Check out one of his music video:
Shugo Tokumaru - "Katachi" (Official Music Video)
Official Website: http://www.shugotokumaru.com/
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You are my home...
Mengutip sebuah tulisan lama:
"it's amazing how life can play tricks on us."
Ketika waktu terus berjalan tanpa henti, hidup - melalui jalannya yang terus bercabang - juga terus bergerak. Dan di atas jalan hidup kita berdua terus berjalan, terkadang berdampingan tapi terkadang berjauhan, menuju arah yang sama.
Semua berawal dari tahun 2003. Dan semenjak itu berbagai kejadian telah kita hadapi, berbagai kejutan hidup kita lewati, dan entah seberapapun jauhnya kita berjalan kita selalu saling menemukan lagi di tikungan-tikungan kecil yang kita lewati. Sepanjang waktu dan hidup yang berjalan mata dan hati kita tampaknya memandang terlalu jauh ke depan, tanpa melihat ke kanan ataupun ke kiri, melupakan banyak hal yang ikut berjalan di sekeliling kita, dan selalu gagal menghindari lubang yang menganga di depan langkah kita.
"life is beautiful with all its tricks and surprises."
Tahun 2010, hidup lagi-lagi memberikan kejutannya. Di saat kita sama-sama terpuruk di dalam lubang, setelah kita sebelumnya berjalan saling meninggalkan, tikungan itu muncul lagi. Dan kali ini kita baru menyadari, bahwa kita selalu tetap berjalan searah namun berlari terlalu kencang dan melupakan satu sama lain.
Akhirnya perlahan-lahan potongan demi potongan puzzle yang selama ini kita cari itu pun terkumpul. Dan kita dapat melengkapinya bersama. Kemudian pada tahun 2012 kita memenuhi beberapa potongannya bersama mereka yang telah menjadi saksi kejutan-kejutan kecil kita.
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Ada sebuah potongan puzzle dari hari itu yang terlambat untuk dibagi, tapi selama waktu dan hidup masih berjalan tampaknya kata 'terlambat' terlalu tabu untuk diucapkan.
Untuk kalian yang telah lama ada di sekeliling kami dan selalu ada untuk berbagi, silakan menikmati...
World's full of strangers
You're the only one I see
No matter how far I'm lost
Always coming back to you I'll be
Life tells us nothing
They make what we believe
Wrote down words to a story
Full of flashes of memories
This has been a nice, nice dream
Don't fade as I wake
For I'll be here for you to take
You are a piece of my surprise
Hidden beneath all mysteries
It's you who I want to keep and to keep me forever
I know I've gone too far for too long
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
To you
I'm coming home
-HOME-
Song/arr. : Wahyu Adi Pramardika
Lyrics : Dita Wisnuwardani
Current Moodbooster
Two of my favorite songs by my favorite artist, amazingly performed live. Enjoy :)
Reunion with The Demons
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| Photo by M. Asranur |
Pada tahun 1998, saya membeli sebuah kaset tape berisi kompilasi soundtrack film, Spawn the Movie. Dalam album ini terdapat beberapa band yang telah saya kenal (yang menjadi alasan kenapa saya membeli album ini, meski saya tidak terlalu bisa menikmati filmnya), namun di antara list band-band menakjubkan yang ada di dalamnya ada satu band yang menarik perhatian saya dan akhirnya membuat saya jatuh cinta pada musiknya saat itu juga. It was Incubus. Single mereka dalam album itu, "Familiar", menjadi salah satu single yang akan terus-menerus saya putar hingga beberapa lama setelahnya. Dan lewat perkenalan ini, saya terus mencari tahu lebih banyak lagi mengenai band ini.
Baru pada tahun 2000-2001, pasca single "Pardon Me" dirilis, saya akhirnya mulai mengoleksi kaset tape Incubus (pada tahun itu CD masih sulit didapat dan masih terlalu mahal untuk kantong siswi SMA), diawali dengan album yang dirilis ada waktu yang sama, Make Yourself, lalu album S.C.I.E.N.C.E dan mini album Enjoy Incubus. Tanpa saya sadari akhirnya saya ketagihan beat musik mereka, and then it's official....I became a fan.
Tahun 2008, saya mendengar kabar dari adik saya bersama rekan-rekannya di JakartaConcerts.com bahwa Incubus akan datang dan menggebrak Jakarta. Dengan penuh antusiasme saya menanti, namun kemudian langsung patah hati. Karena kehadiran band kecintaan saya di ibukota bersamaan dengan jadwal tenggat waktu dan ujian Tugas Akhir saya. Terjebak di Solo, saya hanya bisa berjuang keras berkonsentrasi untuk menyelesaikan pendidikan saya sambil menahan segala kekecewaan.
Setelah beberapa lama ternyata Incubus hadir kembali di Jakarta. Dan kali ini saya bertekad untuk benar-benar menyaksikan band ini tampil langsung dengan mata kepala saya sendiri.
Namun sekali lagi kondisi menjelang konser seringkali tidak mendukung saya untuk benar-benar yakin untuk membeli tiket konser sebagai jaminan kepastian saya untuk bergabung bersama adik dan teman-teman yang lain di depan panggung di Istora Senayan, kondisi keuangan, kesehatan, pekerjaan dan dengan dimajukannya acara pertunangan saya nyaris membuat saya mengurungkan segala niat saya untuk menyaksikan Brandon Boyd dan kawan-kawan.
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| The Billboard - Pemandangan yang nampak setiap hari ketika baru keluar dari kantor |
Lalu datanglah hari itu, 26 Juli 2011, ketika hari konser tiba. Semenjak malam sebelumnya adik saya terus-menerus meyakinkan saya untuk tetap datang menyaksikan konser bersamanya, namun hingga sore hari menjelang konser dimulai saya masih terus ragu dan benar-benar nyaris memutuskan untuk (sekali lagi) melewatkan konser ini. Dalam kegalauan saya, saya bahkan sempat menulis di twitter saya: "If not now, WHEN?". Lalu ketika jam pulang kerja tiba, dengan dorongan terakhir dari adik saya dan atas ijin tunangan saya, saya lalu meninggalkan kantor dan dengan menumpang ojek (ojek rampok, mahal bener soalnya) saya melaju dengan cepat ke Istora Senayan dan...akhirnya membeli tiket.
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| The golden ticket, in my hands!! |
Tepat ketika saya memegang lebaran tiket itu di tangan saya seluruh tubuh saya bergetar dan saya nyaris teriak tak percaya. Saya langsung masuk melewati Gate 1 yang telah terbuka sejak 20 menit sebelumnya dan bergabung di ujung antrian masuk Gate 2 yang sudah sangat panjang. Setelah menanti kurang lebih satu jam akhirnya Gate 2 dibuka dan saya memasuki area festival yang masih cukup sepi sehingga saya masih mendapat area yang fleksibel tak jauh di depan panggung untuk dapat melihat personil Incubus dengan baik. Hanya beberapa menit kemudian datang rombongan adik saya dan rekan-rekan Incunesia yang baru saja menghadiri acara meet and greet bersama personil-personil Incubus (iri! sangat!). Dengan semangat mereka bergabung dengan saya di bagian tengah-kanan area festival, di mana kira-kira Mike Einziger akan berada nantinya. Adik saya dengan penuh haru memeluk saya sambil berteriak, "I met Mike Einzigeeeer!!!!" Mike adalah pahlawan bagi adik saya yang juga seorang gitaris.
Beberapa waktu setelahnya band pembuka lokal, Good Morning Alice, naik panggung dan memainkan 4 lagu. Meski sebagian besar penonton ikut bersorak sepanjang penampilan mereka, tampak dengan jelas bahwa seluruh penonton (termasuk saya yang sedang mengalami radang tenggorokan, meski nyaris lupa) menyimpan segala tenaga dan semangat untuk menyambut Incubus tampil. Setelah band pembuka selesai tampil lagi-lagi kami harus menunggu cukup lama untuk konser utama dimulai. Persiapan panggung oleh kru-kru berbadan besar dan tatto super banyak cukup membuat semua orang geregetan dan akhirnya terus berteriak. Dan ketika salah satu kru meletakkan perlengkapan efek gitar Mike Einziger yang sangat lengkap dan banyak di bagian panggung tepat di depan kami, terdengar adik saya yang berdiri di belakang saya mulai berteriak histeris...
Setelah beberapa lama dan mulai makin tak sabar akhirnya Chydie, ketua Incunesia, yang berdiri di samping saya mengajak kami bernyanyi bersama untuk memanggil Incubus tampil. Baru mulai menyanyikan bait pertama lagu "Dig", dan belum sampai berhasil mengajak penonton lain ikut bernyanyi...Brandon, Mike, Ben, Chris dan Jose tampak menaiki panggung. Seluruh penonton seisi Istora mulai berteriak histeris dan seisi area festival mendesak semakin maju. Dan ketika lagu pertama, "Megalomaniac", dimainkan...seluruh penonton di sekitar saya - termasuk saya sendiri, yang menonton sambil membawa tas laptop (yes, people. I just got off work and I got a lot of homework to do) - mulai bergerak, berlompatan dan mosh-pit terliar yang pernah saya alami dalam jangka waktu setahun terakhir pun terjadi. It was amazing!
Hits demi hits dibawakan dengan sempurna, bahkan hits yang konon jarang mereka bawakan live - "Look Alive", "Rogues", dan "Love Hurts" yang pecah total karena seluruh penonton ikut menyanyi, dan "Pardon Me" - yang tidak mereka mainkan di konser 2008. Tak ketinggalan, "Isadore", single dari album terbaru. Dan "The Warmth"...well, what more can you say about this single, ey?
17 lagu mereka bawakan sebelum akhirnya mereka mundur dari panggung, semacam 'ritual' singkat menjelang encore. Menurut bocoran sebagai pembuka encore Incubus seharusnya memainkan "I Miss You", namun akhirnya memilih untuk membawakan salah satu hits terpanjang dari album baru "If Not Now, When", yaitu "In The Company Of Wolves". Progresif, menggetarkan dan salah satu pilihan dewasa Incubus menurut saya. Dan akhirnya malam yang ajaib dan tak terlupakan itu pun ditutup dengan hits "Nice To Know You" yang lagi-lagi pecah karena koor penonton memberikan setiap energi terakhir mereka untuk menutup konser.
Malam yang menakjubkan. Entah berapa kali selama penampilan Incubus di panggung saya berteriak ke adik saya, "pinch me!!" karena saya masih tak percaya saya benar-benar menyaksikan Incubus tampil live di depan saya. Hingga konser selesai saya nyaris menangis senang karena pengalaman yang saya tunggu-tunggu selama bertahun-tahun itu akhirnya terjadi juga. Tapi seperti kata pepatah, "Happiness only real when shared", meski sepanjang konser berlangsung saya merayakan bersama dengan adik saya dan teman-teman yang begitu antusias dan bahagia, tetap ada yang kurang. Karena dua orang terpenting dalam hidup saya, yang juga mengikuti perjalanan Incubus di dunia musik selama bertahun-tahun bersama saya tidak dapat ikut hadir dan menikmati malam menakjubkan itu. Dika - tunangan saya - yang saat itu sedang dalam kondisi sakit dan tetap harus bekerja, dan Rayka - sahabat saya dan juga bekas teman bermain band semasa kuliah - yang masih berada di Sidney, Australia untuk menemani pengobatan Ayahnya.
A little bit of hope, though..setelah membaca twit Brandon Boyd kemarin -
@mybrandonboyd: @Incunesia thank you everyone in Jakarta! We had such a fun show last night. We love you, see you soon!
They'll be coming back soon...I know they will. Dan ketika itu terjadi, kita akan nonton bareng apapun yang terjadi - ya kan guys?
Here's the setlist of the night, by the way:
Megalomaniac
Wish You Were Here
Consequence
Pardon Me
Anna Molly
Love Hurts
Circles
Look Alive
Promises, Promises
The Warmth
Drive
Rogues
Isadore
Glass
Talk Shows on Mute
Adolescents
A Crow Left of The Murder
(encore)
In the Company of Wolves
Nice to Know You
The Lost Talent
Ketika seluruh dunia tengah berkabung untuk meninggalnya talenta musik muda - lagi-lagi di umur 27 - Amy Winehouse, saya justru berkabung untuk yang lain.
Adalah Noises by GAP, talenta yang tak sempat dikenal banyak orang kecuali dari kalangannya sendiri. Noises by GAP adalah (yang biasa dikenal sebagai) one man band, sebagai media dari talenta yang tidak ada duanya dari musisi muda berbakat, Gendra Aldyasa Pasaman. Dengan memanfaatkan gitar dan sebuah software musik dalam MacBooknya, Gendra merekam karyanya dalam kamar tidurnya sendiri dan menghasilkan berbagai single yang menakjubkan, dan merangkupnya dalam sebuah album penuh - "Sonic Sun", sebuah EP - "Getting To Know Yourself" dan sebuah album (on progress) - "Do You See What I See?"
Pada awalnya ketiga album tersebut dirilis melalui situs Bandcamp dan pengunjung halamannya dipersilahkan untuk mengunduh album-album itu secara cuma-cuma. Namun pengunduhan gratis tersebut dihentikan dan kini lagu-lagu Noises by GAP hanya dapat didengarkan melalui proses streaming atau dibeli (via online) dengan harga 1 dollar AS per lagu.
Beberapa pekan yang lalu, tepatnya hari Senin, 18 Juli 2011, sebuah peluncuran album "Sonic Sun" milik Noises by GAP dalam bentuk fisik diadakan di The Goods Dept., sebuah department store yang terletak di Plaza Indonesia. Acara peluncuran album diadakan dengan nuansa penuh ambience khas yang mengijinkan para pengunjung untuk duduk santai bersama di sofa-sofa yang santai ataupun di karpet hijau yang digelar khusus di salah satu sudut toko.
Dengan menampilkan band The Trees and The Wild sebagai pembuka yang tampil secara akustik, acara peluncuran ini berbentuk sebuah listening party, di mana beberapa single dari Noises by GAP diputar dengan ditemani suguhan visual yang diproyeksikan pada dinding bata putih khas The Goods Dept. dari visual jockey Isha Hening dan Lando. Acara peluncuran ini dihadiri oleh beberapa teman dekat dan keluarga Gendra, dan di tengah acara Ibunda Gendra memberi sambutan dan bercerita singkat mengenai Gendra.
Sayang, sang talenta yang karyanya sedang dirayakan pada malam itu telah tiada dan tak lagi bersama kita di dunia. Tepatnya pada 27 Desember 2010, Gendra meninggal dunia setelah terjatuh dari lantai 15 sebuah apartemen yang terletak di daerah Jakarta Selatan karena sebab yang masih belum diketahui hingga kini, pada usia 18 tahun.
Di puncak acara malam itu, sebuah video klip dari salah satu lagu Noises by GAP yang terdapat di Sonic Sun, “Superstar”, diputar. Video klip yang menampilkan montage foto-foto dan video dokumentasi pribadi Gendra semenjak kecil hingga masa-masa terakhirnya itu menciptakan perasaan haru yang memenuhi ruangan seketika. Berikut video yang saya ambil dari akun Youtube yang saya dapatkan dari Iga Massardi tempo hari:
Sebuah pengalaman perkenalan yang menarik. Rest in peace, young talented soul...
Baca artikel tentang Noises by GAP dari Rolling Stone di link di bawah:
Haru Biru di Peluncuran Album Sonic Sun Milik Noises by GAP
Situs Bandcamp Noises by GAP : http://noisesbygap.bandcamp.com/Haru Biru di Peluncuran Album Sonic Sun Milik Noises by GAP
Sonic Sun CDs are still available at The Goods Dept., Plaza Indonesia.
Clear simple and plain...
Have you ever listen to a song (or just any kind of music)...
and then your body just shivers and you cry instantly?
It happens to me when I listen to this song...
(Glycerine by Bush)
Collide
Even the best fall down sometimesEven the wrong words seem to rhymeOut of the doubt that fills my mindI somehow findYou and I collide[Howie Day - Collide]
Just....Amazing :)
Dance by: Kent Boyd & Lauren Froderman
Choreography by: Travis Wall
In Courtesy of So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Show
When We Awake All Dreams Are Gone
Last Friday. Went to Lomography Embassy near where I work to get our photoworks results. Then stayed to watch L'Alphalpha's album launching at Heyfolks! The album is called 'When We Awake All Dreams Are Gone', and the gig was made as a small media gathering which then became this private show - involving the media and also close friends. Watched it with friends and my brother capturing their pic. Their performance that night was amazing and fun. The album came out great. Love the whole packaging of the album, it was made as a little story book for children with an extra bell given in it as a bonus, and especially love the bonus CD they handed out for some of the early buyers of the CD. The bonus was a video of the band performing, made by (of course) the talented videographer who is also my younger brother, Dimas Wisnuwardono.
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| All of the photos above were taken with Yashica Digital EZ F521 |
You should listen to their music. You'll love them :)
Good Life - For Today and For Tomorrow
[Good Life by One Republic]
Have been watching the news for the last few days and all I keep getting are bad news. So many bad things are happening in Indonesia, all the riots, the anarchy, the hatred and seeing people hurting and killing each other. And just today I read another story about the injustice that is taking part in Indonesian law.
As one of Indonesian young people, I know that we all want everything to be better. Better future, more justice and especially, more peace. Let's all keep our positive minds and hope for the best, and give our best to make a better future for everyone. Because the future is ours to make.
"The hope is we have so much to feel good about
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This could really be a good life"
Tomorrow will be Thursday, the day when the mother of our dear friend, Alanda Kariza, will be fighting for her own justice and fighting for truth. Let's all please give support and prayers for Alanda, her mother and her family. Let's all pray and hope that truth and justice will be on their side tomorrow. Give support through Twitter by giving hashtag #HelpAlanda and spread the word. And read her whole true story here:
God bless you, Alanda. And God bless us all...
Waiting On You
[Sun Airway - Waiting On You]
Don't go down so gently into those deep wells;
remember your knees in the wet grass.
I know we've been so lost and torn up
in forests so solemn with regret and sorrow.
...
Reach for my, reach for my, reach for my hands;
they're seldom so open and reckless with hope—
more often with caution stead fast to the rope.
I've never seen myself so graceful and light;
asleep deep in each other's memories tonight.
I'm just waiting on you to bring yourself to justice.
Forget about the past—it's all wet and rusted.
I'm just waiting on you to know we've been discovered,
that what we've been's been uncovered.
I'm just waiting on you.
Don't go down so gently into those deep wells.
We cast shadows past in those wounded fields
and something seems so awfully awry in the meadow:
a silence that creeps through the dead grass.
Reach for my, reach for my, reach for my hands
they're icy as sheets in the stiff night.
We whisper with tales of defeats
and wild days behind us so ragged and weak
while desperation seeps through the wide sky we'll speak
with the other's each others so sunken, so deep,
alone but together we've emptied our dreams
on the floor of this New York apartment we creep
through a darkness we never we thought we would see.
You're heartbeat and shirt sleeves, your hair on my cheek.
I'd die now if only it were up to me.
I'm guessing we wandered to close to the water.
The current's been sweeping us in.
I'm just waiting on you to bring yourself to justice.
Forget about the past—it's all wet and rusted.
I'm just waiting on you to know we've been discovered,
that what we've been's been uncovered.
I'm just waiting on you to let go of sharp objects
and keep those hands kept in context.
I'm just waiting on you to breathe without permission,
acutely drawn with precision.
I'm just waiting on you.
I'm guessing we wandered to close to the water.
The current's been sweeping us in.
remember your knees in the wet grass.
I know we've been so lost and torn up
in forests so solemn with regret and sorrow.
...
Reach for my, reach for my, reach for my hands;
they're seldom so open and reckless with hope—
more often with caution stead fast to the rope.
I've never seen myself so graceful and light;
asleep deep in each other's memories tonight.
I'm just waiting on you to bring yourself to justice.
Forget about the past—it's all wet and rusted.
I'm just waiting on you to know we've been discovered,
that what we've been's been uncovered.
I'm just waiting on you.
Don't go down so gently into those deep wells.
We cast shadows past in those wounded fields
and something seems so awfully awry in the meadow:
a silence that creeps through the dead grass.
Reach for my, reach for my, reach for my hands
they're icy as sheets in the stiff night.
We whisper with tales of defeats
and wild days behind us so ragged and weak
while desperation seeps through the wide sky we'll speak
with the other's each others so sunken, so deep,
alone but together we've emptied our dreams
on the floor of this New York apartment we creep
through a darkness we never we thought we would see.
You're heartbeat and shirt sleeves, your hair on my cheek.
I'd die now if only it were up to me.
I'm guessing we wandered to close to the water.
The current's been sweeping us in.
I'm just waiting on you to bring yourself to justice.
Forget about the past—it's all wet and rusted.
I'm just waiting on you to know we've been discovered,
that what we've been's been uncovered.
I'm just waiting on you to let go of sharp objects
and keep those hands kept in context.
I'm just waiting on you to breathe without permission,
acutely drawn with precision.
I'm just waiting on you.
I'm guessing we wandered to close to the water.
The current's been sweeping us in.
thanks for the video, hon....ti amo..
Sky Sailing for Weekend
[ Brielle by Sky Sailing]
This sweet song started my day. Sky Sailing was started as the first solo project of Adam Young in 2006, before he started performing and recording as Owl City in 2007. He then left the project in favor of Owl City. One album has been released by the project - An Airplane Carried Me to Bed on July 13, 2010, and features some of the early recordings of Adam Young, before he toured as Owl City. Upon the release of An Airplane Carried Me to Bed, Adam Young described the collection of songs on the Sky Sailing website :
"I've kept these recordings secret for a long time and they've never seen the light of day until now. Long before Owl City was ever a spark of a flame, a lot of blue-collared working days were spent absentmindedly daydreaming about what would ultimately become this collection of songs. From the perfectionist musician's perspective, a song is never truly "finished" but rather "abandoned" and thus, after a lot of inspiration and reckless experimentation, I emerged from the basement with a 11 song record which I affectionately entitled, An Airplane Carried Me To Bed." - Adam Young
Have a great weekend, everyone :)
-dee
Blown Away
Tribute to Alexander McQueen by Nick Knight, music by Björk from SHOWstudio on Vimeo.
Celebrating the breathtaking imagination and groundbreaking designs of Lee Alexander McQueen, the latest fashion film by Nick Knight pays tribute to McQueen's sensational creations, stellar career, and most importantly to the man himself. Directed by Knight and set to an exclusive soundtrack by Björk, the film is featured online at SHOWstudio.com
Introducing: Sarasvatī - Story Of Peter
"Terkadang perpisahan menjadi pintu yang sempurna untuk sebuah kelahiran kedua."(Felix Dass) (1)
SarasvatÄ« is Risa Saraswati, a new aspiring singer/song writer who pursue a solo career using her Sanskrit name, SarasvatÄ« (सरस्वती).
Risa Saraswati - who had previously sang for Bandung, Indonesia synthpop band Homogenic - has recently parted with the band that had risen her to fame. And now she is independently sharing her own work, producing her own EP which affirmed her determination on the music industry.
Story Of Peter is the mini album which she produced by herself with her full passion on music.
“Ini saatnya saya mengeluarkan isi kepala yang sebenarnya belum tentu bisa dipahami oleh orang lain. Sendiri adalah jalan terbaik untuk menyalurkannya,”says Risa on Story of Peter. (2)
The main (and first) single, Story of Peter, shows a lot of voice range that she has. The single also stated that Sarasvatī is a newcomer in Indonesian music industry that should be regarded, heard and enjoyed with deep level of expectations.
Sarasvatī also unite the two contrary music poles; i.e. The singles Story of Peter and Fighting Club, represents western music which she adapts greatly through series of her listening and translating on music. While on her single Bilur, she mixed traditional music elements which actually have a very large role in the foundation of her personal music taste.
“Sedari kecil saya hidup di lingkungan seni, lahir diantara keluarga yang mempelajari kebudayaan daerah, menghabiskan masa kecil dengan menonton pertunjukan seni budaya daerah di mana keluarga saya tampil” (3)
Photo by Dimas Wisnuwardono
And Story of Peter itself, actually is a dedication for her childhood bestfriend which is actually quite difficult to understand by ordinary people.
“Peter adalah teman masa kecil saya. Notabene, dia adalah mahluk tidak kasat mata yang tinggal di rumah saya pada saat itu. Saya menghabiskan banyak waktu bersamanya dan dia punya peran cukup besar untuk membentuk karakter saya menjadi seperti sekarang ini. Album ini didedikasikan untuknya,”says Risa on background of the album making. (4)
Risa's most important asset as Sarasvatī is the beautiful angelic voice that is inherent gracefully within her. This is what other Risa's fans - especially those who have been following her success story eversince Homogenic - would probably most agree with. Nevertheless, the way she wrote her songs is also something that is out of common, since she doesn't start her song writing with any music instruments, other than her magical voice only.
“Idenya muncul begitu saja, saat sedang bersenandung asal-asalan. Tiba-tiba menemukan nada-nada yang menurut saya ok. Saat itulah muncul keinginan untuk menuntaskan nada-nada selanjutnya menjadi sebuah lagu.” (5)
Other than the unique way of her song writing, the album Story of Peter also included two cover version songs that once again proven her remarkable personal taste and technical skills. She chosen the songs Question from Space Astronaut - another electronic synthpop band from Bandung, Indonesia and also Perjalanan, which is a song from Indonesian legendary duet, Franky and Jane.
The whole album Story of Peter itself in my own opinion is a masterpiece that totally deserves much apreciation, showing and proving Risa's ability in making her own music, sharing her own idea in a perfect package. Listening through the singles in the album we would be taken on a journey - a journey to the past, present and future - of the life, dreams and magical stories of Sarasvatī.
Such divine passion towards knowledge, art, and particularly music, is conveyed through songs and lyrics, with passages after passages, words by words Risa shares her eternal experience of pursuing happiness, with you.
Her spiritual journey, her quest for perfection, and many simple, negligible, unimportant whatnot.
This is Sarasvatī. Enjoy the truthful music from Risa Saraswati.
Track List:
1.Story of Peter
2.Cut and paste
3.Question
4.Fighting Club
5.Bilur
6.Oh I Never Know
7.Perjalanan
If you would like to listen to one of her magical tunes, click to download here:
MP3 Taken From Deathrockstar.info
Translation:
(1) "Sometimes the perfect farewell is to the door to a second birth."
(2) “This is the time for me to express all the ideas in my head that can't necessarily be understood easily by others. Working on it on my own would be the best way to do it”
(3) "I had lived in the art environment since childhood, born in a family which studied on regional culture, spent my childhood by watching local arts and cultural performances where my family whould appear"
(4) "Peter was my childhood friend. Unsurprisingly, he was the invisible creatures that lived in my house at the time. I spent most of my time with him and he's got a big role to shape the character that I am now. This album is dedicated to him"
(5) "The idea would just appear, while singing tunes carelessly. Suddenly I'd find tunes that I think is okay. At that moment then came the desire to complete further notes into a song."
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Soulfull Monday
It's Monday again. And I'm finally back to my old daily activities....working at the office. Oh well, this is better than staying on bed. Luckily I found this amazing video with tunes that actually boosted up my own energy and spirit to enjoy this first day of the week - and back to work. I hope it could also help boost your energies also....
Enjoy!!
Soul Bossa Nostra - by Ludacris, Naturally 7 and Rudy Currence
A cover song made as tribute to the Quincy Jones, to his 1960s' hit "Soul Bossa Nova"
Writer's note: the only "music instruments" used to this single are all the perfect sounds created by the amazing voices of Naturally 7.
See full video HERE!
Song of the Day p.18
On Track With SEAT- Ellie Goulding - Sweet Disposition (The Temper Trap cover)
This video - and song - has been playing on my laptop for the last three days while I'm on bed the whole time. I just love her voice....
Amsterdam Acoustics
My boyfriend found a very interesting website with these cool videos of talented musicians playing acoustic music sessions with the view from the city of Amsterdam as a cinematographic background. The sessions were all recorded outdoors.
Here are some of them...
Amsterdam Acoustics - Erlend Øye (Kings of Convenience) - Mrs. Cold / Ask (The Smiths) from AMSTERDAMACOUSTICS on Vimeo.
Amsterdam Acoustics : Quasi - Master and Dog from AMSTERDAMACOUSTICS on Vimeo.
Amsterdam Acoustics - Lyenn : #2 from AMSTERDAMACOUSTICS on Vimeo.
See a lot more on http://www.amsterdamacoustics.com/
New Romantic
I know I said I love you but I'm thinking I was wrong,I'm the first to admit that I'm still pretty young,And I never meant to hurt you when I wrote you ten love songs.That guy that I could never get, 'cause his girlfriend was pretty fit,And everyone who knew her loved her so.And I made you leave her for me and now I'm feeling pretty mean,But my mind has fucked me over more times than any man could ever know.Maybe I should give up, give in,Give up trying to be thin,Give up and turn into my mother,God knows I love her.And I'm sorry to whichever man should meet my sorry state,Watch my sturdy, lonesome gait and beware,I will never love a man 'cause love and pain go hand in hand,And I can't do it,Again.So we stayed up late one night to try and get our problems right,But I couldn't get into his head just what was going through my mind.And I think he knew where I was going 'cause he put Ryan Adams on,'cause I think he thinks it makes me weak, but it only ever makes me strong.I've got this friend who sounds just like him,Now he's the man I leave you for, the man that I just adore,Like you.The same man, he turns to me, he said "I've got to tell you how I feel,If God could make the perfect girl, for me it would be you,And my God told me not to tell about how much do you love your fella?"I don't know more everyday,Not in this new romantic way.I'll always be your first love,You'll always be my first love.And I'm sorry to whichever man should meet my sorry state,Watch my sturdy, lonesome gait and beware,That I will never love a man 'cause I could never hurt a man in this way.I will never love a man 'cause I could never hurt a man,Not in this new romantic way.[Laura Marling - New Romantic]
Another talented voice. Thank you hon, for sending me this...
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