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AKA – HARD BEAT
By: Kees Schepel In 2011 Canadian record company Strawberry Rain Records released Hard Beat (available on cd and on vinyl), an anthology of the Indonesian band AKA....
Dutch Indonesian Hip-Hop Producer I.N.T.: The Indonesian Production Tiger
By: Chandra Drews I.N.T.: an I.N.T.roduction It goes without saying that the Amsterdam based producer and DJ known as I.N.T. (Percy Samidjono) is one of the leading...
Java Jazz Festival 2012
Cats ahoy, it's time for the Java Jazz festival 2012. See Al Jarreau & George Duke Trio | Bobby Caldwell & Big Band | Dave Koz | The Manhattan Transfer | Erykah...
R.I.P Andy Tielman…The Tielman Brothers: Rock n’ Roll Legends Lose a Brother
By: Patrick Durkan Andy Tielman died this Thursday (10-11-2011) of gastric cancer. Andy formed a quarter of the legendary Indorock band the Tielman Brothers. Known more...
Envisioning Utopia: Arrington de Dionyso’s Malaikat dan Singa
By: Monica Dominguez Last week in Yogyakarta I had the pleasure of seeing an utopian vision unfold before my very eyes. Arrington de Dionyso’s Malaikat dan Singa is...
Punk & Rockabilly in Bali: Slick Ricks having a good time
By: Prima Ayu Walking around the busy streets of Bali at night time you may run into the occasional slick mohawked youth dressed like Johnny Cash or Elvis. The...
Dewa Ruci Comes to Groningen: an Indonesian Myth Crossing Borders
By: Patrick Durkan The scene: late May, at a 13th century church in a small rural village in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands. The project: a cross-cultural...
Hush, Little Baby, Lullabies from Indonesia
By: Dalih Sembiring When I was a little boy, before I went to sleep, I would lie on my grandmother’s big belly while she chanted me a lullaby. It was a two-line...
The Distance between Jakarta & Berlin: 0 Kilometers!
By: Emma Kwee Jakarta and Berlin, what do these two cities have in common? Except for the fact that they are both capital cities there’s not much that seems to...
JUNGLE FEVER IN JULY: Sarawak’s Rainforest World Music Festival
By: Antares THIRTEEN YEARS have elapsed but the euphoria hasn’t evaporated. The euphoria of being transported to a different world for several days – a world of...
