Tag: The Beat Jakarta
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Between Us & Lala
Lala Karmela isn’t the same singer you used to know. Having released one generic, commercial pop album, the girl better known as Lala, has returned to the scene of her crime and decided to show her ‘as close to the truth as pop-gets’ version of herself by way of Between Us. According to Lala, getting…
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Domestic Groove: FARAH WARDANI
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 48th edition I went upclose-and-personal with Farah Wardani.
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Neonomora: Fight the Good Fight
In a country the size of Indonesia, when a pretty little thing gets tagged as “the next big thing” there must be something pretty damn special about her. You can’t help but wonder what it is that makes her great. Right now, this is happening to a girl called Neonomora. Her one single, “You Want…
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Indonesian Folk Songs Reinterpreted and Remodelled
Several years may have passed since Indonesia’s favourite eclectic collective, White Shoes & The Couples Company, recorded any new material but boy has it been worth the wait. This time around, the band who confesses to be heavily under the influence of Indonesian movie soundtracks from the 1970’s, inspired by the acoustic spirit of jazz…
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Domestic Groove: ANDEZZZ
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 47th edition I went upclose-and-personal with Andezzz.