Tag: Music & Art

  • Domestic Groove: ANGGA SASONGKO

    DOMESTIC GROOVE ~ Celeb’s Chosen Nine is my biweekly column in The Beat (Jakarta) mag. Basically it’s an interview via e-mail which focuses on small, intimate, domestic stuff; what Indonesia’s public figures are really into. For the 38th edition I went upclose-and-personal with Angga Sasongko.

  • Punk Rock di Bali: Legenda Lalu dan Kisah Kini

    Ketika garage rock bertempo lebih cepat dan berdurasi lebih pendek alias protopunk—cikal bakal punk rock—mulai menggeliat di CBGB, New York, pada pertengahan 70an lewat aksi Ramones, Patti Smith, Dead Boys, Mink DeVille, Blondie, Television, dsb; Indonesia masih belum terlalu terimbas dampaknya. Kebanyakan metropolitan di Nusantara justru sedang keranjingan hard rock; salah satunya gara-gara kedatangan Deep…

  • Homegrown & Well Known: ROBIN LIM

    Homegrown & Well Known is my biweekly column in The Beat (Bali) mag. Basically it’s an interview via e-mail with Bali’s local big shots. For the eleventh edition I went upclose-and-personal with Robin Lim.

  • Dialog Dini Hari: Lengkung Langit

    • Versi Bahasa Indonesia silakan klik di sini Dialog Dini Hari, the most respectable introspective folk group in Bali—have lately become relatively well known across metropolitan Indonesia—have just released their brand new album, Lengkung Langit, a few weeks ago. Consisting of four songs, the record is in vinyl format and limited: only 200 pieces have…

  • Homegrown & Well Known: ODECK ARIAWAN

    Homegrown & Well Known is my biweekly column in The Beat (Bali) mag. Basically it’s an interview via e-mail with Bali’s local big shots. For the tenth edition I went upclose-and-personal with Odeck Ariawan.