As children, we all learned about our planet's position in the solar system. Some of us might even have fond memories of making dioramas at school. And yet our awareness of our place — or to be more exact, our awareness of our planet's place — in the universe, has gradually been replaced with the joys and sorrows of everyday life. Our routines demand our attention, and we end up confined to our immediate surroundings. We think about the world more often than we think about Earth, even though our existence depends on the latter.
While it is indeed unfortunate that we find it easier to think of ourselves as citizens of this neighbourhood or that country instead of vulnerable inhabitants of an even more vulnerable planet, we are lucky to have fellow humans who have had the opportunity to see our collective home from outer space. Planetary Collective documents the stories that these individuals who left Earth as astronauts and came back as enlightened human beings.
Packed with deep insights and beautiful imagery, will make you pose a series of existential questions. It is guaranteed to send chills down your spine.
Eversince it was released late last year with its disturbing image of a bleeding baby's face, I've been bopping my head to Unknown Mortal Orchestra's "Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)", the single to their sophomore album, 'II', revolves around a very catchy guitar lick that is complemented by a driven drum - it's a good listen.
Well now the song has a video to accompany it, and it features masturbating puppets (yes, masturbating puppets). The self-pleasing puppets are only a small (but significant and totally memorable) part of the story of a character going through the motions of self discovery. The creative team did a fine job of making this puppet world come to life - colorful, animated, and detailed.
I didn't expect the group to couple "Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)" with puppets, and with it dealing with adult situations we're treated to a twisted music video. I like.
producer for illustrious labels such as , and has teamed up with to present a comprehensive two-hour playlist of the (and also skilled electrician) , better known as .
"Way before he was crowned King Tubby – dub originator and reverb re-thinker – Osbourne Ruddock was a little soundbwoy admiring the sound system culture of 1950s Kingston. A skilled electrician, Tubby was a helpful hand to those sound systems whose equipment suffered from tropical humidity and the sabotage acts of rivaling DJs. Producing his first b-side versions for Duke Reid, Tubby created a whole new musical niche, liberating the creative potential of sound engineers in the process. His often vocal-free reworks of multitrack masters by the likes of Lee ’Scratch’ Perry, Bunny Lee, Augustus Pablo, Horace Andy and countless others accentuated every single element of the composition with extreme delays, echoes and phase effects. The outcome was a somewhat eerie yet steaming sonic texture that continues to mesmerize music aficionados all over the place. In 1974, King Tubby released what some call his masterpiece, a dub version of Jacob Miller’s one drop Baby I Love You So, called King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown. At the dawn of the digital revolution in the 80s, King Tubby’s focus shifted towards mentoring new talent, most notably King Jammy and Hopeton Brown aka Scientist. On February 6, 1989, King Tubby became another victim of the inexplicable randomness of Kingston’s gun crimes, when he was shot and killed returning home from a session at the Waterhouse studios."
Considering that this is a Friday, we're of course back with the tenth installment of 's shows here on Whiteboard Journal. This week sees the bass heavy sounds of , featuring Amsterdam's as well as the longest running show on the radio station, .
If you follow Indonesia's independent music scene, the name Efek Rumah Kaca should sound pretty familiar. The trio consisting of Cholil Mahmud, Akbar Bagus Sudibyo, and Adrian Yunan Faisal made pop-rock music that is exceptionally earnest and insightful. Pandai Besi is a side project of theirs reinterpreting their Efek Rumah Kaca songs, and the project involves Airil Nurabadiansyah on bass, Adi Sabarudin on guitar, Muhammad Asranur on the keys, Agustinus Panji Mahardika on trumpet and Natasha Abigail as an additional vocalist.
I saw this 'Pandai Besi' incarnation of Efek Rumah Kaca when they performed late last year at Superbad. Their slow-burning re-interpretation of their old material is moving, every song hitting - exploring new arrangements that reveal the emotional core of the music ('Di Udara' is particularly well done).
So Pandai Besi's arrangements are so good that they have decided to record them, but they need our help in doing so. The group plan on recording a 9-song album in Solo's legendary Lokananta studio, and to make this happen properly they are crowd funding a'la Kickstarter.
Six packages that starts from 60,000 rupiah give you everything from limited edition T-shirts, CDs, Records, to a private performance by the group. This is definitely something we should support if we can afford it. Hopefully we'll get a new Efek Rumah Kaca album, I mean Pandai Besi album, before the year ends! Check out the tracklist:
1. Hujan Jangan Marah
2. Menjadi Indonesia
3. Di Udara
4. Melankolia
5. Jangan Bakar Buku
6. Laki-laki Pemalu
7. Debu-debu Berterbangan
8. Jalang
9. Desember
To donate to Pandai Besi/Efek Rumah Kaca, visit this link.
Sugata Mitra
Ever since 's impactful speech on 'How School Kills Creativity' was delivered on TED a few years ago, he has opened gateways of equally great talks on the possibilities of education. Over time and again he reminds us to question the ideal future of education.
as explained by Robinson.
This year, with TED 2013 recently kick starting, fellow innovator and educator was granted the 2013 TED Prize for his priceless experiment on what he calls . He successfully has proven in the video above, learning is not something that should be enforced. Instead he gauges the interests of children by often leaving a solvable problem on a pc computer placed in obscure wall in a rural area, only to return to find remarkable results on the childrens' learning capabilities.
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
Temukan siapa dirimu dan bagaimana karaktermu menentukan arah masa depan.
