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.
Looking at the case of torture with music at the Guantánamo prison in Cuba, I then concluded that without the awareness to listen to it at your own choice, music can turn into torture.
I thought about this for a long time: what is the use of music to humans and humanity? Is music just entertainment, a secondary matter that appears as an intermezzo in the midst of other life lines such as work, eat, sleep, make love? Or, music is a primary matter, an equally important part of life?
Regardless of the motives or intentions of musicians when composing religious songs, they deserve appreciation. Their songs can be a catharsis for Muslims in the country to cultivate faith and treat their spiritual longings.
What happens if one of the music streaming service giants spreads misinformation about COVID-19? The result was a huge uproar. The streaming behemoth is Spotify, and the uproar is the calls to boycott and/or delete people's Spotify accounts.
Di mata saya Superman Is Dead akan tetap menjadi sebuah fenomena sosial yang menarik. Tentang bagaimana band asal Bali ini meruntuhkan patron musik mainstream Indonesia yang Jakartasentris, tentang bagaimana sebuah band asal arus samping (sidestream) mampu mengubah tatanan selera musik di ranah arus utama (mainstream), dan tentang sebagaimana digubah SID dalam “Punk Hari Ini”, punk dan segala simbologinya seperti rambut spike dan lambang anarki telah menyaru dalam banyak lini kehidupan kita.
Buku Homicide VS Orde Baru ini akan menjadi catatan sejarah yang apik. Bahwa di nasion bernama Indonesia ini pernah ada sebuah kolektif hip-hop bernama Homicide, serta bagaimana kolektif ini berjibaku melawan penindasan dan kesewenang-wenangan.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced music concerts to shift from the big stage to the small screen. Can an online music concert beat the sensation of watching a live music concert?
Album penuh (LP) itu masih penting. Maka, di luar kebiasaan kita mendengarkan musik secara acak, ada baiknya boleh lah sesekali mendengarkan album penuh musik secara runut. Agar kita bisa meresapi benar-benar apa makna dan pesan yang hendak disampaikan oleh sang musisi di dalam album penuh terkonsep itu.
Mendengarkan album monumental ini akan mengajak kita mencari Tuhan bersama Kelompok Kampungan. Perkara kalau nanti sudah ketemu Tuhan mau bagaimana, itu menjadi keputusan pribadi masing-masing orang. Selamat mencari Tuhan bersama Kelompok Kampungan.
Aris Setyawan 