22.08.25
W_LIST: Best Local Music of 2025 So Far
Sederet pilihan lagu-lagu lokal terbaik sejauh ini di 2025, langsung dari ruang editorial kami.
Sederet pilihan lagu-lagu lokal terbaik sejauh ini di 2025, langsung dari ruang editorial kami.
For some, this company is the representative of the Indonesian music scene. Aksara Records is a label that released some of the best Indonesian albums of all time. Since its demise in 2009, their songs and albums are still on every local music lover’s playlist. This article is an ode to the vanguard of Indonesian independent music scene.
We recently returned from our trip in Surabaya with an interview of man-about-town, Alek Kowalski. Creator of Sunday Market, owner of Soledad and the Sisters Company, Ore, Carpentier Kitchen, and All the Things I’ve Done, he shared with us stories about his projects and the city's creative scene when Whiteboard Journal visited Surabaya recently.
A trip to the Indonesia's legendary recording studio. Understanding its ethereal charm. Standing between where some parts of this country’s past history taken place. And rethinking the struggle of keeping this legend alive and well for the future generations.
Danny Wicaksono is one of the founders of jongArsitek! and Studio Dasar. A bright, young architect who recently completed his work on Anjung Salihara, his passion for architecture has him proactively sharing his knowledge with the public. We visited Danny at his home where shared with us his insights on the education and the state of Indonesian architecture.
With talents ranging from music, acting, radio broadcasting, writing, digital imaging to plumbing, Narpati Awangga or known as oomleo offers many interesting stories and outlook. Whiteboard Journal sat down with him and talked to him about his many endeavors at his equally fascinating office in ruangrupa.
Abdullah Kamsidi is son of Kamsidi Samsuddin, a musician, composer, as well as the first band leader of Radio Orkes Surakarta. As the son of a renowned musician, Abdullah is now caretaker of Museum Musik Kamsidi, located in his home in Solo. Whiteboard Journal had the chance to visit Abdullah Kamsidi at his home where he shared with us stories regarding his father life as a musician.
Di episode ketiga Direktori, kami berkunjung ke Makassar untuk belajar tentang bagaimana semangat literasi menghidupkan budaya kota juga tentang kebersamaan dalam keberagaman.
Temukan siapa dirimu dan bagaimana karaktermu menentukan arah masa depan.
