From the city of music, art and culture in Central Java, Jogja, Dubyouth soundsystem is an electronic-eclectic-mash up-roots group that combines many forms of music. From reggae to dub, some ol’ skool jungle, hip-hop, ragga, house, and much urban vibe, with some rude boy attitude. Always burns the dancefloor everywhere they go, from the small underground parties, art exhibition opening ceremonies, to the big speakers in the clubs, yes..they know how to please the crowd. Even though their album hasn’t been released yet, their music is already spread out to public, well..we dont know how they got it J,but it seems people really got infected by their sound. In addition, one of their single “Bomb Da Town” stays on the number one radio indie chart, and they’re really surprised about it, because they don’t know ‘till one day they got a call from the radio. From the bedroom to the chart! PoppaTee is the mastermind behind this project, including producing, writing, and all that arranging stuff ,with help from D’Metz on the mixing console to run the riddim on their live show. www.dubyouth.com

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The Clouds - A Beginning

It was started from a jam session called “Miserables“ by Aji Wiweko -  (guitarist of an old school hardcore band named Empty Message), Agus Marrdian – guitar (Cambridge Revolt ), Aris Widyawisesa – drums (Cambridge Revolt), Wiranata Agung Tyas a,k,a Diaz - bass  ( ex.Subrooster's bassist ) ,Rio Vanessa a.k.a Echa (guitarist of Suck Of Society – he was the keyboardist of the band) . They finally changed the name from “Miserables“ into “The Clouds“ to represent their hallucinative and absurd but real lyrics.. They played pop songs popularized by The Smiths, Morrissey, The Cure, Lightning Seeds, James, Pulp, etc. Unfortunately, in 2001, Aris decided to leave Miserables because of his professional job and he was replaced by Ibam Atmanugraha, a  drummer of a jazz band named Protaque .

In a cloudy windy night in Aji’s terrace the dynamic duo (Aji and Marrdian)   started to play their sad interlude to interpret one of their poem called “Samar“ which inspired from a true story about their best friends, who were trapped in hallucinative and addictive poison and it changed their way of lives a lot. It was a gloom and depressive poetry but it was the breakthrough in Miserables’ musicography.


Most of their lyrics told us about the reality in this life. For examples: “Sisi Yang Hilang (about a grey area in our lives), ”Uncertainty“ (about boredom in our lives that could kill our feelings, energy and creativity), Prelude for Negative Minor (instrumental track), “Sepi“ (a description about loneliness and hope-loss that often comes into our days and it tortures our soul), “Garden of Eden“ (an imaginative poem about a nowhere lands,an endless heaven that brings us true peacefulness), ”Silusi “ (a temporer addiction of hallucinative substance but it could be a deadly poison if we can’t control our self-which written by Andri Mulyana a.k.a Cheppy – guitarist of ”Ten Holes” and a pop band named “Strangeways”) and “I Wanna Be My Self“ (an optimistic and egocentric statement in every human’s character).

The Clouds recorded  their singles in 2004 in a music studio in the eastern Jakarta and they performed in several indie gigs in the city. Unfortunately, in 2008, three of  band members which are Made Widya,Rio Vanessa and Ibam Atmanugraha stated to leave The Clouds,  but it didn’t turn Aji, Marrdian and Diaz into hopeless. They kept their spirit and tried to fulfill the vacant positions. They recruited their old friends, Rizal Hands a.k.a Ijal (The Forgotten Fear’s drummer) and they had jam-session with Ahmad Fadholy a.k.a Dolly Plester and Yodham Moux ,a music programmer and a lead singer of Jakarta's Japanese pop band called Junon.

 They  recorded  a new single called “For My Soulmate (a love song where The Clouds collaborated with Yodam’s passionate voice) . The Clouds then contacted their old long lost friend named  Ipang Bona Drag ( The Firm ) to help them re-record their singles   such as Samar, Sepi, and Guide Me To Your Door, Lelah Melangkah, and Silusi and to make their music videos.

Float is an Indonesian band led by singer/songwriter/guitarist Hotma "Meng" Roni Simamora. The revolving lineup has influenced the band’s musical style that has grown from a mix of pop, rock, blues, and jazz. Supporting Meng with each of their role, Timur Segara (drums), David Qlintang (guitar), and Binsar Tobing (bass) make the latest Float’s four-piece formation.

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