“Mas, tulisan Mas Samack tak forward ke email sampeyan” Pesan singkat itu muncul di chatbox account facebook saya. Pengirimnya Hilmi, mahasiswa cum [hampir] setengah otak di balik mesin pemanas zine Malang favorit saya, [Majalah] Sintetik.
Buru-buru saya nyalakan laptop ringkih saya…
All About the Noise for Indonesia’s Experimentalists
While several major Indonesian musicians are busy planning world domination and devising schemes to “go international,” some lesser-known artists are actually out there doing it.
Musicians whose work doesn’t fit the local commercial market are often unappreciated in their own country, but can find welcoming arms in foreign lands. Head-spinning music, it seems, has more of a chance to cross borders than its pop-oriented brethren.
oleh: Akhmad Alfan Rahadi
Seperti artikel sebelumnya oleh Anizar Yasmeen, saya juga membuat ini atas dasar dorongan dari teman-teman majalah sintetik. Paksaan kasarnya, tapi paksaan ini tak pelak membuat gairah menulis saya lama hilang kembali muncul. Semoga ke depannya saya bisa produktif…
