Well, here’s a fresh yet somewhat twisted intake of how romance—both platonically and sexually—can be. Set in the near future, Spike Jonze tries to portray to us the ups and downs of being romantically hooked to a piece of machine. Through Her, Jonze definitely challenges his audience in redefining their understanding of how broad the term ‘modern love’ may be. And how literal—as he’s involving an actual product of modern technology into the equation.
Perhaps we’ve heard it countless times; how it’s possible for human relationships to develop and somehow change in this modern, digitalized age. However, Jonze actually takes us through the course of this movie to show how a lonely man can have a relationship through a machine; not with another person on the other side, but with the artificial intelligence of the machine itself. It definitely opens up our imaginations to realize not only how technology may have very far improvements in the future, but also how on a certain state of loneliness one might feel due to feeling alienated from one’s surroundings, one may actually consider having sex with an artificial intelligence—the details of which you may witness yourself by watching the film.
Overall, Her gives an explorative perspective and a whole new understanding of modern love. Presented in a poetic, calming, and beautifully written storyline, this one from Jonze definitely has what it takes to be considered a well curated and relevantly eye-opening piece of art, especially in a time where it becomes more necessary to understand the possibilities and difficulties of engaging in modern love.
Her (2013)
Director: Spike Jonze
Synopsis: A young man who feels lonely and empty with his life develops a romantic relationship with an operating system, only to discover that the relationship may not be so picture-perfect after all.
Japanese producer-turned recording artist Keigo Oyamada, better known as Cornelius, recently dropped a video for Sometime/Someplace. In this other peek into his latest album Mellow Waves, he takes viewers into a ‘dive’ in a world of his creation, where he’s seemingly floating into space in mellow and transcendent bass tunes.
Often described as experimental with his music, Cornelius is perhaps proving it to be true with the depths taken into creating another ‘world’ with Sometime/Someplace. With the beats, the bass, all with a touch of his Shibuya flare, Cornelius is definitely prepping the audience to welcome his fresh come back after over a decade of break.
Could an artist loose the vibes of his musical distinction after a significant number of published albums or records? Are those just other words for losing inspiration? As a part of the audience, we may not have the answer. All that we may know is that we might just not be ready for Childish Gambino to leave us hanging for good.
Donald Glover, who is better known in the music industry as Childish Gambino, announced recently at the Governor’s Ball that his next album might be his last. Stating that his continuation in the music industry would no longer be ‘necessary’, he felt he wouldn’t want to compromise his ‘punk’ approach to creating music after the successful rise of Awaken My Love, which is what continuing his persona as Childish Gambino might just do. According to Glover,
Perhaps Glover is acting smart and efficient by leaving the stage for good at the peak of Childish Gambino’s fame. He said, Redbone may have gotten many hooked to Gambino’s chill, laid-back yet electrifyingly addicting takes on being “punk”. But perhaps, this way of quitting his musical persona may just allow Glover to keep with him the remains of Gambino’s golden days as what will forever be known of Childish Gambino in his audience’s memories. After all, we will never look back and point at him as “that one-time wonder that people just wasn’t interested in listening to anymore.”
Tidak dapat disangsikan dua album terdahulu mereka Wolfgang Amandeus Phoenix (2009) dan Bankrupt! (2013) mempunyai afeksi luar biasa. Tur dunia yang padat, single menduduki hingga mengisi festival-festival besar di penjuru dunia. Dari band indie yang hanya bisa memuja Cassius beralih menjadi salah satu pesona di jagat permusikan.
Namun setiap kesuksesan memiliki konsekuensi tersendiri. Kebosanan dan pelbagai sikap yang sering diejawantahkan sebagai macetnya inspirasi menjangkiti kuartet asal Versailles tersebut. Suka tak suka, produksi karya harus dihentikan sementara waktu sampai akhirnya mereka memutuskan untuk melepas album terkini yang bertajuk “Ti Amo.”
Tiga nomor dikeluarkan sekaligus guna menjaga antusias lahirnya nuansa menyegarkan. Adalah “J-Boy”, “Ti Amo”, dan “Goodbye Soleil” yang didapuk Phoenix selaku senjata andalan. Secara garis besar, musikalitas mereka tak berubah banyak kecuali nada-nada mayor yang mendominasi lanskap notasi. Ketukan yang elegan, maupun permainan gitar repetitif masih menguasai papan teknis Thomas Mars, Deck d’Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz, dan Christian Mazzalai.
Munculnya album ini membawa angin sejuk tentang pertemuan yang diidam-idamkan sejak lama; musim panas, roman bahagia, atau kerinduan tak berbalas. Phoenix terlahir kembali seperti era French pop yang memenuhi seleksi lagu di Cherie FM atau Radio Nova dan sesuai judul albumnya, tiap lagu yang ada di dalamnya membuat pendengar ingin menghujani mereka dengan kata “ti amo.”
British photographer Cecilie Harris tries to evoke new thoughts from society of what it means to be masculine, and to be a boy that fits the criteria of being a man. Through her popular biannual print publication entitled “Boys By Girls,” Harris attempts to present visualization of boys in what she considers their natural ‘colors’ or identities. The aim of these visualizations is to present male figures as personal as possible, without making them look any less than a man no matter their nature. The emphasis of the publication would also be on ‘the female gaze’, on how female photographers may dismantle the already existing gender binaries through the way they choose to capture their subjects.
With the evolving recognition of women’s equal rights to men, and women’s position in the modern society becoming more considerable than they were just decades before, there may also be a shift in the general perception of women, whose socially-assigned characteristics and traits may not be considered as weak or embarrassing for men to also adopt as they used to be. Thomas Brodie-Sangster, one of the public figures photographed for this publication agrees with this thought as he stated that, “Every male has a feminine side.”
In its efforts to present more redefinitions of manhood, the publication also feature Solomon Golding, a gay, black male ballet dancer from London, along with a gay couple who’d met in an LGBT support group. It becomes more and more apparent how, the definitions of manhood, to figuratively illustrate it, doesn’t only consist of a range of certain dark, strong toned colors. It consists of the entire color spectrum.
And perhaps, in all the focus and concentration society places on how there should be a redefinition of what it means to be a woman (i.e. being a woman doesn’t necessarily mean you should be able to cook, do house chores, have babies), we have disregarded any possibility of the need to redefine what it means to be a man.
After all, man or woman, whatever our race, whomever we choose to love, whatever we decide to do with our bodies, and however we choose to celebrate ourselves, we are all a part of a grand color spectrum called life.
Satuan Post-Hardcore dari Jakarta, Rekah, tengah bersiap merilis EP bertajuk "Berbagi Kamar". Rencananya, siaran digitalnya sudah dapat dinikmati secara penuh besok, Kamis (8/6). Entitas ini akan dirilis dalam format CD dan Kaset serta produksinya sedang berjalan dan akan selesai dalam waktu dekat.
Tomo dan kawan-kawan mempertahankan gelombang produktivitas yang signifikan. Bulan lalu mereka telah merilis video klip "Tentang Badai / Belajar Tenggelam" yang sekaligus merampung dua lagu kuat mereka lewat visual yang menggugah. Balutan musik keras dengan muatan lirik yang rinci sekaligus eksplisit menjadi senjata utama mereka.
Mereka akan merilis album pendek ini lewat label Royal Yawns, sebuah rumah rekaman independen asal Bandung. Materi entitas pendek ini layak untuk dicermati. Menyusun repertoire dengan satu benang merah yang baik, mini album ini adalah rilisan baik di pertengahan tahun yang terasa datar. Susunan lagu dalam album ini bisa dilihat dan akan bisa dinikmati lewat halaman bandcamp Rekah.
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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