
I'll be travelling to Singapore for Monday meetings with drilling contractors. To be honest, there are venues where you can see these bands play in he evening and get a beer with aircon which is a better idea!
Added bonus, seeing them in a bar you do not get the cops all over the place looking for dealers and general thuggery. Indo Deathmetal fans tend to get on the wrong side of the law and chaos is the usual end result. (Which I suppose is what they wanted anyway)
( , Mon 13 Jun 2011, 5:13, archived)

You would be surprised at how many people think it it is a purely American and European phenomenon.
Perhaps you wouldn't, but most people are.
( , Mon 13 Jun 2011, 5:17, archived)

From Deathmetal to Jazz it's all here. Even the buses have buskers who travel with the bus, Jakarta is a pretty mind-blowing place, but, at the heart of it it all comes down to their music. The jogja ensembles are equally awesome, traditional Indonesian instruments played at breakneck percussive speed (preferably on a Balinese beach with chilled beers) is surreal.
This is one place in the world that I recommend people do really try to see.
Edit: See photo number 10 www.dilligafasia.com/page9a.html
( , Mon 13 Jun 2011, 5:21, archived)