Doc Brown may have invented a vehicle that travels through time, and the Swiss scientist Victor Fankenstein may have topped the charts of mad scientists when he created life in the form of a horrible monster, but these pop culture mad inventors have nothing on an Indonesian artist who creates strang...

Musician, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, and assistant professor in the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University, Jeremy Wallach has delved into Indonesian music culture with new book, “Modern Noise, Fluid Genres: Popular Music in Indonesia 1997-2001” which he wrote in Bah...

As surprising as it sounds, Zay Nova is an Indonesian country music songwriter and performer from Bangka, who has made it in it Canada. Some of the songs he has released were co-written with American songwriter, Jan Duke. “Head Above Water” is his first independent album to be released in Canada. Z...

Yuka Kharisma is a popular Indonesian singer-songwriter based in Kuala Lumpur. She rose to prominence after being semi-finalist of the fifth season of Indonesian Idol, and her career reached a new peak when she won the Best New Female Artist Award of the 15th Anugerah Planet Muzik. Her first single...

Located off the coast of mainland Southeast Asian in the Indian and Pacific oceans, Indonesia is home to hundreds of ethnic groups, with their own cultural and artistic history. This cultural diversity has led to multiple expressions of local musical creativity. With hundreds of forms of local music...

Gamelan is a style of music that originates from Java and Bali in Indonesia. While quite traditional in style, it has set its roots deep into contemporary Indonesian music as an influence, and is perhaps the most iconic music from the region. It is an atmospheric and abstract soundscape of metallic...

Glenn Fredly Deviano Latuhamallo, more commonly known as simply Glen Fredly, is an Indonesian singer and songwriter who became famous as a result of winning a singing contest called Cipta Persona Bintang in 1995. He is also an established producer and has served as a voice coach on The Voice Indones...

Djakarta Warehouse Project began its journey in 2008 as merely a club event that took place in Jakarta's renowned Blowfish club called Blowfish Warehouse Project. Starting from 2010, the festival has been held annually in the month of December as a one-day festival until it expanded into a two-day f...

The Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival, more frequently referred to as The Java Jazz Festival, is arguably the biggest jazz festival in the southern hemisphere, and is one of the largest gatherings of jazz fans and musicians all over the world. It is an annual event occurring every March since...

Kekal are a heavy metal and electronic fusion band which formed in 1995 in Jakarta, Indonesia, and is still operating, although under slightly unusual circumstances. Kekal was one of the first heavy metal bands from Southeast Asia to make an impression on the international music market, and they ha...

Slank are a very long running and very successful rock band from Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. It was founded by some teenagers in a street alley called Gang Potlot in 1983, and as of 2017 they have released 22 studio albums, 4 live albums, 3 international albums and been featured in 3 mov...

Located on the beautiful and tropical island of Bali, this popular August event is a two day music festival which attracts plenty of local talent as well as international headliners, artists and DJs from a huge variety of different genres to entertain a huge crowd of spectators in a boutique and int...

Bali is world renowned as an electronic music and clubbers paradise, with people travelling from every corner of the planet to immerse themselves in the thriving nightlife, however, below the flashing lights and lively parties there are a number of places where live music performers take to the stag...

Since 2004, Ten 2 Five have been an Indonesian alternative acoustic act singing in both Indonesian and English. The unique name originates from a routine band practice that took place every Saturday between 10am and 5pm as the band were starting out. While a few members have dropped out of the band...

There are some very talented and inspiring women in the Indonesian music scene, both individual solo artists and groups, who are creating original and beautiful work while encouraging young women to take the spotlight in their wake. Here are just some examples of the hundreds women paving the road f...

Jakarta's d'Masiv are rightly regarded as being at the forefront of the Indonesian rock scene, along with bands such as Nidji and Noah. Formed in 2003, D'massiv consist of vocalist Rian Ekky Pradipta, guitarists Nurul Damar Ramadan and Aditya Marsall, drummer Wahyu Piadji and bassist Rayyi Kurniawan...

When considering the name of the country featuring the globe's largest jazz festival, many people would most likely suggest America? Or somewhere in Western Europe? But the answer is somewhat more surprising. Believe it or not, the world's largest annual jazz festival actually takes place in Indones...

Since forming in Indonesia over a decade ago, J-Rocks have been wowing an army of devoted fans with their energetic brand of Japanese-influenced rock n roll. Lead vocalist Taufik Rachman, together with guitarist Sony Ismail Robbayani, bassist Swara Wima Yoga and drummer Anton Rudi Kelces, began thei...

Their website might state '100% rock n roll', and they might take their name from an album by English heavy metal giants Iron Maiden, but there is far more to this Indonesian band than just bombastic loud guitars. Indonesian music fans are known for their appreciation of energetic music, but they al...

Djakarta Warehouse Project is Ismaya Live's annual dance music festival. They accomplished to be the biggest dance music festival in Indonesia, and also one of the biggest in Asia. The festival has featured the best International acts and Indonesia's best electronic artists/djs. With the highest pro...

The statement on the Power Slaves website, that the band indulge in '100% rock n roll' is certainly no empty boast. Check out the clip of their track 'Indonesia'. This bears all the hallmarks of a classic rock video, with close-ups of the various instruments are they are introduced to the track. Th...