Banda Neira adalah proyek iseng bertanggung jawab yang menjunjung tinggi spirit amateurisme. Bubar sejak Desember 2016.
Kontak: di.banda.neira@gmail.com

Pesan rilisan fisik album pertama 'Berjalan Lebih Jauh' dan album kedua 'Yang Patah Tumbuh, yang Hilang Berganti' ke sorgerecords@gmail.com.

Dulu ketika tinggal di Jakarta Rara Sekar  adalah aktivis Hak Azasi Manusia di LSM Kontras. Kini ia hijrah ke Bali dan jadi pegiat sosial di organisasi non profit Kopernik. Kerjaanya, membagikan teknologi tepat guna untuk memberdayakan masyarakat di berbagai tempat. Sementara Ananda Badudu, dulu, kini, dan nanti adalah wartawan harian di Tempo. Kerjaanya, setiap hari keliling Jakarta mencari berita.

Siapapun tahu hidup di Jakarta akan terasa penat jika tak diselingi kegiatan-kegiatan menghibur diri. Oleh karena itu keduanya sepakat membentuk band. Formatnya sederhana saja, dua orang dan satu gitar. Kadang ada xylophone mainan nyempil. Atau impersonisasi terompet berhubung tak punya alat sesungguhnya. Meski formatnya dua orang, mereka menolak disebut duo, inginnya disebut band. Tak tahu pasti apa maksudnya.

Sejak terbentuk pada akhir Februari lalu, Banda Neira baru dua kali manggung dan sekali mengecap studio, yakni pada saat rekaman saja. Tapi latihan lumayan sering. Karena format sederhana, latihan pun bisa di mana saja. Bisa di atap kos-kosan, di ruang fitnes kedap suara, di warung sepi pengunjung, hingga rerumputan taman kota.

Tak disangka proyek iseng berlanjut terus. Pada suatu hari, sebelum Rara Sekar hijrah ke Bali, keduanya nekat menyewa studio Aru untuk merekam empat lagu yang mereka punya. Jadilah album EP (Extended Play) yang di kemudian hari dinamakan “Di Paruh Waktu”. Karena lirik lagu Banda Neira kebanyakan nelangsa, maka disebutlah genrenya nelangsa pop.

Kini Rara Sekar tinggal di Ubud, Bali, dan Ananda Badudu masih di Mampang Prapatan, Jakarta. Tapi katanya Banda Neira tidak vakum alias tetap jalan. Nanti mungkin ada lagu-lagu lain, yang kalau sudah PD akan ditaruh juga di soundcloud. Hehehe. Sekian ceritanya dan terimakasih telah berkunjung ke soundcloud kami.

Salam, Banda Neira
8 Agustus 2012

*NP: Banda Neira adalah nama pulau yang berada di Maluku, bagian Timur Indonesia. Pada masa perjuangan kemerdekaan, beberapa pejuang dan bapak penemu bangsa sempat dibuang oleh Belanda ke sana. Di antaranya Sjahrir dan Hatta. Banyak cerita menarik yang ditulis Sjahrir tentang Banda Neira. Dari catatan hariannya orang bisa tahu ia tak merasa seperti orang buangan ketika diasingkan ke sana. Barangkali karena pulaunya luar biasa indah dan masyarakatnya menarik. Sementara Hatta sibuk baca buku, Sjahrir asik bermain dan mengajar anak-anak setempat. ”Di sini benar-benar sebuah firdaus”, tulisnya di awal Juni 1936. Dari pulau dan cerita inilah kira-kira nama band ini diambil.

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Adhitia Sofyan is a singer-songwriter from Jakarta, Indonesia. His 5th (mini) album "8 Tahun" (2017) now available on most digital formats.

Singaporean Seb-Rock Band. Have a listen to our demos! Thanks ;)

Born and raised in North Florida before heading up I-75, Nick spent his youth recording songs for his friends documenting their bubbling coming of age realizations. Amid the summer heat, SEC Saturdays, and flat land under Spanish moss, something was happening to a kid who couldn’t find any reason not to go full speed.

In 2015, as his music began to be circulated via blogs and websites, he released his most beloved song (still to this day) Lobster Calamari as just a careless high schooler. This song went on to amass 800,000 streams (and counting) and still provides the backbone for his growing catalogue of stories through the years. Now, a decade later, Nick enters into his own as an established artist, writer, and performer. 

In 2016, Nick Chase released his first EP, Helmet Safety, with his best friend Zay under the name YPF (Young Peach Fuzz, later just Peach). It was a time capsule of their teenage years—bike rides, basketball, and DIY recordings in childhood bedrooms. That spring, they shot the video for Careless in St. Augustine, FL. The response was immediate, and Nick soon began releasing solo music under his full name, carrying with him the creative DNA of his group days.

In 2017, while moving between school and home, Nick gained traction locally through original songs, remixes, and live performances. A standout show hosted by Always True marked his first real taste of performing—a moment that sparked his drive to capture youth’s fleeting intensity through music.

In 2018, the video for Drugs! pulled fans deeper into his world: a space of contradictions, honesty, and simplicity. Around this time, he began the Semesterly trilogy, a three-part project that wrapped in 2019 and became essential to his identity as a songwriter rooted in Florida. As Georgia entered the picture, his perspective—and sound—began to shift.

2020 brought a bold turn with the No Bachelor (Freestyle) video, revealing a confident, genre-fluid artist unafraid to experiment. That same year, he moved to Atlanta, stepping into a broader creative landscape. In 2021, he released the postcards EP, followed by the conceptual single Bengal in 2022, expanding his visual storytelling and lyrical depth.

A brief move to Los Angeles later that year brought fresh inspiration. But it was Atlanta that truly felt like home. He returned, dropped Postcards 2, and began performing across the city with collaborator zl!ster — cementing a new era of artistic maturity and vision.

His forthcoming album, Being Able, will be released independently in 2026.

“And if dreams come true then living life was never real.” — Nick Chase, 2016

Pronounced |dot jif|, .gif is an electronic duo comprising weish and din. The two treat .gif as a space of freedom, respite, and honesty. They strive to make electronic music that combines lush soundscapes with lyrics that are intensely personal and hopefully, meaningful.

Drop by the 4.20 Store, Jl. Tebet Utara Dalam No. 23 to grab LELAKU full album and Fourtwnty Official Merchandise. For further info please call +6281288800420


Payung Teduh was created by two close friends that used most of their time in playing music at the canteen of FIB as well as providing background music for the Pagupon Theater of Indonesia University. These two close friends, Is and Comi, played their music anywhere from the canteen of FIB UI, hangout places inside the campus complex, to the lake side near UI’s Center Administration Building. Their togetherness in playing music has been supported by friends around them which then lead to the creation of a duo that eventually became the next big thing at UI.      

 

Payung Teduh was then born in late 2007 with their first formation, Is on vocal & guitar, and Comi on Double Bass. After playing duo for some time, it was necessary for them to improve their exploration in their music as well as improving their stage performance. In doing this, they recruited Cito as a drummer and Ivan as a guitalele player in 2010. Angin Pujaan Hujan was the first song that eventually known as the signature composition of Payung Teduh’s style of music. As time went by, they wrote new songs such as Kucari Kamu, Amy, Untuk Perempuan Yang Sedang Dalam Pelukan.  They also played songs written by a colleague/mentor Catur Ari Wibowo who is also a director of Pagupon Theater that wrote songs such as Resah, Cerita Tentang Gunung dan Laut. Amalia Putri, a good friend of them, also wrote songs like Malam and Tidurlah that were then added into their album. Payung Teduh then recorded these songs and released their first indie album in late 2010.  

 

In this first album, it can be said that the musical characteristic of Payung Teduh is like the music in the 60’s with a blend of keroncong and jazz music. Whenever they were asked what kind of musical genre that Payung Teduh played, it was up to the listeners to define what kind of genre that they played, in a sense that they won’t stop playing music in just one genre, but in many other genres while still maintaining the strong characteristic that they already have.

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