Bali Kama Sutra - Nidji Live on Stage

Dec 28th, Five minutes after midnight, Rama, Run-D, Andro, Ariel and Adri, stepped up to the stage and took their positions and the crowd went wild. Literally.
By the time Giring, the frizzy haired lead vocalist had pulled back the hood of his tracksuit and grabbed the mic to start singing “Heaven,” the whole place started rocking like a choppy ocean, with all arms raised in the air. This was the third performance by Nidji in Bali and definitely the best so far, with great energy between the band and the fans. The band played a healthy 15 track set, including hits from their huge second album, “biarlah” (Let It Be) providing the cherry topping. Who cared about the rain and tropical winds whistling outside? Nidji brought their rainbow to the house.

Kama Sutra ; Dewi Dewi

The goddesses are stepping down from heavens... Dewi Dewi made their first ever performance on this little piece of paradise at Kama Sutra. Purie, Tata and Ina who were handpicked by the fearless hand of Ahmad Dhani from DEWA (locals uber group) didn’t manage heat up the venue at all. Performing the recycled songs of DEWA 19 such as “Roman Picisan” (Cheesy Romance) to a cover song of Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock’n’Roll” and their hit “Dokter Cinta” (Doctor Love) in a speedy, less than an hour performance. Well…forty minutes straight to be exact. Bit of a whirlwind performance, you could say, but definitely had the camera phones charging, as you see in these photos.

GWK - A Mild’s Soundrenaline ‘07 Sounds of Change

Attracting more than 75.000 people, starting from 12am until 1am with more than 50 bands rocking across three stages, Soundrenaline really shook the dramatic limestone cliffs of GWK last Sunday. The concept ‘Sounds of Change’ with all those colorful designs was to encourage positive change and to shed the dark, grim images associated with this kind of hard music. But the bands rocked it hard nonetheless!! Local heroes SID and Lolot gathered large masses of loyal followers, and highly anticipated bands like PAS, Seurieus and Netral also did not disappoint. Poppy bands like Sheila on 7, Padi and Ratu also received much love from the crowd. Legendary group God Bless hypnotized the crowd with their hits ‘Rumah Kita’ (Our House) and ‘Panggung Sandiwara’ (The Stage). Gigi was last to perform, closing the show with their latest hit, ‘Nakal’ (Naughty).

Kama Sutra - Rosa - July 2007

She may be petite in stature, but Indonesian diva Rossa can belt it out like the best of them. Performing the headline slot in front of a 75% capacity crowd, she wowed her fans with hits ranging from the smooth, tear jerker ”Aku Bukan Untukmu” (I’m Not for You) to the up tempo “Pudar” (Faded). Judging from the luke warm response to warm up newcomer act Intan Nuraeni, it appeared that Rossa was definitely the pull that night.

Hard Rock Cafe Bali - Samson

We predicted last edition that this event would be a crowd magnet and it was. Fans start to fill the venue from 9pm to watch the second performance of the Samsons’s promo tour for their sophomore album “Penantian Hidup”. The opening show by local band: Panglima, didn’t ignite anything, but as soon as The Samsons took the stage, the fuse was lit and ready to blow. They played the gamut from classics to new gear, including “Kenangan Terindah” (Sweetest Memory) and “Kisah Tak Sempurna” (Imperfect Story). We enjoyed the atmosphere of pop-rock romance and the photo shoot session, right until lead singer Bam’s girlfriend Nia showed up to take some photos of her boy…with a bouncer at her side!

A Mild Live Soundrenaline 2007 at Garuda Wisnu Kencana

The biggest music event of the year, A Mild Soundrenaline 2007, will soon be here. Taking place around the country from July 15th to August the 12th, the mega concert will stop in five locales - Padang, Palembang, Bandung, Surabaya and Bali (August 12) with no less than 75 performers in the lineup including Nidji, God Bless, Seringai, Kangen Band, Club Eighties, The Titans, PAS, Steven and The Coconut Treez and many many more. Also local groups from Bali Lolot, Superman Is Dead, Suicidal Sinatra etc and international groups like Dearest Canada, Death Before Disco (Belgium), Saw Loser (Singapore) and Scraping for Change (USA). For more details and online competition, go to www.amild.com.