An exclusive launch of a new Treehouse designed by Noma Bar along with a workshop set amongst the natural environment in the Monofuku Ando Center.
Momofuku Ando Center will create a collaboration outdoor workshop with Noma Bar where you'll be inspired by Noma's sense of art and the world around us.
Food stands with Shinshu local ingredients and a walking trail event through the fresh green mountain landscape.
Noma Bar is renowned for his ability to see things differently, and his use of negative space to create witty double-take images. As a part from the agenthamyak's artists His bold use of colours, economy of shapes and iconography makes his style instantly recognisable. Noma has published illustrations for magazines and books worldwide.
He has released two books, and has been twice nominated for Design Museum Designs of the Year Awards with the Chineasy project and Cut it Out.Noma has exhibited worldwide with solo shows in London, New York and Paris.
Noma Bar found the concept of this project when he was visiting Tokyo, "The project was started, when I went to Momofuku Ando center in Komoro Nagano, where is about 3 hours drive from Tokyo. My treehouse needs to be in the high point in the wood and needs to be a view house to over look the Akagi mountain. Back to London, when I was working in the Highgate wood, I discovered the idea of Birds Eye View. I found two leafs on the floor on the wood. It was the one above the other and looked like a bird. Leafs are falling down, but they are forming a shape of bird that will look out to the mountain. This is how the process started, from the simple idea of two leafs together, and it becomes an about 7m of structure that contain people with stairs, banister and terrace." Noma said.
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The name Homogenic should be familiar to followers of Indonesian music. The group has been involved in Bandung's music scene for over a decade now (established in 2002). With 4 releases under their belt, the group returns as HMGNC, and after intensively preparing their next album the self-described electronic sci-pop group has released a brand new song for their fans and soon to be fans to enjoy.
In collaboration with Papermoon Records, "Today and Forever" is a mid-tempo atmospheric experience, with washes of synth pads enveloping listeners, a steady drum machine in the pocket supporting it, and smooth vocals leading the track with romantic and hopeful lyrics as the centerpiece of the music. The dreamy vibe creates a contemplative mood, with Amandia Syachridar's silky voice reciting lyrics such as "Asleep and awake, happy and sad, aware and subconscious - with you, with you, with you, I've fallen in love with you" in the midst of the instrumentation almost as if the music is in her head - daydreaming of a new love or perhaps an unhealthy passionate obsession. The music ends with the sound of the synths oscillating into a snowball of sound, reaching the climax as if the mood and feelings can no longer be contained nor controlled. "Today and Forever" is a very sweet song, take a listen through the link below, and it is a free download for a limited time, so go to their Soundcloud page and add it into your digital music library.
Also, the group promises to release new songs in the upcoming months in support of their upcoming new album, so keep an eye out.
Writers are like birds. At one time they are like eagles which prefer to run solo, but at other times they are pigeons who flock around a park while feasting. However, having a better look at it, writers identify themselves more to starlings; they crave for isolation and socialization concurrently. Therefore, to fulfill their craving to socialize, a house for writers is needed, and that’s just what The Murmur House provides. The Murmur House carries the intentions of allowing young contemporary writers to expand their views, broaden their knowledge, and enrich their experiences. With a sense of togetherness, each starling in our home transmits their heat to each other, making them warm while growing together under the same roof.
The Murmur House, founded by Rain Chudori and Syarafina Vidyadhana, has a main project of producing printed literary journal, Murmur. The first issue of Murmur Journal, themed Welcome to Warmth, was published in June 2014. Full of intimate, rich, and hearty proses in various forms, the journal was written in English by new names as well as names who are no stranger to Indonesia’s literary scene. We are glad to announce that our journal has been well received.
It has been 6 months of creative process, so the time has come for us to publish our second. The theme being Love and Other Drugs, we hope to deliver maximum dosage of emotions in all kinds provoked by the actions of loving and being loved. As Dwiputri Pertiwi, our head of editors, says, “As much as we are tempted to cringe at the endurance of love as a part of our collective experience (“Love? Who has time for that these days anyway?”), we secretly yearn for it no matter how battered or whole that love may be.” Not only the yearn and desire of love that are going to be divulged in this issue, but also the pain and pleasure of searching love itself which has become an addictive process to us all, humans.
Accompanying the publication of our second journal, The Murmur House will hold Murmuration #2. For starling birds, murmuration is a process at which they migrate to another place in unison without the potential of leaving any member of the group behind. This notion is later cultivated by The Murmur house to create a readers’ gathering, Murmuration. Following the path of our first Murmuration, Murmuration #2 allows young readers to share and read aloud their most cathartic texts.
Murmuration #2 will be held on May 9th, 2015 at 3 PM to 6 PM in Kedai, Jalan Benda No. 89, Kemang, South Jakarta. We will provide various enjoyments like reading and music performances in exchange of IDR 10,000 donation. The reading performances will involve a list of young readers, such as Ben K. C. Laksana, Dylan Amirio, Rebecca Kezia, Armandio Alif, Rain Chudori, Syarafina Vidyadhana, Talissa Febra, Ayu Meutia, Pangeran Siahaan, Andhyta Firselly Utami, Dea Anugrah, and Dinda Ibrahim. Meanwhile, Amygdala and The Colour Mellow will be happy to play their best tunes.
We hope to grow and consistently create and recreate fresh, limitless works which induce singular sensation of reading experience to our readers. We hope to be the quintessential voice of our generation.
The Murmur House
More info:
Ratnayu Candra Kirana : 081318478786
Twitter : @themurmurhouse
Instagram: @themurmurhouse
Facebook : The Murmur House
Suits any running style, elevates any dress style – this season, the White Instinct pack is set to make an impression. Taking things back aesthetically minimal as possible, the result is a crisp and clean trio of sneakers that appear simple-yet-luxe due to the classic style and premium materials used.
At the top of the line is the Made in USA M1400JGY, in premium leather uppers completed with clean white outer sole and premium leather lining. Little effort would be required to look fresh and fashion-forward with these sneakers.
Those looking for a technical running silhouette can turn to the classic ML999AW in premium leather upper with perforated underlays and trademark abzorb sole unit.
The pack also includes the vintage-looking CM620WH, which is perfect for those who appreciate classic retro-running style. This pair combines a leather and mesh upper with a lightly padded collar for a comfortable fit.
Sporty look or classy style, get ready to take on white this season with this essential collection.
photos by: Ade Sulistioputra
article by: Athina Ibrahim
With the rise of creative outlets in Jakarta – ranging from coffee shops, online media, or letterpress studio – created by former Indonesian students’ from Australia, it was only a matter of time an event would be created to bring these young creatives into one room.
Last Wednesday night, the entertainment agency, – which brought Mac DeMarco to Jakarta – organized a celebration of Australian Alumni’s in the event . With the support from the Australian Embassy, the spacious arena of Empirica was transformed into a concert hall where we first noticed a number of fresh graduates blending with the Australian expatriates in Jakarta.
The first performance to take the stage was , a four-member band where vocalist Bam Mastro first started his musical project in Australia before returning with new band members, Dewa Pratama (Synth), John Paul Patton (Bass), and Bayu Adisapoetra (Drums). Whether it is through slow tempo built up or quick introductory rhythms, Elephant Kind manages to draw people in through Bam’s soulful voice. They also covered a classic 80s Australian track in their set.
“Perth inspired me to where I am today,” shares vocalist of , Ratih Suryahutamy, second up in line, as she talks about the infectious music diversity she was exposed to then. Mesmerizing the crowd with the collected stage presence and her vocals that easily switch between dreamy whispers to strong long-range vocals, Neonomora has been listed on countless local and international media for her strong vocals and ability to explore creative mediums into her art. That night, she performed the set from her latest album “Seeds” and also the song “You Want My Love,” which set her to where she is today.
Last to perform was the anticipated Australian band with their humorous and friendly persona as frontman and guitarist Sam Hales interacted with the crowd with his understanding of Indonesian slang as “gokil” and “alay.” They gave a good end to the night as we enjoyed songs accompanied by screams of fan girls shouting their admiration towards Andrew Dooris (Bassist) and Cesira Aitken (guitarist). Just as it is sunny and warm down under in Australia, this Australian bunch proved to bring the fun and good-natured hospitality on stage and to the crowd.
As Jackie McLean has become one of my favorite musicians as of late, I surfed the internet looking for information about the saxophonist when I stumbled into Youtube and watched "Jackie McLean on Mars". A documentary by Ken Levis, the film recaps the musician's career as he was teaching at the University of Hartford in the 70s.
A short 32-minute watch, Levis does a good job reviewing McLean's career briefly, but what is outstanding are the statements Levis managed to capture on screen, and the most memorable anecdotes of the film include the honesty and frustration that McLean experienced at the time. The film begins with Levis asking McLean how it feels to be a legend, in which the saxophonist replies "I feel like an exploited, poor musician in 1976, if you want to know how I feel..." which pretty much sets the tone for the film.
McLean seemed frustrated with the conditions he has experienced growing up in Harlem and experiencing a drug epidemic in his neighborhood, racism, as well as the lack of appreciation that jazz musicians experience in America's music industry. "Donald Byrd is wearin' big buttons and all of that because he has to in order to be in with the cats and to be in that whole thing he is perpetuating in commercialism. He's not smiling because he's happy, because he's not... he can't be." he frustratingly describes the exploitation of musicians in mainstream America to a seemingly skeptical class.
All of his frustration as a musician and his desire to have jazz musicians be appreciated in America are summed up in the last moments of the films where he describes an encounter at a France immigration where the person stamping his passport recognized his name saying "ah, jazz musicien, artiste" - and ending the documentary poignantly with "You gotta have somebody sometime tell you that you're an artist, you gotta have somebody recognize the fact you're in an exclusive artform, that it's something special."
The documentary is quite special, capturing a legendary musician who is passionately outspoken with his opinions. Definitely watch if you have the time.
Backstage Life Bareng Grrrl Gang di Episode Kelima Vindy Ngapain?
Tahun ini Grrrl Gang mendapatkan kesempatan untuk menjadi salah satu line up di We The Fest 2019, dan Vindy diperbolehkan untuk mengikuti aktivitas mereka.
Tahun ini Grrrl Gang mendapatkan kesempatan untuk menjadi salah satu line up di We The Fest 2019, dan Vindy diperbolehkan untuk mengikuti aktivitas mereka.
Son of another Indonesian great, multi-instrumentalist-Jack Lesmana, Indra Lesmana is a child prodigy who learned how to master the keys at a young age, with his first performances done at the age of ten to an audience of hundreds and thousands, and his first album released when he was 12 years old. From child to adulthood, Indra Lesmana has dedicated his life to music.
With currently over 50 albums released, his musical endeavors are not restricted to jazz, Indra Lesmana has also released a multitude of critically acclaimed pop records, winning a BASF Award for his meaningful pop numbers. Currently busy promoting the first LLW record, LLW being his modern jazz trio with bassist-Barry Likumahuwa and drummer-Sandy Winarta, Indra Lesmana spared some time our of his busy schedule to talk to W_Music about some highlights from his three decade-long career, LLW, and leaves the viewers and aspiring musicians some words of wisdom. Enjoy!
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Invent Your Future
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