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Float

A variation of "Surrender" (written by Hotma Roni Simamora).

Script, voice, guitars, vst instruments: Hotma Roni Simamora.
Sound design, vst instruments: Windra Benyamin.

Recording Engineer: Windra Benyamin.
Mix Engineer: Windra Benyamin & Hotma Roni Simamora.

Recorded at Studio Tikus, Jakarta.

Produced by Float.

When Was The Last Time You Disappeared?

You walk into 
The world you make
You loose yourself 
But you find your way

Going to watch you radiate …

We turn so slow 
I know it’s hard to wait
Take your time son
It’s yours to take

Going to watch you radiate …

These rocks they hold heat
Pools of water cool your feet
As you walk you believe
Every part of the dream

I see you lost 
In what you create
All of time 
In this one single day 

You take it and you radiate …

Follow your hands
As they build, as they shape
As they follow your mind
As it rolls like a wave

Take it and you radiate …

These rocks they hold heat
Pools of water cool your feet
As you walk you believe
Every part of the dream

From Here To Now To You

Radiate

Pre Order from  iTunes

Pandai Besi - Menjadi Indonesia

Second Single - Bias Mentari
Lagu ini terinspirasi oleh suasana pagi hari yang hangat di salah satu sudut kota Surabaya yang jauh dari keramaian. 

Bias Mentari – Senandung Sore
Ku terbangun dari mimpiku
Ku sadari pagi menyapaku
Ku berjalan mengikuti hatiku
Dan ku tak sendiri 

Mentari ikuti langkahku 
Biaskan bayangan diriku
Angin bisikkan ceritanya
Kabarkanlah indahnya pagi

Tetaplah disini
Rasakan hangatmu
Sinari hariku
Tetaplah disini
Rasakan hangatmu
Lukiskanlah senyuman

Tetaplah disini
Rasakan hangatmu
Sinari hariku
Tetaplah disini
Rasakan hangatmu
Lukiskanlah senyuman
Mentari ikuti langkahku 
Biaskan bayangan diriku
Angin bisikkan ceritanya
Kabarkanlah indahnya pagi

Bias Mentari

15 September 2013

Meng, Jakob, Ishak, Garrick, Donny, Isep apiunggunan di hari pertama survey terakhir #F2N2013.

Lokasi: Tanakita, Kadudampit, Cisaat, Sukabumi, Jawa Barat.

Nyiur Hijau (Maladi)

John Legend - Rolling in the Deep (Adele Cover)

Rolling in the Deep (Adele Cover)

The original version of "3 Hari Untuk Selamanya"

Hotma Roni Simamora: vocal, acoustic guitar.
Windra Benyamin: acoustic guitar.
Raymond Agus Saputra: bass.

Written by Hotma Roni Simamora.

lyrics: http://floatproject.com/Lyrics/Biasa.html

2006 Demo

Biasa (2006 Demo)

If you've listened to Top 40 radio or flipped through the video channels during the past few years, odds are pretty good you know something about John Legend. He played piano on Lauryn Hill's "Everything Is Everything" and might as well be considered Kanye West's sidekick, having assisted the producer and MC on several sessions — Jay-Z's "Encore" and Slum Village's "Selfish" being two of the more prominent 2004 singles featuring his work. A former choir director, he has also released a handful of energetic live discs, some of which are credited to his less hubristic birth name, John Stephens. And though he claims "I've got something new," you've also heard substantial chunks of Get Lifted in records made decades ago by Sly & the Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Quincy Jones, and Bill Withers. This might not be a problem for listeners who crave anything that recalls the music they first heard in their youth, but Legend's over-reliance upon his inspirations is an impediment as much as a slick way to grab attention. That's because he has more than enough talent and charm to get by on his own. His own lyrics and hooks are unique and clever enough to get the point across that he's no everyday R&B artist and, just as importantly, he has a personable and instantly fetching voice you could listen to all day long. However, the association with West — whose Sony-distributed boutique label released the record — is very helpful. Without it, Legend would likely be zoned into neo-soul (2003's Live at SOB's New York City really makes this notion apparent), thereby standing little chance of reaching the ears of anyone younger than 30. The production work supporting his songs strikes a fine balance between soul and hip-hop, allowing him to appeal to those who are coming from either angle. This is a very good record. It's a given that Legend is destined to make at least two others that top it. 

Ordinary People

White Shoes and The Couples Company - Aksi Kucing

1234 (cover)- Feist

Hotma Roni Simamora: vocals, acoustic guitar.
Timur Segara: drums.
Leo Christian: bass.
David Qlintang: electric guitar.
Iyas Pras: keys, backing vocals.

Written by Hotma Roni Simamora.

Recorded live at Lake Cebong, Desa Sembungan, Dieng Plateau, Central Java on June 9, 2012.

FOH engineer: Andi Anggoro. 
Recording engineers: Agan Sudrajat & Harfinovanto.

Mixed at Pepperland, Jakarta.

For more information about Float2Nature & free download links, visit http://float2nature.com

Live at Float2Nature 2012

Surrender (Live at Float2Nature 2012)

Sarasvati -  story of peter

Original Soundtrack for Indonesia Tourism Board TVC, "Wonderful Indonesia - Feeling is Believing" (2012).

Watch the TVC on YouTube: http://youtu.be/T7wp-KOORbc

Hotma Roni Simamora: vocal, acoustic guitars.
Windra Benyamin: VST instruments.
Raymond Agus Saputra: bass.

Written by Hotma Roni Simamora.

Music Producer: Windra Benyamin.

Recorded & mixed by Windra Benyamin at Gajah Studio, Jakarta.

10 (Celebrating Float’s 10th Anniversary)

Songs of Seasons

Songs Of Seasons

My another favorite song from the American Classic, originally written by Leon Russell in 70's, its about slow, pained plea for forgiveness and understanding from an estranged lover. Mixed by Barry Maheswara.

Song For You (cover)

Sementara (Live at Float2Nature 2012)

Sementara

SENANDUNG SENJA

waktu tergelincir sudah
tak hilang bayangan lembut jemarinya
menyeka deras air mata,
redakan isak tangisku.

canda nada ceritanya
tak luput dari telinga dan menggema
mengusik belaian duka lara,
antarku melawan lelah

#

Tinggal kisah,yang tergores dan terujar di akal ku.
cukup kah lembaran cerita merekam kasih itu.

berpuluh kali musim lalu 
tak pernah terdengar keluh dibibirnya
demi harapan yang diam di tepi
hingga nafas terhitung ahkir.

#

Tinggal kisah,yang tergores dan terujar di akal ku.
cukup kah lembaran cerita merekam kasih itu.
mampukah berbait syair melantunkan rasa rindu.

RusaMilitan - Senandung Senja

Always such a lovely day at the Croft with such fab songwriters that Belie their age! Another truly epic track, this time from year 3&4 - Well done all!

The Croft Primary School, Y3&4 - They'll Be There Tomorrow, We're in the Light

Our debut album "When It Was Now," is now available on iTunes- smarturl.it/atlas

Subscribe for more new music on YouTube- bit.ly/W8yTQS
iTunes - www.smarturl.it/atlas
Facebook- facebook.com/atlasgenius
Twitter- twitter.com/atlasgenius
Tour Dates- atlasgenius.com/tour

About @AtlasGenius -
The members of Adelaide, Australia’s Atlas Genius do things a little differently….They set about building a studio where they could write and record music for their newly formed band 3 years before they even played their first live show as Atlas Genius. For two years, they devoted their days to constructing their dream studio and spent their nights performing songs by The Police, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones at local pubs to pay the bills. “We really got down and dirty with dry walling and literally laying the floorboards, and at the same time we were taking a couple of days a week to focus on writing songs,” recalls Keith Jeffery, Atlas Genius’s vocalist/guitarist. "We had a lot of song ideas and it was important to us to have our own studio where we could experiment and hone in on our sound," adds brother and drummer, Michael Jeffery. The studio was designed and outfitted by the brothers with the help of their father (who comes from a music and engineering background). Once the studio was complete, the first song that Atlas Genius finished was a song called “Trojans,” which they wrote, recorded and produced in collaboration with their friend, keyboardist Darren Sell. After many weeks tweaking the song, Michael insisted that the song was ready to be heard outside of the studio walls. Within an hour, “Trojans” was on the Triple J Unearthed Website, SoundCloud, and for sale via TuneCore on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify worldwide.

“We had begun to think that music was a pipedream and we had all gone back to university to pursue more realistic careers,” says Keith. “We’d had such a long slog of playing late nights and working all day, and it felt like we didn’t really have anything to show for it.” But then, in the midst of cramming for their Fall 2011 semester final exams, Neon Gold discovered “Trojans” on the Triple J Unearthed Website and wrote a post praising “Trojans” as a song sure to “invade your head, all dressed up in a clever disguise of earnest vocals riding a hooky riff.” Checking the band’s email account for the first time in over a month, the band found that dozens of record labels, publishers, lawyers, booking agents and management companies from all over the world had contacted them.

“We were trying to focus on school, but it was just impossible,” recalls Keith. “So we said, ‘There’s something going on here. Let’s get back to the music.’” The band added manager, Jonny Kaps from +1, to their extended family to navigate all of the interest as the band focused on writing and recording more songs.

Quickly named an iTunes Single of the Week in Australia and New Zealand, “Trojans” reached #4 on Hype Machine by the end of May. In August, SiriusXM Satellite Radio’s Alt-Nation discovered the song on a blog and decided to give it some spins. There was an immediate reaction from listeners, and in September, “Trojans” was placed into heavy rotation, where it maintained a top-five position on the listener-generated Alt-18 countdown and peaked at number one for 4 consecutive weeks in January 2012. “Trojans” began selling over a thousand tracks per week on U.S. iTunes and soon climbed to 45,000 sales - all with zero promotional efforts from the still-unsigned Atlas Genius.

“Knowing we had this audience that was waiting on new songs, we had a much greater sense of purpose than we had before,” says Keith. “It was really exciting to know that there were people who wanted to hear more of our music.” Although labels were clamoring for the band to come to the U.S. and play a series of showcase gigs, Atlas Genius turned down those offers in favor of staying in Adelaide to keep writing and recording new songs. In February 2012, after months of communicating with numerous labels via Skype, the band chose to travel to the US in order to make their label decision.

“We’d never been to America before,” says Keith. “We flew in at night and saw this sea of lights, and it really became apparent to us how massive the U.S. is. It was pretty intimidating - like ‘How do we fit into all this?’” In April 2012, the band returned to the states having made their decision to sign with Warner Bros. Records. “We felt a connection with them,” notes Keith. “Everyone there feels very creative and dedicated to the music.”

The band’s first release from their new label home, the EP Through The Glass (produced, engineered and mixed by the band), came out in June of 2012. With Through The Glass completed, Atlas Genius then holed up in its studio and worked on writing and recording its first full-length album, while at the same time rehearsing for their first ever tour. The tour started in August 2012 and led to three more tours back to back taking them thru to the end of the year. Thus, their full-length debut was finished up between tour dates and got completed just before Christmas 2012. When It Was Now is set for a US release on February 19th, 2013, with an international release to follow soon after.

The debut captures Atlas Genius’s singular combination of sophisticated musicality and warm, wistful spirit. Infused with a classic sensibility, each of the songs would fit seamlessly if somehow slipped into a long-treasured mixtape. On the shimmering “Symptoms,” for instance, taut keyboard riffs mesh with urgent acoustic strumming before the band bursts into a gently frenetic, guitar-drenched chorus. Meanwhile, “Back Seat” blends its pulsing bass throb with a sweetly infectious beat and tender vocals that alternately soar and sigh. And on “Trojans,” Atlas Genius begins with a restrained guitar melody and vocal (“Take it off, take it in/Take off all the thoughts of what we’ve been”) before giving way to the handclap-accented, harmony-soaked refrain and lush yet kinetic bridge.

“It’s still surreal,” says Keith of all that’s happened over the past 18 months. “I think when we were very young, we had hopes that something like this might happen one day,” he continues. (Thanks largely to encouragement from their Beatles fanatic parents, who encouraged the brothers to begin playing music by age 14.) “But then you grow up a bit and it seems less and less likely. So when we put ‘Trojans’ out, we figured it would be a success if maybe a hundred people heard it. We don’t want to force our music onto anyone. Our goal is to write songs that we love and we hope they connect with other people too.”

When It Was Now

Electric

Buy on iTunes

It's Showtime, recorded and produced at Alien Sound Recording by Mark Wainwright. written and performed by Warehouse Riots. 

It's Showtime!

Indesposable Heroes

The first single off of our debut album "you light me up in the dark". We hope you like it. Tell your friends and your enemies 

Chelsea's Calling

All instrument composed by @BillyRamdhani

Diamonds (Gamelan Version)

Recorded live at @america, Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 9, 2013.

Wizra Uchra: Drums
David Qlintang: Electric Guitar
Windra "Bontel" Benyamin: Acoustic Guitar
Raymond Agus Saputra: Bass, Backing Vox
Hotma "Meng" Roni Simamora: Vox, Acoustic Guitar

Watch it on YouTube: http://youtu.be/jt9s_Q4QagI

Live at @America

Pulang (Live at @America)

Recorded live at @america, Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 9, 2013.

Wizra Uchra: Drums
David Qlintang: Electric Guitar
Windra "Bontel" Benyamin: Acoustic Guitar
Raymond Agus Saputra: Bass, Backing Vox
Hotma "Meng" Roni Simamora: Vox, Acoustic Guitar

Watch it on YouTube: http://youtu.be/NJHjXmLso0w

Sementara (Live at @America)

Recorded live at @america, Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 9, 2013.

Wizra Uchra: Drums
David Qlintang: Electric Guitar
Windra "Bontel" Benyamin: Acoustic Guitar
Raymond Agus Saputra: Bass, Backing Vox
Hotma "Meng" Roni Simamora: Vox, Acoustic Guitar

Watch it on YouTube: http://youtu.be/krwmrPPF5S8

3 Hari Untuk Selamanya (Live at @America)

easy listening disco track to lighten up your day, from our first self titled full Album "White Shoes & The Couples Company", released in 2005 by Aksara Records (Jakarta, Indonesia) and distributed by Minty Fresh (Chicago, U.S).

Tentang Cita - White Shoes & The Couples Company

This track first came out as one of the song in "Siaga Bencana" compilation album in 2008, along with other 14 bands. The album released by LIPI, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia(Indonesian Institute Of Sience) and Electified Records. But in 2009 this song released by White Shoes & The Couples Company & The Daging Tumbuh Comics as a bonus along with other 3 songs in "Senja Menggila" Art Book. This song is also available in Album Vakansi with upgraded mixing version, Album Vakansi released in 2010 by PuraPura Records and distributed by Demajors.

cover credit: Album Vakansi cover design by Tony Tandun and photo by Indra Ameng

Zamrud Khatulistiwa - White Shoes & The Couples Company

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.