Consistently providing a delightful option to enjoy local music pride, Music Gallery is now hitting 4th year with “Sense the Vibe” as its theme. The S.I.G.I.T, White Shoes and The Couples Company, TIKA and the Dissidents, SORE, Adhitia Sofyan, L’alphalpha, Morfem, Sunmantra, Fuzzy Cats, Andre Harihandoyo and The Sonic People, Knees and Toes, Parisude, Orkes PMR, Glovves, Tokyolite, Blue N Berry, and BSO band; the list of performers were surely hard to be missed.

The afternoon started out easy. Some were hanging out while puffing cigs and listening to bands at the Propaganda stage which was located outside; some other were catching up with their friends at the Upper Room –the Auto2000 stage. To our observation, we saw quite a number of attendees wearing SORE’s “Sorealist” tees or Insurgent Army logo embedded to their attire. It was when SORE’s performance the audience really crowded up. The cheering went louder when Tigapagi’s very own Sigit joined the stage. And oh, the flying freebies! It’s hard not to get jealous of those who got to catch the“Sorealist” umbrellas thrown to the crowd as giveaways. Throughout the show we heard people whispering “Ssst..” loudly, as if telling to quiet down, when it’s actually a request for SORE’s newest single. Look around and you would find some confused or perhaps annoyed faces, not understanding what the shushing’s about. So cute.

An outdoor stage was a good point, so we would still get to watch bands while we’re doing things that are not allowed to do inside (eating, drinking, smoking, etc). Though that night, the hot and humid air of Jakarta combined with the bar-like cigarette smokes don’t really make people want to stick around longer. The bands who’s got to perform there had better be extra catchy to grab the attention. Or at least had been quite well-known, like Adhitia Sofyan, who most girls deliberately came to see, not only because they had to go outside.

The name Sense the Vibe was working out well, especially the background which screened different theme for each bands. Like the dreamy Aurora Borealis and shooting stars on L’alphalpha’s set, or the quirky slides for TIKA and the Dissident’s set. Sponsors were given special place on both big screens beside the stage; mutually beneficial yet way better than spreading logos as background. For the price of IDR 65000, you could even make profit by winning Mugall generous giveaways, such as Bratpack worth IDR 1,500,000. Other than the undeniably good music, numerous freebies, and enjoyable decoration, the strategic and convenient location of the venue was also a winning factor. It’s their 4th year and it definitely gets better. Way to go, Music Gallery!

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