Published in the Jakarta Post | Sat, 12/19/2009 5:17 PM |
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It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, some say. But in the case of Indonesia, rock music has played an important part in political opposition movements, especially against the authoritarian New Order regime. With no obvious political bugaboos to fight today, M. Taufiqurrahman asks if it still has a role to play in the nascent democracy.

Rock music, its underground incarnation in particular, played a crucial part in the effort to topple the New Order regime, one scholar asserts.

Ethnomusicologist Jeremy Wallach of Ohio’s…

"Many people say that our music goes against today’s trend. But, isn’t rock music for rebelling against societies norms? We choose to make music following our hearts. We’re in a band because we love music. We hope through our new album Salto we can add some variety to the local mainstream music in Indonesia." says Robi, vocalist of Navicula.

Navicula just finished recording their 6th album. All of the material was recorded at Antida Studio in Bali. The album was then mixed and mastered at Palu Studio in Jakarta by Mas Heru (aka Henk), a sound engineer from…

Surprise…
Kikan, vokalis Cokelat, sempat jamming bareng Navicula bulan November 2008. Biduan jelita ini, ramai-ramai di-headbang di atas panggung oleh the Green Grungers of Bali…

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Setelah lepas dari major label, Navicula kembali merilis sebuah album. Yang masih berada dijalur modern rock era 90-an dengan sedikit sentuhan instrument elektronik. Dimana dengan sedikit experimentasi dapat menghasilkan sebuah fusion dari funk, garage, psychedelic bahkan hardcore.

Campuran tersebut menghasilkan sebuah album dengan grafik emosi yang fluktuatif, yang pada satu bagian mereka begitu tenang, dihantam dilagu berikutnya dengan notasi yang agresif. namun hal tersebut justru membuat karakter album ini menjadi lebih 'jadi'.

Secara konseptual album ini sudah terkonsep dengan baik, hanya perlu sedikit polesan untuk memperkuat karakter lagu-perlagunya. Lagu terkuat di album ini jatuh pada 'Aku Bukan Mesin' yang memliki…