AlaskaQ - "Rocksteady Beat"

Rolling Door - Pesawatku

Escoret - Berkhayal

Sentimental Moods - Sepasang Mata Bola

Skalie - T.K.I.

Jun Fun Gung Foo - Astaga

The Laskar Beat - Jody Superstars

CPNSka - Minan Anak Betawi

Ska music began to come and crowded in Jakarta at the time of the third wave in USA appears (Third Wave Ska). All kind of media eg TV and radio in Jakarta, also began to play Ska music as their airplay. 

The first Ska band in Jakarta named Kaset Ska Band from Pejaten area in South Jakarta. Unfortunately this band couldn't documented their works, supposedly often performed songs from the ska-punk bands of the Third Wave Ska. Appearance in 1995 was followed by the presence of Skalie, Artificial Life, Jun Fan Gang Foo, Arigatoo, Escoret, Rolling Door, AlaskaQ, Artificial Life, and many more. They were popping up like mushrooms in the rainy season. And then ska became a trend.

Ska's trends and euphoria were decreasingly till the lowest point in 2003. Ska in TV and radio just disappear. Some bands still try to be survived, which persist then guerrilla looking for a place like a club and a small café for gigs. Ska became underground and hibernated.

But some Ska musicians in Jakarta still have a spirit to create a new wave of ska music in the city. The wave is coming to fruition since 2007. Ska bands started popping his name on posters and commercial events in some Pensis (culture and music event in school). The breakout is marked by released of Monkey Boots' debut album, and also a compilation album named "Return of The Root Bois #1" containing Ska bands from Jakarta which has survived and defend themself against the current trend of music industry.

Jakarta Ska Foundation (JSF) and Skaterfak
In response to this phenomenon, musicians and fans of ska/jamaica music in Jakarta, feel the need to accommodate the ska scene/community in Jakarta which are scattered to bounce back together to raise Ska/jamaica music as the music they love. They also formed a kind of umbrella organization, which is then referred to as Jakarta Ska Foundation in early 2015. And then they make or form a product/brand under the organization, named SKARTEFAK.

This Skartefak will manifest in two main activities: Zine (print and digital) as well as regular monthly events, ranging from gigs to meetings with educational background. All activities lead to documenting and promoting the ska scene itself.

Skartefak

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