Tag: The Beat Bali
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Homegrown & Well Known: DEWA PALGUNA [Indonesian version]
・This is the Indonesian version, for English version please click here Satu dari sangat sedikit sosok menonjol di Bali yang relatif bebas dari praktek lancung Korupsi-Kolusi-Nepotisme. Amat mumpuni baik di perkara intelektual serta musikal-teatrikal. Dan tampaknya sangat pantas ketika sebagian aktivis demokrasi dan HAM menyorongkan namanya sebagai kandidat Gubernur dari jalur independen.
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Homegrown & Well Known: DEWA PALGUNA
・Untuk versi Bahasa Indonesia silakan klik di sini The terms from zero to hero or rags to, intellectual, riches may well suit Dewa Palguna perfectly. When he was just a wee lad he sold newspapers at a bus terminal to pay for his own schooling, from there he progressed to a career as a radio…
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Homegrown & Well Known: I WAYAN “GENDO” SUARDANA
He’s done some horrific time in a filthy Kerobokan prison cell, receives death threats more regularly than an granny has afternoon tea with her friends and yes, this activist turned lawyer admits that he often gets scared. And although he might slow down when he does, he never gives up. One foot in front of the…
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Homegrown & Well Known: DENY SURYA
Either Bali doesn’t have a whole lot of skillful cross-genre drummers or this guy is just one hell of an adventurer when it comes to his music. No matter the reason, Deny Surya is one sought after player. One of few early 90s era Balinese musicians in possession of enough charisma and skill to get…
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Grunge Diaspora in California: Navicula US Tour
In the Indonesian music industry there’s a word that has been used frequently—a bit too frequently, maybe—and sadly inappropriately: go-international. Every time Indonesian musicians tour overseas, or perform in any way outside of Indonesia, it will, most of the time, be easily referenced in the media as them “going-international”. But more often than not, in…