Sore
Centralismo
Aksara Records, 2005
8.4
Centralismo is the debut album from Sore, a high-praised critically acclaimed band from Jakarta and got the title of Five Asian Albums Worth Buying from TIME Asia Magazine in Sep. 2005. But do they earn the title ?worth buying??
Speaking in the ?worth buying? sense, I am somewhat disappointed with the recent local records in the past year. Some albums are notable though, for it is actually worth buying, and Centralismo could be one of them. I got high enthusiasms for Sore since we got a copy of their samples a couple of months before their debut album, and I was hypothetically one of the first buyers, and got this CD for 45K rupiahs.
Ok, they don?t have a jewel-box case or a digipack case for the cd, it?s just a ridiculously stuffed folded carton paper, it?s even hard to slip off the CD and the thin booklet. But it has a tremendous collection of artwork there, with illustrations, notes and photographs of the colonial-era retrospects in Jakarta.
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?Bebas? opens as the first track in the record, with some groovy drum patterns and mellow piano tunes, ?Bebas? brings us to a retro-feel and nostalgic sense of an era in the past and it goes on in the relaxing ?Mata Berdebu?, where they blend their music with some strings, a French horn, and a part of Eric Satie?s Gymnopedie I, and in ?Somos Libres? (which is Spanish for ?We Are Free?).
?No Fruits For Today? established their jazzy-side of the music, and is one of my favorite tracks in the record. Catchy phrases on the refrain (?I love you when you love me, and we?re gonna make a big family?), however, the ?Kuntilanak?-witch voice on the bridge is very, very annoying.
?Cermin? (which is included in the 2003?s JKT:SKRG compilation) actually ruins the graphic as the song in the next track, but it is slowly covered by ?Keangkuhanku? and the we step up on an another jazzy-tunes song (and another favorite track of mine), ?Etalase?, which started with a funky saxophone melody and ended with a nice orchestrated strings section, brings a romantic, mellow, yet enlightening mood.
?Ambang? helps to define main color of Sore?s music, and ?Ada Musik Di Dalam? makes you remember of being alone inside when the rains pour outside.
Sore?s exploration of the 70?s Indonesian pop, beatles-influenced-music in bands like Koes Plus is shown ?Lihat? with a contemporary interpretation and a jazzy blend. While ?She?s So Beautiful?, which is a collaboration between the band itself and The Miskins, produces an upbeat and high-spirited pop-rock song. ?Aku? ends the record and makes a farewell in a solitary mood.
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In the end, I found it very hard to define Sore?s music, since in any way, I?ve never heard anything like it, it?s experimental and avant-garde, along side with the melodies of retro pop and and jazzy mood. Calling them avant-garde neocolonial postrock jazz, may sound ridiculously cheesy, but I think it is fair enough.
Despite of their flaws for live performance, this album is actually flawless in production; the compositions and arrangement of the songs are wonderful, with nice quality details here and there.
This album won?t create a gimmick trend for local juveniles, but it is always be notable from time to time. And hell yeah it actually worth my ass-sweating-45K-money-spent-in-an-album for such a long time.
Ryan Koesuma, February 2006
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sore ya, not bad lah, very good i think, retro pop dengan jazzy touch yang sempurna menurut gw………..
lagu lagu yang mengisi album ini sungguh caimik.hati puas rasanya setelah membeli dan mendengarkan album ini.vidio clipnya juga baik.lagu favotir saya etalase semoga akan segera di buat vidieo clipnya!amien.ngomong2 dimana ya kaset ku berada?setelah di pinjam seseorang yang tak tau diamana saat ini keadaaanya?
Sore…?@#! puas juga dapet mp3nya…he…he…he… salah sendiri gak sampe kota gua….
The fact that the album’s produced by an Indie label and got praised by TIME magazine, is definitely a kick in the mouth for the big record companies. They should buy themself an ear bud for not recognizing Sore’s music!
sukaaaa bgt!!!! keep rockin’ guyz!!!!!!!
‘sore’ ato “sore” si?
yea whatever lah…fenomenal, jarang2 ada yg kayak gini…band yg bener2 INDONESIA sekali
nice job!!! 4 thumbs up, 5 stars deh
@Nira: kalo boleh tau kotanya dimana?jadi kita bisa confirm lagi ke bagian distribusi kita.Thx a bunch! :)
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band dengan personel chubby chubby.
Sore is a retro-jazzy band from Indonesia, their music is very unique to describe…
somewhat between Mocca (or Naif) and prog-rockers like Discus…but with strong psychedelic sound
my fave track are ‘etalase’ and ‘lihat’, such a funny song i think
lagu2 kalian sangat indah, apalagi didengarkan dikala sore hari…
saya benar2 suka kalian semua..
oya, satu lagi, artwork-nya keren euy, jadi ga rugi kalo beli cdnya…
cheers!
lagu nya bagus yg i love you and you love me itu lho…. lucu deh…. pengen cium semua personil nya nih.. boleh y.. mmmuuuuuuaaaaccccchhhhhhhhh
.Papi Km Udah Ga Cinta Mami Lg Ya??
.Pake Cium2 Personil Sore Segala,pokoknya Aku Minta Talak 2!
Halo temans, kalo mau undang Sore buat main di acaranya telp aja ya ke no contact yang baru 0812 1024 500 dengan Boyke. Thanks buat Eric dan Ryan. Cheers.
sore… iri tiada henti..speechless saya..
gak ngira.. band keren yg saya cari sampe ujung pluto ternyata ada di pulau jawa..
salut..
btw..
kayanya ada yg mo ngundang akustikan tuhhh… huhuhuhu
ga salah kalo times magz n rollingstone..nobatin “centro” to recomend album…alhasil gw ga pernah lepas sehari aja tanpa dengerin sore,…mas’ paloh,…gimana se biar bisa nulis sastra model gtu..
Bah…Nggak Sore ga Goodnight Electric…LAMA BANGET DATENG KE PURWOKERTO…Aksara aja yang distribusinya katanya paling ADUHAI seret datengnya…Gimana yang lain…
Ngeluarin duit ampe ratusan ribu cuman buat Ongkos Kirim…menyebalkan!
DISTRIBUSI ANJAS!
major hype – from reputable sources – bought it – listen to it once – not even intrigued by any note in any song – too much foot in the past – why cant someone get excited about today and tomorrow? – believe that the whole getinyourcomfyzoneofrevisitingorrelivingthepast movement has gotten too far -feel the effort of making it ciri n greget – didnt work for me – sorry – somewhere between vaguely interesting and just flat out boring – I’ll give the CD to the 1st person I think could appreciate it better – or simply a big fan who has no access to miliki the CD – if that somebody cross my path – no regret for the 45 ribu though – just another experimentational failyer
givvitome then..
Give me reasons why I should.. :-)
is it really that good? wokeh lah, besok beli!
sore…..
emg.cihuyy….
ku kejar kau hingga ke solo….
lalu berlanjut ke jogja….
terimakasih atas keakraban yg kau berikan…
see u in semarang……
Keren boiy!! Bahasanya berkualitas banget..
Pokoknya enak sekali didengar dan tidak pasaran yang mudah disukai dan mudah juga dilupakan.. hehe,
owh, it’s not that good. damn! this one album i’ll regret buying. and no hardcovers?? WTF?!
whhh..g bosen didengerin pa lagi ada unsur jazznya..g nyangka..
cakep dah, ribet, enak, kaya minum es teh manis abis naik metromini 72 siang bolong, panas, berdiri, pake jaket item, sebelahnya ngerokok, menyegarkan………..
Thanks buat (shortfused) dan Rizky buat kritiknya, mungkin sepintas musiknya sore memang seperti merangkum musik2 lama, tapi kita rasa ngga juga dan kalo memang iya sebenernya itu sah2 saja. Dan, menurut lo musik yang today, tomorrow, dan keren itu seperti apa ya? Sangat subjektif bos. Hampir semua nada udah diexplore di dunia, semua yang ngetop sekarang cuma pengulangan2 nada yang udah diperdengarkan di masa lalu, tinggal pinter2nya ngemix nada jadi lebih enak didengar dan ngga terlalu pasaran. So, sekali lagi kite minta maap bos kalo ada yang ngga suka. Atau daripada maki2 bikin band aja sendiri yang modern, terus jualan siapa tau laku bos.
Thank you for Sore Mangement in giving the honor by commenting on my 2 cents.
I guess the argument that musically everything has been explored is the oldest, if not lamest, used only by the laziest musician, which you guys seem not to be.
I heard that argument in the 80s, yet Napalm Death was very refreshing.
Again in the 90s, but hey this Bjork dude sounded out of this world.
Guess I’m just a sucker for a fresh thing ;-)
Kudo with you with the cool and today music being subjective.
It’s just, for me retro has the element of playing it safe, because in some way it’s been done. Experimenting, taking risk attitude just does it for me, beautifies it.
Nothing really wrong with nostalgic trip though, for some people :-)
I even see the irony that some of the sound that’s been revisited by today’s music was originally meant to be futuristic – mendahului jamanz :-)
And when that future comes, they just revisit the past, oh man :-)
And last but not least, you shouldn’t be apologetic for the music youre makin’
In fact there seem to be more people put there likin’ it.
That’s the whole meaning of makin music, to make more people happy.
Unless ur that art pour l’art guy ;-)
With that in mind, you can always dismiss a nobody like me :-)
And I don’t even dislike your music, just ain’t my thing.
I agree that one shouldn’t maki2 when they’re upset, but afterall they spend some money, so in a way it’s their “privilege” :-)
Thanx for the stimuli for this wacana ;-)
Let’s maybe just agree to disagree, and carry on with our own life…
Selamat Malam buat Sore…
ok then, brother..
kami akan melanjutkan perjuangan kami ‘bermalas-malasan’ sampe musik kami bisa jadi tuan rumah di negeri sendiri, kalo bisa ngebawa nama baik indonesia ke level internasional, biar ngga cuma radja dan ratu yang ngetop di luar, kroco2 macem kite bisa ngais2 rejeki dikit lah, biar ngga harus ngeband sambil kerja seperti sekarang (sekarang ini kami terus bermalas2an siang malem dengan pekerjaan ganda).. supaya iskandar dan ismail marzuki dan oom guruh sukarno yang musiknya sangat mempengaruhi hidup kami agak bangga sedikit dengan generasi penerusnya, walaupun kite punya dosa mencoba gabungin musik mereka dengan ngakngikngoknya beatles atau distorsi so-called modernnya de pumpkins.. adios, daydreamer..
Hehehe… seriousa katamsi amat :-)
Teruskan perjuangan moe saudara koe, moga2 kalao maen di luar, gak mahasiswa Indo aja yang ngundang, kayak Dewa hihihi…
Bisa punya dua kerjaan itu hebat dan berkah lho, romantijs lagi ;-) (idealis-realis, anjisth karakter anak Jakarta tea, mantep euy, hats off!), gue bersyukur masih banyajk orang2 yang punya kesempatan kayak gitu…
Wah menarijk juga reklamenya bahwa ada bumbu be-tales sama be-labu di Centralismo..
Nanti gue coba denger lagi deh…
Seperti orang Indo lainnya, gue minta maap kalo ada nyang berasa gimana n jadi gak enak gitu ya karena ocehan gue, sekaligus nutup wacana meracau gue kali ini… :-)
I’ll continue my life with my kids, dayjob, night job, all week job as a father, karyawan n teman sana sini…
Nuhun nyak, God speed!
yah…. musik pasti pengulangan deh, yang lama dibikin lebih baik menurut versi mereka dan mungkin saja pasar tentunya… gak semua orang suka kopi kan?Dan kalo ga suka apa artinya?Mau pake gula apa enggak atau berapa banyak gulanyakan tergantung masing masing… iya gak
Bermimpi apakah saya tadi malam……?
Ataukah alam smesta berkonspirasi memutarbalikkan waktu…..
TAdi shubuh saya masih bisa tidur dengan damai… tapi SORE ini…….
Memang luar biasa!!!!
Musik mereka tidak ‘maksa’ memang jadul apa adanya dan Indonesia sekali.
Uh…ah…..apa yang telah kalian PERBUAT..???/!!!!DAMN!!!!!!!
Kalian selalu membuat saya pergi terlalu jauh menuju pantai di saat sunset, dimana matahari berwarna merah gelap. Ya. Itu semua karena kalian, hari ini lagu kalian di OST BErbagi Suami dengan judul Pergi TAnpa Pesan selalu membuat bergairah tak tentu arah.
Well, tidak perlu banyak komentar, biarlah semua nada berulang dalam racikan dan zaman yang berbeda. Coba aing lahir tahun 50-an, trus rada aristrokrat, pasti urang bisa ngadengekeun lagu jiga SORE leuwih loba…..
Nyok ah…..
Mata Berdebu somehow reminds me of Beaumont’s Discotheque ala Carte, in slower version. My fave track is Cermin, it’s flawless albeit quite different from the other jazzy tracks. One of the best album in 2005.
Centralismo was so great Fren,, bahasa yang lo pake berat jg, tapi gw salut, lo bisa mengindahkan kembali bahasa indonesia,,harusnya Sore bisa jadi Million Copies Band daripada Radja, Peterpan, or whatever lah,,sayang media di Indonesia masih terlalu mengekspos band itu2 aja, jadi kuping masyarakat kurang terbiasa denger musik yang laen,,keep rock in jazz,,,,
eh2 buat sore’s management.. sore punya official website ga sih??? klo blom bikin donk. penting tuh. hehehe.
horreee…!!!!
akhirnya ada juga band dari SD Cilacap..!!!
mau nanya tentang gimana contact sore biar bisa menta tolong mereka manggung di sebuah acaranya…minta contact person-nya,,ya…makasih sore..
sore is de best!!!
hydoo?? farhan/ gw bru denger somos libres n centralismo “sore” dari anggie clumsheholic -bogor, last night 23:05 p.m and its a nice one i ever had…thx n stright up bruuw!!!
The fact that the album's produced by an Indie label and got praised by TIME magazine, is definitely a kick in the mouth for the big record companies. They should buy themself an ear bud for not recognizing Sore's music!
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