SUB/SIDE Live: An Ambient Saturday Night With Hi Mom!
Hi Mom! presents you a nuanced and ambient atmosphere with clever song lyrics that seemed to float softly into listener’s ears.
One Morning in Kampung Arab Surabaya
The various people and things you can find from your morning stroll in Kampung Arab Surabaya. From my home in Kalimas Udik, we’ll have a hearty breakfast of gule maryam at K.H. ...
Monday with Jessica Loves Monday
Jessica Loves Monday only managed to live for two years (2003-2004), and they only made one original song (Halaman Kosong). But the song was included in an important music ...
Merebut Ruang Kota: Action of the Poor in Surabaya 1900-1960s
"Merebut Ruang Kota" is a book based on the dissertation of Purnawan Basundoro, tracking the space acquisition by poor people in Surabaya from 1900 to 1960s. Poverty here means ...
Rumah Abu Han Documentary
A 22-minute documentary on a the oldest Chinese ancestral house in Surabaya, produced and released in 2011 by Kevin Reinaldo Arffandy for his final year assignment, and produced ...
Taman Nada, serving crisp acoustic pop music
Taman Nada was formed in 2011, January 14 to be exact. The formation process was quite instant: there was a need to perform in one of the Surabaya event at that moment. “I ...
Domino Competition in Kampung Arab
The tradition of playing dominoes among people of Arab descent is still alive and flourishing in Surabaya. Check out the story of two nights domino competition in Johor Street.
t’ Spookhuis, a mystery romance of Gedung Setan in Javanese
Romance t’ Spookhuis (read: de Spuuk Heiys ) tells an escapade story of Sidharta, an indigenous young man who goes to a Dutch school with Sonia Heuvelman, a Dutch – Indonesian ...
Cotswolds, a barren breeze in Surabaya
Listeners of this quartet thinks that they belong to shoegaze. Yet the band members aren't too sure about this genre. Nevertheless they have released a charming mini album. ...
Dari Ave Maria ke Jalan Lain ke Roma
Containing stories from the Revolution Era, Dari Ave Maria Hingga Jalan Lain ke Roma is divided chronologically into three sections: The Age of Japan, Scribbles from the ...