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- PV Ai no Ai no Hoshi dari the brilliant green

Untuk menandai semakin nggak jelasnya konten blog ini, Mina-san, dengan ini saya persembahkan Ai no Ai no Hoshi, lagu dari the brilliant green, yang menurut majalah Time (iya bener, majalah Time yang itu) adalah termasuk 10 best bands on planet earth. Ai no Ai no Hoshi, lagu yang sederhana, indah dan dengan lirik yang luar biasa, salah satu dari sedikit dari lagu jepang yang aku hafal dari awal sampai akhir, bahkan juga ke artinya.

Pertama kali dengar zaman dahulu kala, sewaktu band-nya belum disband, sewaktu protokol andalan untuk download cuma http dan streaming adalah barang mewah.. dulu donlod dari Nanokiero sewaktu masih jaya-jayanya (kayaknya sekarang sudah almarhumah). Selamat mendengarkan…

klik link more untuk lirik dan mp3 nya.
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Yay! Album baru Van Tomiko, bertajuk Voice ~ Cover you with love keluar! Ini bukan album original, namun sebuah cover album yang hampir semua lagunya adalah lagu hasil aransemen ulang dari lagu-lagu artis lain jaman dulu. menurutku lumayan bagus, khas Ban-Chan lah pokoknya! Dan gambar covernya itu lho..

Van Tomiko dan Kopi Dangdut!
Namun kejutannya belum selesai. Lagu di track ke-empat “Coffe Rumba” adalah rasanya kok sangat-sangat familiar bagiku. Eh lhadalah ternyata adalah lagu Kopi Dangdut!! What the?? hampir saja aku keselek mouse dan headbang ke keyboard nggak percaya, baru saja aku bercanda2 di post sebelumku tentang musik dangdut Jepang dan ber-andai2 bilamana Ban-Chan nyanyi dangdut. Eh, rupanya kita tidak perlu menunggu lama Namun jangan terlalu bangga dulu.. ternyata lagu Kopi Dangdut juga bukan original dari Indonesia, melainkan sebuah cover song juga dari sebuah lagu latin Spanyol yang berjudul “Moliendo Café “.
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Basbang kali ya, tapi baru dapat info ini dari Milis Ahli dan forum Indoanime. J-Dangdut? Ya, huruf J nya itu mewakili Japan, seperti halnya pada J-Pop dan J-Rock. Entah benar atau tidak bahwa musik Dangdut itu sudah go internasional, tapi yang jelas di Jepang sana sudah ada band-band dangdut lokal. Memperkenalkan band dangdut Jepang yang paling tersohor.. O.M Ranema (Orkes Melayu Rakyat Negeri Matahari) dulunya bernama O.M Eksis. Berikut kopi paste dari situs resminya :
http://home.att.ne.jp/orange/Raj_Hikomar/omr.html :

O.M.Ranema Profile
The members of [Tokyo World Music Club] started a dangdut band named O.M.EKSIS in October 1996. This band was five-people unit.They were Guru Yoshioka, Dr.Cinta Saitoh, Hamdan Ohki, Obatty Azuma and Vera.In September 1998, they broke up the group O.M.EKSIS.Then in January 1999, the new band, O.M.RANEMA(Rakyat Negeri Matahari),was formed by some members from O.M.EKSIS and some new players.
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Few days a go I attended AIESEC National Conference 2006. Actually I almost missed this event due to the fact that I have to attend the final night of Blog Competition 2006 as one of the jury. Thanks God, I have wonderful friends at Loenpia.net who fully understand and back me up. Thanks a lot guys!

The Venue
To be brief, the NatCon is held 17-22 Nov 2006 in Pusdiklat Depdiknas, Jakarta. I only attended it until 20 Nov, since I got another thing to do in Jakarta, and the last 2 days is not an obligatory for a short term member like me. Pusdiklat is sooo huge! It’s also beautiful and even has an artificial lake inside it. While the accommodations are very nice (so are the foods! ), many delegations complain about the distance between housing area and the venue. It’s about 10 minutes walk from each house to the venue… that’s quite a problem, because the schedule is super tight.

The People
They are crazy!
It’s nice to meet a lot of new friends. LC University of Diponegoro sent about 40 delegates, but at the conference’s housing, we’re all separated. I had a house mates from University of Indonesia, University of Andalas, University of Brawijaya, and University of Surabaya. So, although we used English in the Conference’s Sessions, we also had mixed language when we back to our house. It’s kinda funny.

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Fiuhh…. I’m pretty worn out this week. There are so many things to do, and it just drove me nuts, and not to mention a long-running project that I had to deliver this week. Claiming to be busy for an unemployed, quite strange huh? Thankfully, the swiftness is getting to low now and peace finally comes again so that I can fill in some stupid words in this blog, as usual.

Lost In Found
When it comes to music (and most of other interests), I think have a flavor of my own. It’s uncommon and of course, it’s rare. Well, it’s sooooo rare that even nobody around me know what I’m talking about. I’m all fine with that, the least it is known, the better it is. Here’s another band that I know not so long ago. It’s called “Lost in Found�?. Google them, and you practically won’t find anything about them. The only place I had decent information about them is at Ken’s blog at JapanLive. Lost in Found is an indie band from Japan, eventhouh all their songs are in english and not all of their member are japanese. Lost in Found are Mike Matuszak, Mineko Yokoyama, Makiko Kusakabe, Tetsu Saito, and Yukiko Hamada. It’s a great band! with a sheer spirit like you always see in an indie band. Sadly they’re already disband, but their name is still used as an Indie record label.

Do Yourself a Big Favor!
If my description is too short and not convincing enough, then let’s the music do the talking, go to their music page, download their sample songs and take the load off. I recommend Bogus Illusion for a starter. It’s a remarkable song. You’ll feel that the world is beautiful again, that everything is all right, that being hurt is not a big deal. At least I’m feeling that way. Yeah I know, even though the lyrics is not about cheering at all.

Wait, There’s more!
In their Myspace page, there are three other songs available on audio streaming. Anyone knows how to download ‘em? Please tell me how, because listening directly from Myspace is really-really doing serious damage to both my bandwith and may hair Btw, and don’t hesitate about my love to them. If somehow miracle happen and their song officially available here then I’ll be the first among the fans who camp outside the music store on the launching night.