everybody loves irene
Electronica / Experimental / Other Jakarta, Indonesia |
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About Everybody Loves Irene
Diehard fans of the now-defunct Portishead take notice. For those craving more music by that legendary Bristol-based band, a superb alternative has formed in the city you least expected. Yet these five college students from Jakarta do more than just pay homage. The group says it plays music "for times when the ecstasy wears off and the tingle becomes a chill," a kind of "dance noir for those too world-weary to move." True, this trip-hop outfit is more suitable to rainy days and Mondays than a pick-me-up jam before going out on Friday night, but that's what makes them so unique on the Jakarta scene.
"Described as "wishful" and "organic," the haunting voice of Irene Yohanna has won praise from listeners around the world. Her time spent in a church choir might explain the heavenly vocals but soon it will be more than angels that recognize the immense talent of this 21-year-old. While these well-read individuals first came together in 1998, they are still shopping around for a label and hope to release their debut album some time in 2006. In the meantime, check out the sensation exclusively on iTunes." (Jason Tedjasukmana/Equinox DMD)
Biography:
EVERYBODY LOVES IRENE was born in 1998. It all started with a band named Gooton, consisting Yudhi Arfani (guitar), Dimas Anindityo (bass), and Mulyadi Triharsono (drum) when they were only in junior high school! All three grew to become friends in the same scene that popped up several britpops gigs, popular in Jakarta at that time. However, the band went without permanent vocalist, until they met Irene Yohana then the story begins.
Discography:
1. Album The Very First Thing You Must Learn About Flying is Gravity (December 2006)
* distributed by demajors
2. Singles Memento Mori & re-EVOLution
Appear on 2 episodes of Dunia Tanpa Koma (DTK) TV series (Sinem@rt)
3. Demo self-titled
MP3 (internet released November 2005)
4. Single Crop Circle Me (demo)
From Gerbang 13 soundtrack compilation
Cassette (dErecords March 2005)
5. Single Hate Sunday (demo)
From Deathrockstar Family Sampler compilation
CD (Deathrockstar webzine Bandung/November 2004)
6. Single Try Try Try (demo)
From Brontak: Chapter 01 compilation
Cassette (Brontak Webzine Medan/October 2004)
7. Mini album Uncertainty, Anxiety, and All the Sorrow in this World
CD (self-released Jakarta/September 2004)
Blog - see all 2
Our Album in Singapore & London Feb 24
Yes, our 1st album, "The Very First Thing You Must Learn About Flying is Gravity" ,will be available in Singapore and London soon!
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Immense, impossibly-heavy dubstep from Parson, his debut for Planet Mu. Carrying on the trend for familiar tunes slowed down and mashed up good and proper, Parson has quite possibly delivered the biggest tune in dubstep for 2007 with "Throw Some Ds" - seriously seriously heavy, impossibly filthy business that's so simple and demented it will destroy dark spaces across the land for months to come. "Big Killaz" on the flip holds its own, more vocal reductions (courtesy of Skint) and incredibly tight production making for easily the most weighty twelve on Planet Mu for quite some time. Shocking stuff - Essential Purchase!
- BOOMKAT
posted Feb 27
Clicking this will take you to "The Secret Diary of Steve Ballmer"!
posted Feb 6
thank you for the request :)
posted Feb 4
"We all admire the spangled acrobat with classical grace meticulously walking his tight rope in the talcum light; but how much rarer art there is in the sagging rope expert wearing scarecrow clothes and impersonating a grotesque drunk! I should know." (Vladimir Nabokov) Thank you for your friendship! Musical greetings from Munich/Germany! Feel free to download my music!
posted Jan 29
Hi Guys, really like the music. A great sound you got there. Reminds me of The Gorilaz.. Keep Up The Great Work. B.DubzZ
posted Jan 27
soundasleep says:
thx for finding soundasleep. i definitely love irene !
posted Feb 29