Tag: The Beat Bali
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Homegrown & Well Known: RAI BANGSAWAN
Bali coffee has perhaps not yet quite received the respect it deserves. Very few people aware of how unique and distinctive Bali coffee is—to drink imported coffee is considered much cooler. Rai Bangsawan is making people understand better about our coffee culture, based on local wisdom. This is not about nationalism. This is about a…
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Homegrown & Well Known: ANOM DARSANA
When a stranger gives you a difficult 2-in-1 task: “I need a local guy who understands about international-standard sound recording and is also able to organize sophisticated music concerts,” no need to be panic, just say this name: Anom Darsana.
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Homegrown & Well Known: WIS HYDRANT
Wis and his band, The Hydrant, are the pioneers of rockabilly in millennium-era Indonesia. His wilder-than-Elvis music, Stray Cats-fuelled fashion and attitude, have inspired legions of new, young, and hip scenesters in this country. He invented rockabilly here. Well, sort of.
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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.
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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.