer (Duran-Duran)
03. Who Knows What Love Is (Strawberry Switchblade)
04. Climbing (The Sweetest Ache)
05. Your Arms Around Me (Jens Lekman)
Any good Underrated bands you can recommend our readers?
Sunny Summer Day, Twisterella, Sunday Night Joy, Faction, Abadkatrowave, EmbarkasihPitaloka, Just A joke.
myspace.com/astrolab8
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well our background consists of mainly goofy people. we first met at a gig then we hit straight off cause we shared the same taste of music and humor! and created magic tadaaaa!
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