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26.11.14

Music of Malaysia with Noh Salleh

Best known as a principal founder of Hujan, a band that has received many prestigious awards as well as the respect of Malaysians for bringing local music to the attention of the public, Noh Salleh is a musician who is currently working on his own solo efforts. His solo album has Ade Paloh, Mondo Gascaro, and Adink Permana of Sore contributing their talents, and during a recent visit to Jakarta, we had the chance to talk to him about his project as well as the Malaysian music scene.

Heart Attack
25.11.14

Vol. 09: Saleh Husein

Welcome to 9th installment of Heartattack! Hope everyone's doing good! Without further due, it's a tremendous honor to present our special guest *drumroll* none other than Saleh Husein. Besides performing with White Shoes & the Couples Company as well as the Adams, Ale is also known for his avid love for hardcore/punk. In this episode, he will be sharing to us, some of his personal favorite tunes growing up. Ale Antipony: Jakarta circa ’94 - ’95, my first encounter with the devil music, yep that’s what my folks at home describe it (laughs). I’m so attached to it and I can’t help but to listen to it day and night without even stopping, and eventually begin introducing it to all my closest friends. Hardcore! Yes, I’m proud to say that word just because it means a lot to me. Through hardcore, I know a thing or two about the language of attitude, something that is so closely embedded within its music. As a musician, that particular language shapes me into who I am today. At that time, I was having difficulty to locate music references. So it was still very much limited around records catalog, zine, even stories from friends who travelled abroad to see all of my favorite bands such as Agnostic Front, Warzone, etc. During that time, it was difficult to find music references. Due to limitations, I had to search for information through records catalog, or hearing stories from friends who’ve seen some of my favorite bands such as Agnostic Front, Warzone, etc. From there, my introduction got even deeper. I begin reading hardcore/punk fanzines, taping my friend’s cassettes, burning CD’s off my friend’s collection, until eventually I'm able to get them properly. This mixtape is a glimpse of music that I’ve heard and a lot more I guess! It’s indeed, a glorious memory for me! 01. Seekers of the Truth - Food For Thought 02. Dog eat dog - Who's The King 03. Rykers - brother against brother 04. Beastie Boys - Gratitude 05. Ignite - Call On My Brothers 06. Vision Of Disorder - D.T.O 07. Black Flag - Black Coffee 08. 25 ta Life - Friendship, Loyalty, Commitment 09. Agnostic Front - Gotta Go 10. Candiria-Work In Progress 11. Up Front - Fear of Being a Giant 12. Refused - Rather Be Dead 13. Earth Crisis - Breed The Killers 14. Ten Yard Fight - Hardcore Pride 15. Sick of it All- Scratch the Surface 16. Descendents - I Don't Want To Grow Up 17. youth of today -break down the walls 18. Gorilla Biscuits - New Direction 19. Warzone - The Sound of Revolution

24.11.14

A Talk with Tonstartssbandht

Tonstartssbandht (pronounced tahn-starts-bandit) consists Edwin and Andy White, is a two piece eccentric psychedelic jam band. This White brothers started to make music on an empty wood-floored apartment in 2007. They explore their music through making a Beach Boys cover to making their own song, now they have thirteen releases on their bandcamp. They gain their reputation after receiving a good review from pitchfork and having their song on the soundtrack of the movie Palo Alto (together with their best friend, Mac de Marco, where they also play as DeMarco's session band). Known for their impressive live performance, Tonstartssbandht scheduled to play in Jakarta as a part of their South East Asia tour. Read our interview with Edwin White below to get prepared to the upcoming gig: When we play live we just try to stretch our limbs out a little bit and monitor our intake of fluids and keep our heads in good spots so that we come on stage with good peaceful vibes and optimistic mindsets. We are inspired and excited by the potential of every night and every show. W We both love listening to oldies, classic rock, delta/piedmont blues, noise, experimental improv, free jazz, blues/boogie rock, drone, classical. The sound tendencies of our band represent all our musical loves. We listen and we react and we create. It's so wonderful. The entire discography of Tonstartssbandht is a great growing collaboration. Both of us will have song ideas or riffs or melodies or snippets and bring the to the table. Sometimes a song is mostly one guy or, often, evenly both. TBT is 50/50. Andy touring with Mac does mean that he is away from home more often now than before. It creates a new situation for how we continue to create and play but it's happened before when we lived in separate cities and separate countries. Every year of your life is different no matter what. This is no matter what. We still a 'bandht. Peace ---- Kaama Kaama x STUDIORAMA x The Secret Agents present: TONSTARTSSBANDHT live at Jaya Pub, Jakarta on December 7, 2014. Vocalist/guitarist Andy White—newly-appointed guitarist for Mac DeMarco—and drummer Edwin Mathis White explores a deep love for boogie, psychedelic rock from the 60′s and choral pop. They navigate their souls and psyches on stage, embracing the sense of urgency, pain and ecstasy in the human experience. Pitchfork once said about the Floridian brothers: “The best way to experience Tonstartssbandht isn’t by clicking around their various releases—it’s to hear what the two brothers create in a live setting.” But then again, that certain daily Internet publication gave Tonstartssbandht’s newest album—titled ‘Overseas’, released by Arbutus Records which also represents Grimes, Braids and Majical Cloudz—a positive review; giving it the score of 8.0. A well-known independent media named Vice even claimed that Tonstartssbandht will change the life of their audience and/or listeners. So set aside some money, Rp 85K to be exact, in order to watch the band live and savour the deadly, dangerous, dynamic moment. For more info: e: info@kaamakaama.com p: +6287881514625 (Dega) TONSTARTSSBANDHT live at Jaya Pub 07/12/2014 The Jaya Pub Jl.MH.Thamrin Kav.1-2, Jakarta, Indonesia

24.11.14

Music T-Shirt Collection

As one of the most popular collectible for music enthusiasts, music tees sometime mean more than just clothes. It may contain memories from a specific song, album or even a concert that has a place in the heart of the collector. We invited Bin Harlan, Zeke Khaseli, Shunsuke Izumimoto and Arian 13 (Seringai) to share with us their favourite tees and the stories behind their collections.

Stereo Strange
21.11.14

Niff Clotes

Cliff Notes is back tonight at Cafe Mondo Kemang (that's Friday, November 21st 2014!), so here is a mix dedicated to the nite! Cliff Notes is the very-very first jam W_Music has ever made - that was back in 2010. After a rather long hiatus, we're finally bringing the unadulterated night of just fun fun fun fun fun fun back! Some of these songs are definitely going to be played tonight, so come out and enjoy the jam! 01. Selda - Soya Soya 02. Company Flow - Friend vs Friend 03. Camp Lo - B Side Hollywood 04. Great Dane - Akira Flip 05. Dub is a Weapon - Simplicity 06. Goat - Let it Bleed 07. Marlena Shaw - Woman of the Ghetto 08. Jurassic 5 - Jayou 09. Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today 10. Gang Gang Dance - Nicoman 11. Daphni - Cos-Ber-Zam Ne Noya (Daphni Mix) 12. The Juan Mclean - Everybody Get Close 13. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Firecracker 14. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Something's Got a Hold of My Heart

19.11.14

Painting Trucks & Signs with Pak Buyung

Pak Iswarno, better known as Pak Buyung, has been painting on trucks and store signs for over 40 years in Pasar Induk Beras in Cipinang, East Jakarta. His works can be seen all over this bustling rice market with his trademark red and yellow lettering. We caught up with him at his regular haunt to talk about his craft.

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