Progressive Music Fusions with Indonesian music,..

Mei Hua's Katsu Academie of Farside (AOFS) : Windig Notes (2004)***°

Even more than the debut of Discus, Academie of Farside makes on their debut uncompromising combinations of styles that were never combined before, to strange, and puzzling effect. Progressive improvisations, mainstream pop or more jazzy vocals with some regular pop vocal fantasies, strange and confusing sound effects, odd keyboards, longer pieces on Indonesian themes, offkey harmonies and melodic parts of certain instruments, progressive rock of bass/drum drives, and just some tiny flashes of bluesrock, or reggae and freaking guitars here : all of these themes are mixed to confuse as well as to combine. On the opener, “freedom sickness”, certain themes, that are mixed together, sound as if song and the rhythmical progressive drive don’t belong to each other and, like a bad dancer without feeling for rhythm, go and follow each a bit further in their own ways. This hardly fits well in an obvious way and is even made deliberately more odd by stranger sounds and wilder border-expanding improvisations. The whole move of movements, throughout most of the album, remains “progressive”. Like in a city full of contrasts accepts all flashy worlds living on the edge of possibilities for still being able to fuse in any way, are gathered into one entity. “No one else” is the most normal track, a pop song with only some piano. All other tracks have something bizarre. The jazzy way of singing on the last and large track, “soil on the new sun”, combines well with the Indonesian and progressive modes…

Audio : http://cdbaby.com/cd/aofarside

& with info : http://www.myspace.com/academieoffarside

& on http://musicishere.com/artists/Academie_of_FarSide

Intro : http://www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.asp?epk_id=96402

Homepage : http://www.academieoffarside.netnext release ->

Intrepid Music Discus : "..tot licht!" (2003)***°°

An improvement on the first CD is that here each track is actually some kind of arranged or heavy symphonic rock. Now the music is so loaded with (symphonic -without fitting completely within the limitations and description of this genre -) arrangements that despite the title the mood seems denser

at first. (There are not many moments of relaxed peacefulness). The group keeps on adding tons of melodic ideas and arrangements, that are complex and come from all kinds of genres, inspired from symphonic music, progressive rock, fusion, Rock In Opposition, Indonesian music, metal/hard rock, contemporary classical music, and so on ; there's some jazzy improvisations, and so much more. Only after a second listen, after having overcome the surprise element, I got used to the listening intensity, and everything makes perfect sense. The result might be rather heavy, its arrangements are thought over with intelligence. The production by Andy Julias is done professionally. This way the music works as a progressive rock soundtrack. When listening loud and on best equipment, only then the full capacity and all ideas come over well. The skills of the musicians and also female singer are terrific. The details are full of compact musical, technical & melodic inventions. The Indonesian elements makes the sound even more original and different from any other progressive rock group. ... The more I hear it the more I think how fantastic this is ! Considered afterwards I even think this is perhaps the most surprising albums from 2003.

(Together with a choice from Kekal) it blew more than one listener away at my place ! Recommended to all fans of the new progressive / symphonic rock scene.

Today the band consists now of 8 members. Three guest musicians participated.

The CD is released in Japan, but is also available as an Indonesian CD for members of the Indonesian Progressive Society. It's going to be being released by Musea France soon !

My favourite tracks are "Verso Kartini" (13 min) and "Anne" (20 min), followed by "System Manipulation" (10 min), which uses gamelan arrangements too.

Info : www.discusprog.com See more remarks near the end of the page on my playlist.

& http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=1061175

Japanese site : http://home.att.ne.jp/theta/haretoki/gohan/gpcd/gpcd_index.html

Listeners remarks : http://www.e-prog.net/bands/discus.htm

German reviews : http://www.babyblaue-seiten.de/album_3718.html

& http://www.progrock-dt.de/musik/monatscd/april2004.php

French review : http://www.progressia.net/index.php4?rub=chroniques&idchronik=382

Japanese review : http://www4.plala.or.jp/ganqtan/Kagyu/kagyu13.html

PRS Rec. Anane : The evolution ethnic / Slebar Slebor (2005)*****

This is one of the best examples I heard ever from musicians who feel the essence of traditional music and perform it as if it is, but also exactly like, a kind of progressive jazzrock, with mostly new,modern electric and a few old acoustic instruments. This blend is so incredibly complete, with a great amount of amazing rhythms. This sounds like a kind of Canterbury jazzrock based upon Indonesian ethno-folk. The folk are mostly from Gayonese origin. There is a great amount of ideas and instruments which are mixed perfectly, and with some distance in colours from each chosen instruments. This perfect mix with an intelligent choice of complexity alone already makes the album a must for folkrock, jazz & progressive rock lovers ! This isn’t just a dialogue, but a perfect blend between these genres.

Slightly different is "Perueren" which has some great flamenco guitar and waltz theme to it, but also this is mentioned as a local song !?

The group consist of 7 members, with two additional talents.

It is a bit puzzling how to see fit the bonus track, which a remix of one of the tracks with club beats. This is however done with a certain playful and humorousness, and cleverness, I'm sure this will not only satisfy some extra people from different interests and approaches and expectations. It is another great additional inclusion as a fine conclusion to the CD.

The album was nominated at AMI (anugerah Musik Indonesia) Awards 2005. A must have.

Management : ananeworld@yahoo.com

Info : http://www.balijazzfestival.com/artists-anane.html

German review (2nd on page) : http://www.ragazzi-music.de/indonesian.html

Aquarius Musikindo SimakDialog : Trance / Mission (2002)****

I really liked listening to this release over and over again. This group has a very beautiful sound thanks to the combination of talents, elements and approaches which give the music a vibrant sound. The keyboard (by Riza Arshad) is clearly (in a very positive way '70's) jazz fusion styled, warmly played, very creative in mood creations (with Rhodes, piano, synth). The electric guitars (Tohpati) are very varied. They develop throughout with very subtle experiments in progressive rock and Santana like moods always following the fusion jazz structures and rhythms throughout, smoothly accompanied by electric bass (Adhitya Pratama). The percussion (Jalu G. Pratidina) is another element that makes the music so fine. Jalu's playing creates a very exotic kind of jazz, very varied and smooth. There are also folk elements -with accordion on "finding the path"-. And on "All in a day" we hear a percussion composition intro worthy of mention, -on the edge of free jazz and contemporary music, but combined with a flair of exotism and changing back into a fusion jazz mode with continuing exotic rhythms-. On "Promising Leads" it's the keyboardplayer who experiments with a nice experimental ambient loop. Also when more recognizable rhythms are used the arrangements of the band make each track interesting. All used elements and adaptations even when in a relaxed mode, succeed in staying beyond the conventional. With each listen I recognise new surprising elements. A recommended release. An album that convinced me to check out their other 2 releases too.

More soundfiles & info : http://dev.cdbaby.com/cd/simakdialog & http://cdbaby.com/cd/simakdialog & http://www.myspace.com/simakdialog & http://www.simakdialog.net/...

hico & IrasimakDialog : Baur (1999)***°

This release was recommended by some collectors, so I did my best to find some help in tracing it, because it was already sold out at source.

I can understand why this release caused some closer attention from outside Indonesia. It shows an underlying potential for a more independent style, going further than any of their jazz foundations. There are some openings to a more progressive jazzfusion sound, with here and there some touches of ethno-folk elements (in the acoustic guitar), and it started off with Nice-like piano musings, some Fusionrock electric guitar, funky second guitar, bluesrock guitar improvisation, in the first three tracks. While partly it feeds itself in jazzy musings ("No more Flirt", "One has to be", ..) this as easily becomes a very good jazzfusion, which sounds for me at its best when combining this with some acoustic guitar, as with piano and harmonica (like for instance at "Tak Dinyana", this track even with some "(art)folk" touches). On "The Tramp" this fusing inspiration even comes with some (different) vocals (male & female), with some great drifting symphonic like structuring near the end. While "Australia" has an easy-go rhythm, from then it returns to "jazz" fusion-mood foundations, with drums and electric guitars that build up the fusion.. While "Mahesa" basically is a strange undefiniable keyboard improvisation meander, the title track "Baur", a live track, shows a more improvisational edge, somewhat in between a free-er jazz improvisation and late night bluesrock.

It was an album where I needed various listens to grab some of the detailed inspiration. And I think even after three listens I still might have missed a part of the essences lying within. Perhaps this shows and proves the quality ? In general it is appealing with a building up curiosity enhanced with repeated listens.

This album : http://www.rizaarshad.net/discography-baur.html

& (with audio) : http://www.simakdialog.net/discography-baur.html

Webpage : http://www.rizaarshad.net/ Contact : beedelfin@centrin.net.id

Demajors/musikRizasimakDialog : Patahan (INDO,2005)***

This live album recorded in the Goethe institute in Jakarta, is mostly lead by the rather improvised but often somewhat jazz mood piano, with Indonesian percussion and fretless bass. "Spur of the moment" also has some vocal improvisation by Nyak Ina Raseuki. On "Worthseeing" we hear a fusion styled electric guitar solo. The album is fine, shows a moody and professional live jazz concert, without much surprising elements. The last track, a jazzy soulful spiritually driven song with an introduction poem read in German/Indonesian, is a bit different.

Audio : http://www.myspace.com/simakdialog & http://www.moonjune.com/MJR015-N.htm

& http://cdbaby.com/cd/simakdialog2

Homepage : http://www.simakdialog.net/

Info on Simak Dialog in English : http://www.kathmandujazzfestival.com/simak.htm

US edition : (with audio) http://www.moonjune.com/MJR015-N.htm

Description : http://www.worldsrecords.com/pages/artists/s/simakdialog/simakdialog_61120.html

Other reviews : http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=26013

& http://www.abstractlogix.com/xcart/product.php?productid=23201

& with audio : http://ssl.adhost.com/jazzloft/baskets/pos.cfm?CD=12577

See new, more detailed review on http://progressive.homestead.com/jazz.html#anchor_147

PRS Rec. Imanissimo : Z's Diary (rec.2004)**°

Imanissimo is, like Discus one of the few progressive rock groups with ambitious and large compositions. Imanissimo create melodic (neo-)symphonic music, with on the first and last track some heavy metal & metal guitars with very worked out melodic compositions, with here and there some spacey ambient keyboards. Part 4 is the most ambitious piece, and has also some small jazzy piano lead part and some rhythmical and vocal Indonesian elements on the “Blast from the Past” part, which might be my favourite. Overall for my own taste the album still is too melodic (as too much a note-for-note-music) and in the same way there's too much melodic fantasy over real expression.

This album is produced by the same person who produced the latest Discus album, and it has a very similar cover too, with more kitschy computer drawings inside. It is the group’s second release.

Audio : "1st Moment ...... Z’s Dream", "2nd Moment ...... Anomaly Of The Ocean*,

"3rd Moment ...... The Adventures Of Captain Zed" , "Final Moment ...... Last Day To Live" :

"part I. Dilemmatic Sunrise", "II. Tales From The Ocean", "III. In Between Times",

"IV. Hopeless Soul","V. Blast From The Past", "VI. The Dying Ship", "VII. The Last Sunset"

Homepage : http://www.imanissimo.com/

Info : http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=1510

Other reviews : http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=7165

Mellow Records Discus : 1st (2000?)***°°

I heard on this CD combination of heavy progressive, symphonic, Indonesian music, jazz fusion, contemporary composition and RIO, jazz composition played with a heavy prog rock band (with el. Guitar and el. Bass, drums) with some nice flute, added with jazz passages and even some ethno pop tunes. At "Lamentation & Fantasia Gamelantronique" ( that lasts for 8 minutes ) the rockband's playing is interwoven with Gamelan like keyboards, and starts with hints to the traditional Indonesian music and develops immediately into a very unique blend of all these elements I described before. It has a very interesting composition that combines all these elements incredibly fluently. This composition has many passages that seems to summarize an alternative access to the world as a musical internet without the consuming information, but involved enough to taste and reinvent it's content very colourfully, image by image, by at the same time recreating the summery of that experience. Second track "For this Love" is more easy, almost a Latin Soul-jazz song without any pretentions, backed by the rock group playing jazzy passages. The influence of McLauglin can be experienced sometimes as well, but from another background / viewpoint. "Doc's Tune" is a jazz fusion from a high level and "Considonance" is an acoustic jazz fusion track with a contemporary classic composition. Odd but still effective. Much of the CD will confuse some listeners at first because they might expect to place the music very soon after hearing the first notes. Nobody expects, after first hearing, after the progressive music track, such different approaches. But once you understand from which ground they start you start to accept and understand that these good skilled musicians really adapted anything. "Dua Cermin" is a bit disappointing because it starts as an Indonesian mainstream pop song, and also "Wujudkan !" started like that, although the instrumentation is from a good backing band. This might be a way for Indonesian musicians to survive, adding & expressing such tracks. An atmospheric "Violin metaphysics" with violins echoing around bind one last more commercial pop song backed by the same good musicians. Luckily, "Contrasts", the last track of the CD goes back to where it started and that for about 13 minutes of advancement. If the whole album were like these tracks I would have given this CD the maximum grading (as "not to miss, a classic, completely unique *****"), but because of the lesser tracks, which are ok within its context, but which were also not really necessary on it for us, collectors of new musical challe,ges (the CD is still 62 minutes long) I gave it a lesser grading. Never the less this is a group very much worth to discover, and hopefully they will be appreciated much more for their advanced fusion. The two progressive tracks are the most interesting ones I heard, or even can imagine with added gamelan.

I attached a text file with some extra information and a small interview : Discus-information.

Webpage : http://www.discusprog.com/ Available at http://www.znrcds.com/item272.htm

and (with sma English review) http://www.mellowrecords.com/mmp27.html#mmp-365

On Indonesian Jazz page : http://www.wartajazz.com/profile/profile-discus.html

Reviews at http://www.stormbringerwebzine.co.uk/Reviews/D/Discus.htm

http://www.e-prog.net/bands/discus.htm and at http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/disc-1st.html

and at http://stevehegede.tripod.com/indonesia.htm

Their second release is reviewed at the end of this page -->

Celestial Court Sha'aban Yahya : Return to Jogja (1992)****°

This item came to my notice most coincidently. A friend of mine bought it in Indonesia. I liked it immediatly and it moved several people who I knew from all kinds of perspectives. It's an item that touched not only my musical interest, my emotions ; it's story and translation touched my soul ! This real life story is about a couple that parted unwantingly. Reminded by its original meating place the boy went back longing to meat her there once more. When he almost gave up hope she looked at him with the same disbelieve until he called her name. They did find eachother again under applause of the surrounding people. This story is translated into music, in diferent section and with repetitive themes of hope, despair, romantic memory. Very gamelan like synthesiser sounds are between New Age and a emotionally involved Kraftwerk version of gamelan sounds. A same theme has been repeated in several versions and with beautiful multi-layers. Refreshing, meditative and moving. Absolutely recommended and deserved to be recognised internationally.

Info at http://www.mundofree.com/javier_ortiz/diskos/sha.htm

(available from http://www.ojolali.com/exec/product/A1_00000525 )

Here' another page : http://indonesianmusic.net/albums/4/return.htm (with soundfile)

At http://justbacks.tripod.com/tourist3.htm you can read :

"..at Cafe Lazer and a few other spots you can hear good modern Indonesian groups. A favourite of mine is Sha'aban Yahya whose fusion album "Return to Jogja" makes interesting listening.."

Here's a more recent filmproject by the composer : http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Balcony/5275/filem/s/silat_legenda.html

He also produced the next album : http://www.b-infotainment.com/2001/english/latest/NurIrsyad1903.htm

Also available at http://www.magicmusic.de/lionpath/musik/cd/versand/bali.html

Fear Dark Kekal : 1000 thoughts of violence (2003)****°

Some years at the end of the 90's I followed closely the progressive metal scene and the interesting combinations of duo vocals, classical arrangements in the dark metal scenes with some wonderful examples (Tristania, Hollenthon, Groomy Grim, Artrosis, Sins of Thy Beloved, Aghora, etc with items which I still play now and then, or parts of it, but not often (-I can even still appreciate now and then the highlight thematical release from Cradle of Filth about countess Bathory-..). Having read about Kekal, during the preparations of my future Indonesian Progressive radioshow broadcast, I decided to check this latest release. Kekal is a group which is not theatrical, but brings purely musical and philosophical themes. It is said that this group went beyond usual dark metal with progressive and experimental touches mixed with classic metal and sometimes with a more atmospheric guitar.

Their sound on this fifth album is surely interesting. The tracks that start more up-tempo are in a dark metal style and have various tempo changes and a really powerful sound and production. The first track has female vocals. Basically this is multilayered guitars / vocals / drums and sampling drums, sound manipulation, the production, mixing and compositions are surely intelligent. Tracks that immediately blew me away at first skipping were some of the more powerful tracks like "Once again it failed", for its female voice, and especially "Vox Diaboli" for its incredible production, powerful sound and tempo changes, and the 12 minute track "Beyond numerical reasons", with even a progressive fusion rock touch and coloured voice arrangements. But all the other tracks are great too, varying from song oriented metal to instrumentally worked out progressive metal tracks with surprising changes and very unusual (modern) rhythms and adaptations. A intelligent listening pleasure for the open minded.

P.S. A few more remarks on some tracks were made at my playlist (at the last airplayed tracks)

Homepage : http://www.kekal.cjb.net/

Label entry : http://www.fear-dark.com/indexdistro.htm

Info : http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=1513

Info on releases : http://www.christianpunks.com/band.php/682

Review : http://www.metalcoven.com/review_kekal_1000thoughts.html

& http://www.hmmagazine.com/reviews/album/k/kekal1203.php

& http://www.hmmagazine.com/reviews/cd/archives/000655.php

German review of this album : http://www.powermetal.de/cdreview/print-review-2856.html

& http://www.crossover-agm.de/cdKekal03.htm

Sounds : http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/79/kekal.htmlnext, 2005 release->

Fear Dark Kekal : Acidity (INDO,2005)***°

I was very curious as to the evolution of this Indonesian metal band, because the latest album I heard had progressive elements in the true sense, and challenging combinations, very new for the genre. The group build up this album like one symphonic piece, with all and even more varied elements. This time these different elements hang together even more logically, even with surprising breaks and rhythm changes they sound very natural. These elements are symphonic metal, heavy metal (more like early Iron Maiden), dark and brutal metal, even a few seconds of hiphop metal !, some gothic wave song orientation, a few seconds of jazzy melodies and improvisations, some pop song orientation with metal background, some details of progressive techno-electronic elements, with wild progressive rock, and some mad freakout theatrical avant-garde vocals, some guitar feedback ambience, and perhaps of few seconds of some Indonesian element. A successful release to listen to in one take. It's perhaps even more accessible than their 2003 masterpiece.

Audio : "Strength in my Weakness", "A Dream for a Moment", "The Way of Thinking", "Beyond Comprehension"

Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/thtunderground/kekal/

Intro on Kekal : http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=1513

& http://www.fear-dark.com/kekal.html & http://www.metalstorm.ee/bands/view_bio.php?band_id=kekal

Info on album : http://www.geocities.com/thtunderground/kekal/acidity.htm

Other reviews : http://www.brontakzine.com/album/kekal02.htm

http://www.vampire-magazine.com/reviews.asp?id=3870 &

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=7179

http://bugjet.com/album/review/metal_album_review-kekal-acidity.html

German review : http://www.powermetal.de/cdreview/review-5479.html

& http://www.crossover-agm.de/cdKekal05.htm

MusikitaKrakatau : 2 Worlds (INDO/CAN/US,2005)***°'

Krakatau here brings a perfect blend between Indonesian elements and jazz, or just a rich variation of great jazz. There was a deliberate mix of the pentatonic system of the gamelan, with the diatonic system of the west, in a jazz and improvisational context. The music sound is inspired and groovy. Just a few sessions were recorded elsewhere, in Totonto (Canada) and Chicago (US). There they had jams with cooperative musicians, like Howard Levy, Carlo Actis Dato, Ron Davis, Reg Schwarger amongst others, while the fundamental group is a septet already. I like the release in superlatives especially on the mixing style tracks like “Levy’s Groove”, “Actis Baritone funk”, “Bancak Pakeweuh” and on the wild “Double Bands ‘live’” from a recording with no more than 5 extra guests. The singing on “Perahu” sounds like a combination of Indian with jazz improvisation. But also when seemingly entirely into jazz the band sound as much a great performing band. A recommend release and a tip for concert promoters abroad.

Homepage : http://www.krakatau.net/

Indonesian Info : http://www.wartajazz.com/news/news260106.html

PRS Rec.In Memoriam : The Ultimate Terrorizing Aura of Unlogic Mind (2003)*°

It is a long time ago since I listened to this kind of style of Gothic metal with a heavenly female vocalist. It is released by the Indonesian progressive society but only has a few attempts to be really progressive, mostly only attempting certain symphonic metal arrangements instead. "Kokain" and "Versus" might have some ideas in a progressive direction, but most of the album does not add much outside the gothic-metal, neo-prog and new neo-symphonic metal interest fields. The 13 minute long last track, "Overture" is the best attempt with symphonic arrangements, progressive touches, some jazz and cafe jazz and a kind of gaudy Gothic-symphonic music, which is worked out technically, but still leaves me with a rather empty musical and spiritual feeling.

German review : http://www.ragazzi-music.de/indonesian.html

Japanese reviews : http://www31.ocn.ne.jp/~moa/musica/item/indonesia/INMEMORIAM1.html

& http://ten-forward.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2006/01/in_memoriam_the.html

Shadoks Music Ariesta Birawa Group : vol.1 (1973,re.2006)**°'

While Indonesia was for long time one of the so many countries neglected in the collector’s market, mostly from ignorance and from not even trying to look for information, luckily just recently the highly recommended Guruh Gipsy saw the first LP reissue (on the same label, limited to 450, so be quick!!), but also this relatively unknown item saw the light of day. Mostly just a handful of the existing interesting items from far away countries see the light of day in Hans Pokoras books, and it seems that such books are one of the first sources to make people curious to such items. In the 4001 edition this rare album was listed.

In Indonesia, once a Dutch colony, it took quite a long time before the LP’s that were published since the ‘60s were more than mostly pop orientated with huge local music references. Not many LP’s contained more than a few good more independent rock tracks. It took also a while, like anywhere else in the world, before the poprock style became also influenced by more heavy/hard guitar rock. It is in that phase of musical change that Ariesta Birawa expresses themselves, and this, with great luck, is done with a certain enjoyable consistency with some variations between a sweet poprock style and slightly more eavy inspirations and explorations with some improvisations of organ/flute/guitars, all within relatively short tracks. While especially the first track ("Si Ompong”) the vocals combined with slightly exotic percussion are reminding me of the Brazilian Os Mutantes, the electric guitars and organ there are more influenced by heavy blues tingled rock, with its room for some improvisation. The vocals often are slightly mellow, in a gentle, enjoyable way, and always with a 60’s psychpop flavour. This can be combined with pleasant and rather happy pop rhythms, while the gentle flute, organ, electric guitars and smoothly accompanying drums keep the melodious rock aspect continuous as well. Most of these tracks could be an example of expressions of bands from many places in the world from that period. There’s even one English (self-penned) song (“Will never Die”), and one rock’n roll track, “Terimalah Cintaku” which still has a heavy bluesrock improvisation also has gentle flute here and there. The way in which the songs are sung, in Indonesian language, is expressed in a similar way to many other languages and should not put off foreign listeners at all, because they sound very recognisable and highly melodic with the music. A fine and really enjoyable album.

The After-story :

As has happened more often, the band disbanded after one album. One of the members (Sonata Tanjung or Syech Abidin??-one of both-) formed the Aka Band. From this band I heard their “Do what you like” album which showed some very good tracks amongst more normal tracks of hard and funky rock with a real “black” spirit, very unusual and unexpected from an Indonesian band. The band lasted until late ‘70s, until their singer Ucok Harahap left. Soenatha Tanjung & Syeich Abidin formed a new band called SAS (=Syech-Arthur-Sonata) Group in 1976, with a debut album called “Babyrock”. They released over 10 albums until the early ‘90s.

Audio : "Si Ompong" (or here or WMFU broadcast link), "Mesa Depanmu" (or click on 'stream' link on linked page), "Will never Die", "Didunia yang lain"

Label entry in mid of page : http://www.psychedelic-music.com/psychedelic1.html

Other reviews and descriptions : http://foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/review_detail.php?id=1885

& http://www.lefthip.com/... & http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2006/10/fuzzy-indonesians/

& http://music-versity.blogspot.com/2006/09/new-music-sparklehorse-ariesta-birawa.html

& http://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=246