Roman Foot Soldiers - Streets Without Signs (4.1 MiB, 1,629 hits)
Formed in Vancouver, Canada, Roman Foot Soldiers started as a passion project by 6 international university students in the winter of 2005. Like their hometown Jakarta, the band is a blend of many eccentric musical characters. Such contrasts however didn’t produce a clash of creativity, but it did inspire the group to pursue a sound unique enough to satisfy all band members’ appetite.
Roman Foot Soldiers are Tim Matindas (Vocals), Gogor Yudo (Guitar), Prianka Bukit (Guitar), Reza Adhitama (Bass), Josh Hartana (Keys & Synth) and Luky Ginting (Drums). Matindas and Yudo started as roomates with a passion for songwriting. The rest of the band joined very soon and Roman Foot Soldiers were born, taking their name from a fascination for epic war films and solidarity.
The group took on numerous gigs throughout Vancouver’s wide‐spread indie scene. A formal recognition was achieved when the band finished in the top 3 of “UBC Battle of the Bands” which consisted of 50+ contestants. By 2009 Roman Foot Soldiers had morphed into a more mature electro‐rock band employing more experimental song arrangements.
After having graduated with their respective degrees, the band realized that they were in the possession of great group chemistry and music potential. Still having strong ties with their home country, Roman Foot Soldiers returned home to Indonesia in summer of 2010. Currently the band is preparing its debut album under Sinjitos Records, scheduled to be released in 2011.
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Dalam rangka menggali bakat-bakat musik lokal dari Indonesia Sinjitos Records kembali memperkenalkan sebuah kelompok baru asal Jakarta yang kembali memberi alternatif segar bagi dunia musik Indonesia, Roman Foot Soldiers. Kelompok yang dibentuk di Vancouver, Canada ini mengusung gabungan berbagai jenis musik dan sound yang beragam dengan pop sebagai warna dasarnya. Walaupun band ini belum banyak dikenal, keunikan musik karya Tim (vocals), Reza (bass), Gogor (guitar), Pria (guitar), Josh (keys) dan Luky (drums) mampu dengan cepat menarik perhatian para pecinta musik. Terbukti ketika mereka mengadakan sebuah pertunjukan di Hard Rock Cafe (HRC), Jakarta, Roman Foot Soldiers sukses membuat seisi HRC kagum pada repertoir yang mereka bawakan.
Streets Without Signs sendiri bercerita mengenai suatu perjalanan tanpa tujuan pasti, berani mengambil pilihan untuk kehilangan arah. Terinspirasi oleh perjalanan melalui labirin jalan-jalan di jantung kota, kita kadang menemukan diri kita hilang di daerah tak dikenal. Setiap bangunan dan persimpangan terlihat sama. Strategi keluar hanya untuk memilih satu arah dan terus berjalan. Karena melalui petualangan ini kita terkadang menemukan sesuatu secara tidak sengaja dan ternyata merupakan hal yang sangat menarik
Untuk memperkenalkan kelompok ini ke khalayak ramai, Sinjitos Records meluncurkan single dari Roman Foot Soldiers “Streets Without Signs” yang dapat didownload secara gratis dan dapat didistribusikan secara bebas. Kelompok ini rencananya akan mulai mengerjakan album perdana mereka di tahun 2011.
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