Incubus Live in Jakarta

IF NOT NOW, WHEN?

Say Hello to the best band ever,,,

INCUBUS!!

Overwhelm. Cry of happiness. Uncontrolled emotions
Just imagine the person you admired your whole life is standing 150m  in front of you,,,
I fell in love with Incubus since I was in Junior high school, Fungus Amongus album made me fall in love with the band at the first sight. Dreams come true for sure,,,

This is the second time Incubus comes to Indonesia, I couldn't attend the first concert due to my study in Swiss. So hell yeah, I have to attend this one,,,if not now when? The performances itself is flawless, Brandon was so hypnotizing,,,*sorry i can't be objective with Incubus*. One thing that makes me disappointed is they didn't play their old songs such as : Sink beneath the line, azwethinkweiz, anti-gravity, hilikus, you'll be a hot dancer, etc. I'm kinda looking forward for that songs. The reasons maybe because they played it in 2008, their first concert in Jakarta. That's a pity,,,,

I didn't take any pictures at all because I'm too busy singing and jumping around luckily my Incunesian friend takes photos!! I thought I'd share it here,,,





Thanks Incubus for making my dream come true,,,,

Kylie Minogue "Aphrodite" Tour live in Jakarta

The SHOWGIRL return,,,,give it up for

Ms. KYLIE MINOGUE!!

The journey to attend Kylie’s concert is just WOW!! We’re stuck in a traffic jam for about 2 hours, our car broke down in the highway and we (4 girls) have to push the car until highway office at windy night with only shirt and short pants on. We have to leave the car if we plan to catch Kylie’s concert, we look for a taxi in a highway which is IMPOSSIBLE to get, so we decide to take a full loaded bus with our minimalist clothes on (believe me if you live in Indonesia, hot pants with tank top ride a bus is a big NO NO). We ride the bus just until we find a taxi , luckily we found taxi quite quick and go straight to Kylie’s concert venue! We’re on time! Lucky for us the concert was delayed for 1 hour due to traffic jam. FIUUUUH!!

The theme of her “Aphrodite” Concert 2011 is Greek so we could see a Parthenon stage and three gold stairs filled with dancers wearing Greek costume sets. Kylie came out beautifully from a gold giant shell and she sings Aphrodite!


Kylie knows how to entertain and performs that’s for sure! She brings a gold Pegasus and her sculpture, harp, chariot as stage property, plus 30 dancers, 6 musicians and 200 costume sets with her. Two words for her ALL OUT!!!


She sings 25 songs in total in about 2 hours show. She sings most of her hits songs such as “Can’t get you out of my head”, “Spinning Around”, “Get out of my way”, “Love at first sight”. Her dance numbers successfully turn the arena into a club! What makes me amaze are she re-arrange the song “Slow” into a slow sassy and sexy jazz!! And turn it around in the middle of the song into dance song! For me personally, that song is the BEST!! In the song “Looking for an angel”, one of the dancer come down to earth as an angel which is very beautiful to look at. She ends the concert with her latest hits “All the Lovers”. I just can’t believe 43 years old woman can be that energetic and HOT!


Kylie is highly communicative with the audiences, she asks the audiences what song do they want to hear next, she sings “Hand on your heart” and “Locomotion” as requested. In several songs she looks coquettish which I love. She changes 7-8 times costume set and it’s very quick! The video that played on the LCD really3x a services for gays, no wonder she becomes a gay icon,,,


I also love the audiences, well mostly it filled with women and gays but they’re all out! Love their clothes,,,everybody looks unique! Throughout the concert, she brings Greek and Vegas to me!! Certainly one of the concerts that I won’t forget!! Standing applause for Ms. Kylie Minogue, you’re truly an entertainer!

MGMT Live in Jakarta

Jakarta, 26 Maret 2011 – Urbanite Asia present “BeatFest 2011” with MGMT and The Whitest Boy Alive.The event takes place at Bengkel Night Park, SCBD Sudirman Jakarta.

I don’t know much about MGMT and The Whitest Boy Alive (TWBA). I started to like MGMT one year ago I guess, their artsy video clip intrigue me! Ok, first liner in this year Beatfest is Sajama Cut (local band), I seriously don’t know anything about this band and I come late so I didn’t watch their performances. So sorrrrrrry,,,,

Second liner is TWBA with Erlend Øye as the leader. This electro band is quite familiar with Indonesian crowds, this is their second time in Indonesia. Erlend is very communicative with the crowds which makes the performances is more enjoyable despite simplicity in their music. In the middle of the show, Erlend ask the audience to silence for a while to respect Earth Hour. Their performances closed by the one and only song from TWBA that I knew which is “1517”.

Quite long transition from TWBA to MGMT and the venue is getting hotter and hotter (because of the Earth Hour, they use less Air con). The crowds was screaming when they come out and sing “It’s working”. Later on, MGMT’s catchy hooks like “Weekend Wars?” and “Electric Feel” got the crowd moving. One more thing that I remember that the song “Siberian Breaks” last more than 10 minutes which is quite overwhelm for me, Thank God after that they played “Kids” ,,,that’s refreshing!!





In summary, MGMT’s performance was exactly the same as the records, which was impressive considering how complex their music’s are. Every note and layer from the records was there, and it really show how accomplished this young musician is. Because the performances stole most of their concentration, they didn’t interact much with the crowd which becomes a weak point of their concert in my opinion. What I looooove the most is MGMT’s psychedelic 80’s retro videography projections that complemented their sounds!!





Ok,,,see you guys in the next concert : Incubus live in Jakarta!

SUEDE Live in Jakarta!!

After almost 8 years, we meet again my dearest

SUEDE

Suede came to Jakarta in 2003 for the first time! *minus Mr.Codling*. Not long after that, they split up. Each of them is busy with their project. Brett has his solo album project, Simon and Oakes is busy with their other band Futon and Artmagic, Mat toured with Brett while Neil toured with Natalie Imbruglia.

In 2010, they decide to reunite and played in London's Royal Albert Hall as part of the 2010 Teenage Cancer Trust shows. After that, they release "The Best of Suede" in September. And they've been touring to promote the album.

They wrote in their official websites about the Jakarta gigs, which cost a leaked information because it is supposed to be a surprise. As I mentioned before in my previous post about the ticketing system for Live and Rockin, we have to do trade in! However, because of this insanity, Suede fans share the problem on Suede's official forum. And amazingly, Suede management hear our complaints and find a better solution for us which is 500 giveaway tickets for Suede fans. Thank you guys for fighting for us!!!

Ok, enough with the introduction to Suede! Here comes my overwhelm expression toward Suede's concert on 19 March 2011.

It's funny before Suede comes out, the MC said "We have to thank Blackberry for this bla bla" and all the audiences BOO-ed him and blackberry *including me*

Here's the setlist for the night


If I compare with 2003, the sound is better in 2003 however the crowds, the ambiances 2011 are definitely full of awesomeness!! There are many die hard Suede who misses them a lot and express their joy and excitement!!



It's hard to get Brett's photos because he moved a lot!!! i still can't believe he's 43! How he dance, how he spin his mic and his body! *kapan lagi bisa liat dance langka itu?*

And, what makes me enjoy this concert more than 2003 is because MR. NEIL JOHN CODLING! and he's in front of my eyes!! My camera = Neil-minded *help,,,i'm melting!!*





I'm fully satisfied especially they played a lot of songs from old albums : Suede, Dog Man Star and the booming Coming up album! this 3 albums definitely THE BEST OF SUEDE!! I was hoping that they'll play My Insatiable one and Europe is our playground!

The best concert of the Year!!

Live and Rockin Jakarta

some oh so famous smartphone brand proudly present

Live and Rockin Festival

Live and Rockin is actually a nice music festival because it consist of artist from different music genres, fans gathered all in one thoughts "we love MUSIC". However, the sponsor's intention was definitely not for a good cause!! I was freaking excited when I knew about Live and Rockin but not until the promoter informed us about the ticketing system.

Blackberry,the official one and only sponsor for Live and Rockin "force" us to do trade-in (trade your old mobile phones with Blackberry oh so smart phone) in order to get the ticket, which cost at least 3 mill rupiah or 300 USD. It's an expensive price for a concert ticket in Indonesia. Yes, they also giveaway free ticket but it's not because the sponsor policy, it all because negotiation between promoter and artist management vs sponsor. Seriously, without this event everybody in Indonesia already have a blackberry! You just give yourself a bad marketing image!! at least for the artist die hard fans,,,,

Back to the event, I'm a die hard Suede fans, I don't know much about the other artist, I'll try to be objective.

• 2PM

First off is Korean boyband 2PM! As you guys all know, most countries in Asia suffered from Korean Booming Virus! Therefore 2pm is well received here. Most of the audiences are teenage girls, we can noticed it by the high tone sound they produces when 2PM is on stage. I stayed at the back listening to at least 2 of their songs then I go out for cigarette break and buy drinks. 10 minutes after, there are hundreds of girls running outside.
I ask one sweaty girl who doesn't seems so happy
Me: "Is it over?"
The girl: "Yes, it's fast!!! they only sang 4 songs"
Me : "Ah really? And why are you sweating like that?"
The girl : (started to share her experiences aka curlong) "Inside was intense, we almost can't breath! I'm really disappointed, I queued for 5 hours long and 2PM only sang 4 songs? Oh please, they could sing at least 10 songs."

• Shontelle

Move to other artist, Shontelle! Shontelle is an R&B female singer, she look a bit like Rihanna. Differ from 2PM, Shontelle sang around 5-6 songs, I move a bit closer to the stage, enjoy the beautiful voice of Shontelle, eventhough I don't know her songs. Other things that I noticed from Shontelle performance is that her 2 dancers are amazingly energetic and sexy!

•  Taio Cruz

Next is new upcoming R&B male singer, Taio Cruz. His songs often played in the radio so I know at least his hits single. He opens with Break Your Heart and closes with Dynamite. His outfit is exactly the same like in promotional posters for Live and Rockin, sunglasses + leather jacket. He has good line up songs however for me, his performances was so so! *kalo kata org, kurang greget gituh*

In the end, I watched all of the artist and I enjoy it a lot! *despite the greedy sponsor*

ps : I'll write in a different post for Suede!

Java Jazz 2011

Indonesia's biggest annual Jazz Festival

Java Jazz 2011

Biggest Jazz Festival is back! The place where we could just relax and enjoy music! The line up artist will blow your mind with their Godsend voices, their musicality talents, and their way to groove your night!!

The line up artist include the great Santana, George Benson, Fourplay, Sondre Lerche, Corinne Bailey Rae, Acoustic Alchemy and many talented local artist. I attend the event on Friday, and I got to see only 3 artist (The Groove, Sondre and Corinne).

Here's my highlights on the event!

1. Venue
Even though it's far but I glad that Java Production moved the venue to JiExpo Kemayoran *my first Java Jazz since the moved the venue*. It's quite large which gives us more space. I love the food section, it's not too crowded.

2. Artist

• The Groove

Yay!! they are having a reunion!! full member including Yuke!! They sang their hits such as: Satu mimpi, Dahulu, Katakan dengan Cinta,etc and couple new song. I like their reunion song "Let's go reunion" which is specially made for this event. Rieka and Reza are really attractive and communicative on stage.

• Sondre Lerche

Ok, I'm a bit disappointed! Why did they give Sondre a Femina hall? Femina hall is too small for Sondre that is why his fans are unhappy because it's too crowded *including me*. In Femina hall they provide a chair which takes up lots of spaces and on the back others have to stand.

There are hilarious incident during the show. At the back it's crowded and we can't see anything and there's a family (mom,son and daughter) insist to go to the front to see Sondre, they're very eager seeing how they often push people who get in their way. I thought they must be a huge fans of Sondre. I overheard the conversation between Mom and her son (+/- 10 years old)
Son : Mom, come on faster! It's Jason Mraz!!(WTH?? Wrong year little boy)
Mom : No, it's not Jason Mraz, Jason Mraz is not playing in Java Jazz this year, it's GEORGE BENSON! (dang!!!!)

•  Corinne Bailey Rae

How can I describe her? Talented, beautiful and angel voice! period

See you in the next Java Jazz 2012

Trip to Pulau Harapan

Enjoy The Trip!!

Kindly see the simple yet awesome video about our Trip

Harapan island from Nadia Pralita on Vimeo.

made by Astrid

Pulau Harapan,,,do you know where it is? Pulau Harapan is one of the Island in Kepulauan Seribu. You only need 3 hours to get there by boat from Muara Angke. What's good about Pulau Harapan? it is a perfect getaway for the weekend because it's near from Jakarta and it's surrounded by many islands for us to explore (Bira, Putri, Kelapa,etc).

We welcome you to Pulau Harapan

(that's our homestay!)

The most exciting part of the trip of course when we go snorkeling, we hop from one island to another. This is the type of boat that carry us

From there, we discover the beauty under the sea,,,


Meet the dangerous creature under the sea, it's called "bulu babi". My friend got stung by it! The guide give the first aid which is to hit the place where we get stung to destroy the spine!



There was a storm at midnight, in the end we all stay up all night. It's quite scary because our homestay is near the beach. 2 days of excitement!!

Sincerely yours, THE PEGASUS!!

Gajimu re-Lauching Event

For the past weeks my worklife is hell! It consumes all of my time and energy, I didn't have time to relax. This is the first event that I've done myself so I'm proud of it.

I work at Gajimu/WageIndicator site. Gajimu is a site for us to share and compare our salaries, it has the facilities like salary survey and salary check. I'm responsible of the content for Gajimu site. If you have time, pls do visit the site, it's full of information for workers.

Two Doors Cinema Club live in Jakarta

For the first time ever in South East Asia

We welcome

Two Doors Cinema Club!

 

Deftones live in Jakarta

Get ready to SCREAAAAAAAM!!! Mr. Chino Moreno is here!!!

Deftones!!