1. Scoot over Coachella

With a super fun twist, we were excited to see the giant mad clownchella stage returned this year. It’s official, we tag the clownchella as Indonesia’s #1 music festival icon!

2.The local hippie vibe Did you think the hippie outfits or those quirky headpieces weren’t made for our local personalities? Well, if you think so, think twice! We were in love with how amazing the locals pulled off their look in this festival!

3.Mingling Pool
The best thing about an edgy summer festival like WTF is it was a great place to bask in with the other live music enthusiasts even though you barely knew them before. FYI, our reporters got new 6 followers on Instagram after the mingling session. That’s quite impressive, right?

4. Kimbra settled it! Sealed! Enigmatic. Superb. We mouthed f-words multiple times during her performance because she was just awesomeballs. Period

5. Passion Pit’s fan who still enjoyed the fest
If you looked up on the twitter feed after the band’s cancellation on performing at the fest, some fans seemed utterly dissapointed with this news. However, we applauded the fans spirit for still keeping it cool through out the festival. Because who wouldn’t enjoy the fest!?

6.Food Vaganza It’s clear that the best way to get to the music fans’ heart is through their tummy (beside their ears). The fest brought a super fun twist by setting up Kokiku Stage. The stage was rocked by the best locals and international chefs from Masterchef Australia and Junior Masterchef Indonesia. Happy tummy, Happy people. Nice job Ismaya at ruining our diet!

7. It’s all about that bass
You know those music fans who act like “don’t go to the fest if you don’t know the bands”. Know what? Hell to those people. We saw so many cool live music enthusiasts who didn’t know the bands before yet they ended up becoming a huge fan of them!

8. Playground here,there, and everywhere Filling up the tummy? Checked. Cool line-ups? Checked. Bungee jumping? Checked! Just like last year, we enjoyed the playground area of this fest. It’s like an oasis for people like us (and maybe you as well) who always root for a big jump on the ground and scream happily, just like how you revive those childhood days!

9. Abrakadabra on set
Where in the world you could see a magic show while some cutting edge bands are performing with their edgy rhythms? Nowhere but at WTF. Like really!

10. Brightspot market invasion The Jakarta’s #1 market fair flagged their existence at WTF guys! You just couldn’t believe how bedazzled we were just by seeing two combinations of WTF and Brightspot Market. Ka-boom!

11. Your instagram has missed a great post
Everyone’s life is boring until they have stock photos of WTF to be posted on their Instagram. However, you, missed out the fest. We’re sorry but you can’t sit with us. #WTFArmy

12. Sunset party

It’s obvious, Jakarta’s landscape on that sunday afternoon was just beyond! Just to make it better, the ambiance from the bands really packed up how great our sunday afternoon was.

13. You missed it all. ALL.

The fest had the gimmicks, awesome bands, super vibes, coachella-esque crowd, in short what you can’t imagine at some local music festival. And, you decided to do some other things which we are sure it was not as fun as WTF. Save your schedule, mark the date, cause you can’t miss the festival two times in a row. FOR REAL. (Photos : Andriani Nur)

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Kimbra

This native New Zealander may be more familiar to the masses as the girl in the hit single: ’Somebody That I Used To Know’, but beyond that, Kimbra creates music that is a vivid arc of youthful exuberance and mature introspection, conveying an array of insights through her pop-funk beats.

Fun Fact: Wanting to run away from all the post-Grammy’s praise and criticism, Kimbra escaped to a sheep farm to write her latest release, The Golden Echo. In her words “The sheep don’t give a crap who you are. You spend time with them and there’s this beautiful kind of harmony of how everything works in that environment. It was a really great space to create.”

Local Natives

These Los Angeles-based group have come a long way from their days at the Gorilla Manor. Their newest album, Hummingbird’s solemn darkness is a far cry from the “battle-cry urgency” of Gorilla Manor‘s Sun Hands, perhaps acting as a window towards the changes they have gone through in the last few years following the departure of bassist Andy Hamm and the recent death of Kelcey Ayer’s mother.

Keeping their uniquely collaborative process intact, this band has matured from the comfort space of their established aesthetic and came out even stronger.

Fun Fact: Before each show, the boys of Local Natives psych themselves up before each show by listening to a specific song together. Every tour has a different theme song, from Prince to David Bowie, the list is as endless as it is random!

Jagwar Ma

Jono Ma and Gabriel Winterfield first met onstage at an FLRL stage performance of revolving musicians. With a mutual love of studio jams, home recordings, radio frequency manipulation, TR808 patterns, MPCs loops, vintage amps, and 7 inch vinyls — these two have found a soul amidst all that electricity. Creating music that slices human harmonies sliced apart by a dagger of sharp contemporary programming.

Fun Fact: They both come from mixed raced backgrounds! Gabriel’s dad is Persian and Jono’s dad is Chinese.

The Lemonheads

After their initial punk-influenced releases as an independent”college rock” band in the late 1980s, the Lemonheads’ popularity with a mass audience grew in 1992 with the major label album It’s a Shame about Ray,

Now, they’re back after an 8 year hiatus, with new releases that jumps from early British psychedelic to Dutch electronica, leaving you not know what is coming next but always wanting more.

Fun Fact: The Lemonheads line up has always been volatile, having more than a dozen different configurations over the last 28 years, with Evan Dando being the only constant.

Najwa

Malaysian born Najwa is back after a three year hiatus, playing with somber and minimalistic echoes over warm piano accompaniments. Thus the Aurora EP,stripping her sound down to it’s electronic core and revealing the deepest shadows of her soul.

Fun Fact: Najwa is the daughter of Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin

Kyoto Protocol

This five-piece outfit kick-started a renaissance of Rock & Roll in Malaysia. Since their humble beginnings playing covers in local bars in 2009, Kyoto Protocol have now played all around the world; even holding their own alongside Grammy nominees and YouTube record-breakers in Future Music Festival Asia 2013.

Fun Fact: Kyoto Protocol recently learnt some dance moves from all-girl Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife when they met on tour in India.

Enterprise

Enterprise made their first public appearance in 2011 after their rehearsal session on Youtube gained attention from promoters and organizers. Since then, they have played in music festivals, parties and shows all around Malaysia.

They made their Urbanscapes debut in 2012 and will take flight once again this year as we enter the Enterprise.

Fun Fact: Their name is inspired by the USS Enterprise, which Trekkies will recognise as the main setting for various television series and films in the Star Trek franchise.

OJ Law

OJ Law’s catchy melodies and arrangements have won him much critical acclaim and an ever-increasing fan base falling for the charms of his music. Urbanscapes will be the live debut of his latest album, ‘Let’s Be Adult’. Influenced by 70s pop and contemporary synth-pop, ‘Let’s Be Adult’ is an autobiographical album containing OJ Law’s most personal songs to date.

Fun Fact: OJ Law singlehandedly writes, records, and produces all his albums, with 3 albums to date.

June Marieezy

Hailing from the Philippines, June will be making her Kuala Lumpur debut this Urbanscapes. Where she will deliver her melodies, smooth voice, and lyrical heart songs through a performance that channels part performance arts, part visuals and a whole lot of interesting sound manipulations.

Fun Fact: June likens playing the flute to having a dialogue with the wind. An apt performance to look forward to considering she’ll play at a venue in the clouds.

Cashew Chemists

Heavily influenced by pop-rock music of the 60’s and 70’s, this Singaporean four-piece-bandwill enchant you with their dreamy harmonies and classic bluesy bass on top of a twiddling surf guitar.

Fun Fact: In the words of Daniel Sassoon, “Cashew Chemists kinda sounds like what the Strokes might have sounded like if they traded their New York hipster club-prowling swagger for a Singapore kopitiam seat-hunting gait…some serious potential lurking in there!”

The Cotton Field Scarecrows

The Cotton Field Scarecrowes is a Malaysian indie-folk band who blends the earthy tone of early American folk with modern-day retro styled music. Their debut album ‘Dancing Hymns And Broken Rhymes’ which was released late last year embraces what they call “The Bleak Folk Hymnody”.

Fun Fact: Tracks on their debut albumwas mostly recorded live, with the finishing blanketed with long play textures. This is to give listeners the vinyl experience anytime, anywhere.

Azmyl Yunor & Orkes Padu

Azmyl Yunor & Orkes Padu is a new band spearheaded by Malaysian underground folk icon Azmyl Yunor and beat guru Raje, the band leader of Orkes Padu. Experience a toe-tapping technicolor embodiment of the plaintive yet heartfelt heartland storytelling from one of Malaysia’s best at Urbanscapes. Modern folk rock to celebrate the Malaysian spirit!

Fun Fact: Orkes Padu means solid orchestra in the Malay language.

Ali Aiman

This Malaysian-born multi-instrumentalist has been strutting his stuff since 2006. With a mastery of the piano and trumpet that has earned him industry-wide recognition. After six years of living abroad, Urbanscapes will be Ali Aiman’s attempt to re-enter the local music scene with his new and improved refinement.

Fun Fact: Ali Aiman graduated from the Berklee College of Music with 1st Class Honours in Contemporary Writing and Production!

Faiq & The Manja Mob

Faiq & The Manja Mob may not have any original material (yet), but get ready to be seduced by muscles, magic, multiple languages, and strange musical choices. Lead singer, Amanda’s gentle voice is reminiscent of old-school crooner, Doris Day. If Doris Day was Malaysian and cursed more, that is.

Fun Fact: The day jobs of the band range from physiotherapist,copywriter, to even a financier.

Paperplane Pursuit

This electro-pop band self-produced a single called ‘Beat Of Your Love’, a collaboration with fellow Malaysian musician and DJ, Darren Ashley portraying their fierce independence and DIY capabilities in the production of their music and their videos. Since then, Paperplane Pursuit has released their second album titled ‘Higher’ along with a follow up single ‘Feel Good’.

Fun Fact: The music video for ‘Feel Good’was self-produced with the help of some of the most recognisable faces in the Malaysian entertainment scene.

Jumero

Making their first debut at Urbanscapes back in 2012 after winning The Star R.AGE open-mic competition, these laid-back acoustic trio hassince then, written their first EP which will be releasing at the end of 2014.

Fun Fact: Apart from their passion of writing and releasing original songs, the trio also enjoy covering current as well as older classic songs whilst adding their personal touch to it.

Dirgahayu

Dirgahayu first emerged in July 2013 as a 3­-piece instrumental math­rock outfit. The band hit the scene with a single release Bahawasa­nya: 4 minutes of organised chaos, robust guitar attacks, and exuberant drum beats punctuated by intense abrupt transitions.With the recent addition of Seikan Sawaki on drums and Zulhezan back on guitar duty, expect their sound dynamics to turn more progressive, odd-signature compositions greeted with dense guitar riffs and a new foray of sound.

Fun Fact: Dirgahayu comes from the Sanskrit word meaning “Long live my Lord” and was supposed to be used only for the king, as the phrase “Dirgahayu Tuanku” is often used to hail the royal highnesses in Malaysia.

Urbanscapes 2014 – Playlist :

(Adeline Hong)

Urbanscapes, Malaysia’s month-long creative arts festival, have added Kimbra and Jagwar Ma to the line-up for the festival’s finale on Dec 6 at the Horse Ranch, Resorts World Genting.  In addition to a wide-range of visual and experiential art offering, Urbanscapes’ festival finale features a diverse music line-up that caters to all aural palates by moving beyond the indie music genre. Urbanscapes will kick-off its twelfth year with month-long activities that include satellite shows, a host of pop-up parties and pocket events throughout the month of November.

Grammy Award winner Kimbra (“Settle Down”, “Cameo Lover”), the New Zealand-born mononymous art-pop songwriter will make her way from Melbourne to Genting Horse Ranch for a performance that draws inspiration from a wide musical spectrum. Her latest album The Golden Echo is a vivid, vivacious, and ambitious arc of pop and funk that conveys an array of questions and insights. It’s at once a dancing record and thinking record, inspired by such diverse musical touchstones as Prince, ’70s R&B, ’90s pop (the first single is affectionately titled “90s Music”), and The Mars Volta, but heralding the full arrival of a distinctive artist. Kimbra became a global presence via her ear-turning role on Gotye’s international No. 1 hit “Somebody That I Used to Know,” which earned her and Gotye honors for “Record of the Year” and “Best Pop Duo/Group” at the 2013 Grammy Awards.

An army of music gatekeepers in the likes of NME and Pitchfork all believe the Sydney-based psychedelic/dance band Jagwar Ma (“The Throw”, “Uncertainty”) deserve acclaim — and there’s no questioning why. Known for their signature juxtaposition of voice and electronics, Jagwar Ma started as a musical project born out of studio jams and home recordings, radio frequency manipulation, TR808 patterns, MPCs loops, vintage amps and a treasured 7-inch collection. This serendipitous string of events and obsession have given the band  a sound much like J-Dilla playing Primal Scream covering the Beatles.
 Expect an electrifying set with soul this Urbanscapes.

Staying true to its brand as a full-spec creative arts festival, Urbanscapes will play host to a myriad of unconventional festival activities that invites guests to explore, experience the festival with all senses. Urbanscapes is turning that assumption that stables are just for horses. A wander through the festival grounds will take the crowd to ‘The Democratic People’s Republic of North Bangsar’, a mock parody country with a back story that is laugh-out-loud hilarious — and perhaps, plausible. Produced by Terry & The Cuz and Kuah Jenhan, North Bangsar offers an experience much like walking onto a film set. Festival goers get to meet its mayor — Jenhan — and explore the town, get a ‘prescription’ from a Chinese Medicine Hall and participate in the ‘local’ activity of choice — real serious bolster fight skirmishes.

Urbanscapes has always been a platform for emerging artists to showcase their talent. Organisers will invite muralists like Oak & Bindi, Ian Mutch, Jojo Yusof and TRUSK to showcase their work on upcycled canvases put together by Arthur Lamon.

The Generalists return with a collaboration befitting the landscape of Urbanscapes’ new-found home, this time with teepees to present their Market of Experiences. Walk through this market and expect to be surprised; uncap little stories that tumble out of a dispenser reminiscent of a typical Malaysian childhood. Let go anxieties by doing what our mothers told us not to — smash glassware just for fun. And if fate truly lies in the stars, ask a Singapore Poetry Slam Winner to improvise a tarot card-inspired poem.

Relive childhood play and help water move through the channels, and explore the sounds, shapes and power of water with The Biji-Biji Initiative’s interactive water tower. This tower will also light up in the night — turning it also into an art installation.

As previously announced, on Dec 6, festival-goers can look forward to soak in the anthemic sounds of the Los Angeles-based indie rock band Local Natives (“Gorilla Manor”, “Heavy Feet”) that Pitchfork described as a “sort of West Coast ‘Grizzly Bear’ [the band]”. Playing alongside them will be the legendary American college rock outfit The Lemonheads (“It’s a Shame About Ray”) whose cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs Robinson” paved a way to a breakthrough in their salad days.

Scottish synthpop band Chvrches (“Recover”, “Lies”), will perform at 7 pm, Nov 19 at KL Live. The trio, whose track “The Mother We Share” was featured in the opening video for the 2014 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland this year. American comedy rock duo Tenacious D (“Tribute”, “Wonderboy“), featuring actors/musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass will play Urbanscapes’ third Satellite Show on Dec 1 at KL Live. The Scottish post-rock band Mogwai (“Take Me Somewhere Nice”) often championed by the late John Peel of BBC Radio will take their brand of shoegazing, instrumental metal renditions to Urbanscapes’ Satellite Show this year on 7 pm, 30 Nov, also at KL Live.

Also completing the festival line-up are local and regional acts such as:

• OJ Law
• Ali Aiman
• Najwa
• June Marieezy
• Faiq and the Manja Mob
• Azmyl Yunor & Orkes Padu
• The Cotton Field Scarecrowes
• Cashew Chemists
• Paperplane Pursuit
• Jumero
• Dirgahayu

Highlighting a myriad of Malaysia’s homegrown entrepreneurs and artisans, expect offerings from:

• Ash Be Nimble
• Mosaic Bijoux
• Power of Word
• Psychedelic Store
• Nyo
• Trendy Bellaz
• I’ll Studio
• Third Culture
• URBN8
• CanvasPick
• Prototype gallery
• Huggaz
• Homu store
• Robe Du Jour
• Wild Baby
• Sun Off A Beach
• and more…

Ticketing Information

Buy your Urbanscapes tickets online at www.ticketpro.com.my. Tickets can also be bought at physical outlets throughout the country. For full list of outlets, look them up at www.ticketpro.com.my/jnp/ticket-outlets/index.html. Ticketing information for additional satellite shows will be announced when appropriate.

The 12-hours boutique festival is back with a bang! Even though the crazy heat has been the main distraction of the day, but the crowd seems less care about it, as the new venue, The Meadow at Gardens by the Bay, has turned into a huge field of music enthusiastic that are ready to kick off their weekend.

The Norwegian duo, Kings of Convenience was honored to start the festival at 12.40pm. Performed “My Ship Isn’t Pretty” which taken from their 2009 album “Declaration of Dependence”, and continued busting the crowd with their good twisted songs and live band playing “Misread”, “Boat Behind”, “Rule My World” and “I’d Rather Dance with You”, which somehow sounded much better when we saw it live. Poliça headed up after, and even though the set was sounded a little bit flat, but the Minnesota native, Channy Leaneagh’s presence somehow reminded us of Sinead O’Connor with her smooth sound and eclectic music. They performed songs from their album “Give You The Ghost” such as “Lay Your Cards Out” and “Amongster”.

Right after Polica, the Cleveland-based Cloud Nothings brought another heat for the crowd. Dylan Baldi’s high-pitched screaming turned out to be an annoying thing to hear for some. But they have performed some songs from their album Attack on Memory such as “Fall In”, “Stay Useless” and the 8 minutes track “Wasted Days” which then received a cold reception from the crowd. The so-called U.S indie super group, Divine Fits was performing after, Dan Boeckner and Britt Daniels controlled crowd’s needs of classic alternative stuff with their singles such as “My Love Is Real” and “Would That Not Be Nice”.

The festival ambiences grow bigger when Of Monsters And Men came onstage. Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar “Raggi” Þórhallsson, were able to electrified the crowd with a singalong and dancing sessions. Their hits, “Little Talks”, along with “King and Lionheart”, “Mountain Sound” and “Six Weeks” turned out to be a major sing-along sessions and become one of the most memorable set of the day.

The Canadian duo, Japandroids delivered a hell of a rock n roll set. During an interview, Brian and David stated that the only thing they expect from the crowd is a warm reception from the crowds, which what exactly they got during their performance. Starting the set with “Adrenaline Nightshift”, the crowd jumped and moshing like there’s no tomorrow. The crowd went nuts when “Wet Hair”, “Fire’s Highway” and “The House That Heaven Built” were played. They ended the set with a memorable drum crushing session and guitar-jumping movements.

After tired banging their head, the crowd couldn’t help but to enjoy the sound of tropical live electric sounds from Nicolas Jaar. With a mission to turn the green grass into a massive dancefloor, he managed to balance the needs of the partygoers to Kimbra’s die-hard fans, which are waiting patiently for her set at the other side of the stage. And off course, wasn’t a big surprise that the girls and the curiosity of the boys, went crazy when Kimbra showed up after Nicolas Jaar’s Balearic set. Her expressions, dance moves, thumping feet and not forget to mention, her attractive costume, gave the crowd energy to jump along to each of her songs, which taken mostly from her Vow album.

New Jersey’s Real Estate was armed with a warm indie tracks from their breakthrough album, “Days”, such as “Easy” and “Green Aisles”, as they tried to show their magic to the crowd. Although it felt flat for most of the time, which I think maybe because their songs were suited better to listen in a warm sunny day instead of a cold night. Unfortunate for Mercury Prize winner, Alt-J, turned out to be this year’s The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, as they have to face the sounding issue at the beginning of their set, worst, it was during their hits ‘Tessellate’. But luckily, they came back stronger and brought more of their unique gloomy music through “Matilda”, “Something Good”, “Breezeblocks” and “Dissolve Me”. Joe Newman managed to keep his voice steady all the way through their set, which was an improvement compared to their previous live set.

Yeasayer, one of the Laneway veterans has also managed to make us dancing with their improved set. During the years, Yeasayer has been known for their live set twist, as they tend to remix some of their instrument’s sounds. That’s why their old hits such as “2080”, “ONE”, and “Ambling Alp” sounded different than the original track. Some of the crowds thought their set was a little bit weird and thought they should’ve stayed with their original sounds, but some of their die-hard fans were able to appreciate the band’s effort, as they were able to lift their set to the next level.

Another Britton, Natasha Khan or known as Bat For Lashes were able to deliver a good, mesmerizing set for the night. Natasha showed us the definition of a good singer perfectly. She nailed the high-pitched notes in “Laura” perfectly. It gave us a goosebumps! The way she performed “Daniel” and “Pearl’s Dream” was just perfect.

And as the starts popping out the sky, its time for the four psychedelic Aussies with one Frenchman, Tame Impala delivered their expansion of consciousness through songs from Innerspeaker and Lonerism, which managed to turn The Meadow upside down. Started with “Solitude is Bliss”, continued with “Music to Walk Home By”, “Enders Toi”, and the unexpected jazzy breakdown at the middle of “Elephant”, which made the crowd went nuts straight after. They also lead the crowd into a massive sing-along sessions with “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards” and “Half Full Glass of Wine” as their closing song.

To top it all off, Gotye showed us his live acts capacity, playing songs from “Making Mirrors” with a solid performance, especially during his hits such as “Easy Way Out”. Well off course, before he ended the show, he managed to surprise the crowd with the appearance of Kimbra while singing “Somebody That I Used To Know”. After another couple songs, he closed the festival with a style and smiled on everyone’s face, as each genre’s listeners has received what their ears want to hear that night. So, once again, congratulation to St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival for bringing South East Asia some good taste of music, and we surely can’t wait to see more of great line-ups in 2014!

Kimbra Johnson, a New Zealand born artist has been in the business for roughly four years now, but have you ever heard of her?

The answer will vary, but if you follow the latest updates on hit-and-hip songs like that Gotye single “Somebody That I Used to Know”, you have certainly heard her voice. She featured in the single which was a commercial success, certified 9x Platinum in Australia. The single won her the Critics’ Choice Prize at the New Zealand Music Awards in 2011.

Her first single “Settle Down” was released as early as 2010, with Guy Franklin being the single’s video director. Her recent appearance was on April 14^th 2012 in America’s arguably most loved Saturday night show SNL where she performed “Somebody That I Used to Know” with Gotye.

Her voice and musical style has been said to be similar with the likes of the recently-passed Amy Winehouse and Björk. If you enjoy hearing their music, Kimbra may well just be another addition to your iPod’s playlist. [FA]