Showing posts with label Malaysia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malaysia. Show all posts

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Inul Daratista - Indonesian Pop


Inul Daratista is an artist from Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia, that interprets the Indonesian music style dangdut (Dangdut is a genre of Indonesian popular music which is partly derived from Arab, Indian, and Malay folk music. It developed beginning in the 1970s among working class Muslim youth, but especially since the late 1990s has reached a broader following in Indonesia.) in a way that made her nation-wide famous in Indonesia. Her dance moves seem to have been a little too seksi ("suggestive") that some conservatives in the society called for a ban and was the reason to draft some anti-pornography laws (which according to wikipedia have not yet been passed, though). Well anyway, controversy is always good. And I really wonder that I haven't written about her before, cause it's really a must. One of the highlights of this blog. Highly fascinating..

goyang inul.mp3
goyang dombret.mp3
a whole lot of other Indonesian/Malaysian songs (dangdut and others)

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Malaysian Rock: Y2K (Yes to capitalism ;) )



I like them very much, they're good and funny :)
Here's another song: "Lara"
http://www.myspace.com/yes2kapitalism

Friday, August 04, 2006

Singaporean Music

Singapore, just as neighbouring Malaysia, is an ethnically highly diverse place with many different cultures coming together. Their music therefore is also an pottpourrie of different sounds: tamil, chinese, malay, etc..
This day's post is about one of the main figures of pop rock music in Singapore: Ramli Sarip; often referred to as "Papa Rock" in Singapore. He sings in Malay.
Here's his song "Panah Beracun" as a little pretaste and then below many sites where you can download music or watch other videos! :)


Music in the real audio format
Songs and videos linked to from his website
Songs in MP3 format