Selamat Jalan Seniman Mbeling Remy Sylado

Kita bisa mengamini kredo mbeling yang Remy suarakan: nakal boleh, tapi dibarengi dengan pintar, bukan urakan. Remy Sylado akan selalu dikenang sebagai sosok yang istimewa. Sosok yang serba bisa dan eksentrik pula. Sosok yang ketika menulis benar-benar melakukan riset yang serius, lalu tanpa tedeng aling-aling menuangkan hasil risetnya tersebut dalam sebuah tulisan yang terkadang akan terbaca pedas.

Dialita Choir and The Struggle to Fight the Nation’s Amnesia

Despite the regime change, Dialita's music may not be able to eradicate the stigma and eliminate the culture impunity. However, was not Dialita's original goal to target the younger generation? So, by listening to Dialita songs, we should be more historically literate and become more aware of our history. As founding president Soekarno once stated: “Never forget history”. We should never forget the 1965 humanitarian tragedy.

Power-Relation in Dangdut: How Dangdut is Used as a Medium for Political Campaigns in Indonesia

This paper aims to comprehend how power relation occurs on dangdut usage as political campaign media. The locus will be hold in Yogyakarta, which focus is laid on dangdut group titled Gilas OBB which once asked by one political party to be on stage along with the party campaign.

Spotify as a Surveillance Capitalism Tool

To avoid being trapped in this vicious circle of music uniformity on Spotify, we must also undergo active behavior while surfing on Spotify. This means not only passively and simply listening to music. We must listen actively. Observe carefully every music we listen to, how it is arranged, then look for more information about the musicians, music, and albums we listen to. Who composes the song, who is the producer, what is the issue to be conveyed, and so on.