Gugun & Blues Shelter

If you’re a fan of blues, most likely you will know exactly who is Gugun & Blues Shelter.
Formed in Jakarta, Indonesia, Gugun (guitar/vocal), Jon Armstrong (bass/vocal) yang biasa digantikan oleh Enti Widodo jika perform di Indonesia and Bowie (drums).
had played in various local and international music festivals such as Colne Great British R & B Festival, Leeds, Oxford, Rotherham, York and Belfast Big River Blues and Jazz Festival (Ireland), The Singapore Blues Festival, as part of the Singapore Arts Festival in June 2008 and some local pubs in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
They released 2 albums, Get the bug (2004) and Turn it on (2007) under Sinjitos Records, a local indie label. Gugun and The Blues Shelter also landed a track for Laskar Pelangi soundtrack called “Mengejar Harapan”.


Locally they played in Jazz Goes To Campus and most recently Jakarta International Jazz Festival featuring Abadi Soesman which left the crowds went off the roof.
So what’s in store for 2009? A three week tour of the UK pub scene and a gig at the Skagness Blues & Rock Festival on January 25 hopefully will open more eyes in the international and Indonesian music industry.
Proof that Indonesian musicians do have the ability to please the foreign ear and soul, that’s why Gugun and The Blues Shelter is our artist of the week.

(4 votes, average: 3.75 out of 1)
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Ginda & The White Flowers

Ginda & The White Flowers awalnya adalah sebuah band yang dibentuk untuk proyek jam session pada acara Tuesday Blues Juni 2009 yang diselenggarakan oleh Bandung Blues Society. Syukur, ternyata respon dari penonton dan pihak Bandung Blues Society sendiri sangat hangat terhadap penampilan Ginda & The White Flowers dan sangat mensuport agar band ini tetap eksis.
Berawal dari moment tesebut,akhirnya Ginda & The White Flowers dinyatakan berdiri. Pada awalnya di awal-awal penampilan, kami mencoba menghibur para penonton dengan suguhan lagu-lagu karya musisi blues besar seperti Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, SRV. Dan ternyata kami menyadari alangkah lebih baiknya apabila kami menyuguhkan penampilan dengan lagu-lagu kami sendiri dengan mem-blend musik blues sbg root nya & Pop sebagai pemberi nuansa agar terasa lebih ringan di telinga pendengar.

Kami meyakini bahwa musik adalah salah satu jalan untuk menyampaikan pesan, khususnya pesan kebaikan. Dengan keyakinan itu, kami mencoba untuk menyampaikan pesan tersebut. Lagu-lagu kami seperti “Cinta Kok Ngerusak”, “Percuma”, “Bertengkar Bukan Jalan Keluar”, “Uang”, “Wanita Istimewa”, “Jatuh Cinta”, mengandung pesan sosial & pesan moral yang kami harap bisa merubah persepsi seseorang tentang sesuatu yang bersifat negatif, menjadi positif. Karena kami memiliki keyakinan bahwa cara penyampaian pesan yang disampaikan lewat musik adalah salah satu cara penyampaian pesan yang mudah masuk kedalam alam bawah sadar seseorang.

The Players

Vokal & Gitar
Ginda Bestari
TTL: Jakarta, 20 Oktober 1986
E-mail: ginda.bestari@ymail.com & ginda.bestari@gmail.com
Musikus favorit: Jimi Hendrix

Portfolio Pribadi Ginda:
Session Guitar Player :
Pingkan Mambo, Album Wanita Terindah, Judul Lagu “Bila Masih Ada Kesempatan”, SonyBMG
Dirly, Album Menggapai Mimpi, Judul Lagu “Sampai Ke Ujung Dunia” & “Akhir Tak Seperti Awal”, SonyBMG
Randy Pangalila, Album Ost. Oh Baby, Judul “Lewat Semesta” & “Tanpamu Ku Tak Bisa”, SonyBMG
Aris Idol, Single Hits, Judul “1000x Maaf”, SonyBMG

Bass
Gega Gageh
TTL: Sukabumi, 04 Agustus 1985
E-mail: gegagageh@yahoo.com
Musikus favorit: Jaco Pastorius

Portfolio Pribadi Gega:
Session Bass Player :
Pingkan Mambo, Album Wanita Terindah, Judul Lagu “Bila Masih Ada Kesempatan”, SonyBMG

Drum
Ilman Adriana Sya’ban
TTL: Sukabumi, 27 April 1987
E-mail: de2_thehims@yahoo.com
Musikus favorit: Travis Backer

Gigs
Tuesday Blues, Bandung Blues Society, Bdg
Braga Festival, Bandung
Monday Blues Special, Ruang Putih, Bdg
Friday Night with Ginda & The White Flowers, Bdg

Contact Person:
Ginda Bestari
Phone : 08111140438

Endah N Rhesa

Endah N Rhesa is a musical project comprising acoustic guitar, bass and vocal. The musical nuance that Endah N Rhesa tries to bring out is folk, jazz, blues, rock and roll, and ballads. Endah Widiastuti (vocal, guitar) and Rhesa Aditya (bass) met each other in a rock band in early 2003. Shortly after the two left the band in 2004, Endah went solo, just like the way it used to be before joining the rock band.

Endah recorded numerous songs of hers in an album entitled ”The New Beginning”, a four-track mini album which was independently distributed, with a limited number of copy. In one of the songs in the album, Rhesa added some bass thumps and made it a fascinating mix of the three instruments (vocal, guitar and bass). The song is titled “When You Love Someone”. From that time being, Endah and Rhesa started to play together in campus events, and the feedbacks toward their music were tremendously positive. Finally, they decided to create a stage name for their duo/musical project which comes from their own names: Endah N Rhesa.

Endah N Rhesa was inspired to start playing in minimalist acoustic format, surprisingly, because of some local bands, namely: Cozy Street Corner, Bonita and Anda. In terms of singing, Endah is influenced by Alanis Morissete and Norah Jones. Besides, there are also the four “Johns” that influence her in playing guitar: John Mayer, John Butler, John Scofield and John Frusciante. Endah also credits Pat Metheny and multi-talented instrumentalist Warman Nasution of TOR for inspiring her. Rhesa, on the other hand, is a unique personality who is mainly influenced by acoustic guitarists like Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews, James Taylor and other folk and ballad musicians. The persons that Rhesa put into credit for making him play bass are Les Claypool, Victor Wooten, Flea and ex-child singer Bondan Prakoso. They both, however, share the same influence in music, to wit: Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, which affects them mostly on creating rich groovy and harmonic nuances in the music of Endah N Rhesa.

Endah N Rhesa has released “Nowhere To Go” (old version) in 2005 and “Real Live”, a live recording piece, in 2006. Endah N Rhesa marketed and distributed both the former and the latter all by themselves through their stage acts. After releasing “Nowhere To Go” (repackaged version), which is now on sale in music stores, in 2009, Endah N Rhesa is coming into a whole broader world. “Our music is sincere and it’s coming from inside our hearts,” they say.

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