Dear friends, I'm happy to announce that I'll give a short presentation, will be speaking and also will chair a panel at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2013:
Joining the hype: Daft Punk's Random Access Memories. Been interested in Daft Punk since they first came out with that "Around The World" video, and then the Interstella 5555 album.
Who are you when you start with nothing, sell your motorbike to support your habit, go bankrupt several times over and, despite all of this, still refuse to quit?
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.
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.
Starting with a smooth and sensible romance with Jazz, this girl grabbed punk rock with just the kind of rough and in-your-face approach that punk rock requires.
Ubud, the informal Indonesian art capital, already has two major international events and in a few months the Ubud Village Jazz Festival shall knock that tally up to three.
Mostly Indonesian bands like Rumah Sakit's 1+2, Mata Jiwa, and Suar Marabahaya by ((Auman)). I still keep updated with the electronic stuff from www.residentadvisor.net as well.