The second collaborative effort between independent book publisher Elevation Books and hip-hop musician and historian Herry Sutresna (aka “Ucok Homicide”) has yielded another surefire hit. Flip Da Skrip is an in-depth look into the last 10 years of hip-hop that is as insightful as it is personal. Delivered with Ucok’s characteristic wit and academic-yet-personable style of prose, the b…
Indonesian indie darlings. Formed by Muhammad Suar Nasution (vocals, guitar), Ade Purnama (bass), Aditya "Adhi" Ardinugraha (guitar), Yudistira "Udhi" Ardinugraha (drums) and Arief Hamdani (guitar) in 1994, they were pioneers of the Bandung indie scene. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1996, the first 5000 copies of which were sold innovatively via mail-order through a teen magazin…
From academic electronic music to do-it-yourself noise in South East Asia. Contemporary and past noise, electroacoustic, industrial, experimental music and sound art in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar/Burma, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. With political, historical and sociological essays, exclusive interviews with artists and organizers, as well as an extensive bib…
“…dari sini kita akan membaca sekitar 70 ulasan musik, sekaligus menikmati ketekunan seorang legenda hidup bernama Slamet Abdul Sjukur, yang melintasi alam pikirannya selama lebih dari 35 tahun, dengan personifikasi bahasa yang indah, ketajaman intuitif dalam membahasakan fakta musik, kejujuran dan ketegasan, tanpa kita merasa khawatir akan kehilangan esensinya. Buku ini adalah kitab perist…
Buku ini berisi sedikitnya 50 catatan tentang musik yang berkadar curhat sepele hingga yang serius-ilmiah. Musik sangat berpotensi membantu kita untuk meningkatkan martabat kehidupan. Tentu saja dengan emmahami ilmunya secara tepat dan bijak, karena kebenaran di dalam musik sangat subyektif. Seringkali perubahan dimulai dari hal yang paling sederhana tetapi terus dijaga dan dihayati. Dan apakah…
Apa sebetulnya SUMBANGAN MUSIK bagi DUNIA? Bagaimana sistem pendidikan musik FORMAL melawan PADEPOKAN? Apakah musik merupakan BUDAYA, atau fenomena ALAM? Bagaimana memahami arus GLOBALISASI musik saat ini? Dan, MUSIK itu sesungguhnya APA? MUSIK itu mau APA? Temukan jawaban yang cerdas, kritis dan sudah tentu MENGHIBUR di BUKU �VIRUS SETAN�
What do the world's best bands and businesses have in common? More than you'd think. In fact, the winning teams that built Microsoft, Disney, and Starbucks have much in common with the Rolling Stones and U2. Like a business, a successful rock band is made up of both visionaries and devoted followers, leaders and team players. But the band only achieves success when the entire group is pulling i…
The art of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was all about his private life, but written in a code as obscure as TS Eliot's. In Heavier than Heaven Charles Cross has cracked the code, and this definitive biography is an all-access pass to Cobain's heart and mind. It reveals many secrets, thanks to 400-plus interviews, and even quotes Cobain's diaries and suicide notes revealing an unreleased Nirvana…
It's now over twenty years since punk first pogoed its way into our consciousness. Punk Rock: So What? brings together a new generation of writers, journalists and scholars to provide the first comprehensive assessment of punk and its place in popular music history, culture and myth. Combining new research, methodologies and exclusive interviews, Punk Rock: So What? brings a fr…
In this eagerly anticipated book, Boris Gasparov gazes through the lens of music to find an unusual perspective on Russian cultural and literary history. He discusses six major works of Russian music from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, showing the interplay of musical texts with their literary and historical sources within the ideological and cultural contexts of their times. Each m…
Criticism and appreciation on musical performances in Indonesia, 1972-2003; collected essays.