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THE UPSTAIRS - "Radio" (New Single Music Video)

Video ini merupakan single kedua terbaru The Upstairs dari album "Magnet! Magnet!" (Magnet Music/Demajors). Pertama kali ditayangkan ketika The Ups...

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THE UPSTAIRS KAMI DATANG UNTUK MUSIK OFFICIAL VIDEO

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THE UPSTAIRS Electronic Promo Kit 2009

Video ini merupakan Electronic Press Kit resmi The Upstairs yang merangkum perjalanan band new wave Jakarta ini saat menghentak panggung demi pangg...

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3 years ago

THE UPSTAIRS - "Ku Nobatkan Jadi Fantasi" (New Single 2008)

Video slide foto karya bassist The Upstairs, Alfi Chaniago ini merupakan video musik sementara dari single pertama The Upstairs untuk album terbaru...

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4 years ago

The Upstairs Backstage Signing Session

UMM Dome, Malang, 16 Mei 2007. Shortly before headlining Pensi SMAN 1 Malang.

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4 years ago

The Upstairs & Mas Metal

Ini para personel The Upstairs dan drummer additional dari Stepforward Fajar sesaat sebelum kita mengguncang kota rock Malang (16/5/2007).

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4 years ago

Dressing Room Prayer

Beberapa saat sebelum mengguncang UMM Dome di kota Malang (16/5/2007) para personel The Upstairs seperti biasa berdoa dengan Jimi menjadi pemimpinn...

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About THE UPSTAIRS TV

THE UPSTAIRS TV adalah stasiun televisi 24 jam sehari yang khusus menampilkan video musik, live performance, wawancara, backstage footages hingga segala macam aktivitas terbaru dari band THE UPSTAIRS. Didedikasikan khusus bagi teman-teman Modern Darlings yang berada di seluruh penjuru nusantara dan dunia.

"Dan esok kita pasti berdansa"

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THE UPSTAIRS

Jimi Multhazam (vocals)
Andre Kubil (guitar)
Beni Adhiantoro (drums)
Alfi Chaniago (bass & keyboards)
Dian Maryana (backing vocal)
Adink Permana (keyboards & synths)

Home-grown new wave rock group The Upstairs, have been doing just that - creating waves and in the process, proving that Indonesias underground music scene is alive and well.

The lead singer and driving force behind The Upstairs Jimi Multhazam is a charismatic cat. Hes been captivating audiences with his on-stage theatrics and electric energy, mimicking 70s punk rock legend Iggy Pop as he prances around the stage wearing white sunglasses and extra-tight black & white striped pants sporting a Mick Jagger hairdo.

Seeing the band kitted out in their chinos, spangly shirts and, pop art prints and white sneakers, you could hardly miss their retro credentials. Says Jimi, when the group was formed back in October 2001 we were heavily influenced by overseas bands like A Flock of Seagulls, Joy Division, and Depeche Mode, but we like to complement the synthesizers with heavy guitar lines.

The Upstairs beginnings were DIY in the truest sense. They produced and distributed their first EP, Antahberantah, in 2002 by themselves and simply through word of mouth and audiencde reaction it, sold like hot cakes. Known for their free form style of lyricism, eschewing rhyming, the band members include Kubil Idris (guitar), Beni (drums), Alfi Chaniago (bass & keyboard), Elta (keyboard & synths) and Dian (backing vocals). Looking at how the band came together, its clear that theyre not just a bunch of wannabes, copying big names acts like The Killers or Franz Ferdinand but genuine domestic pioneers with their own ideas. FYI, The Upstairs even had formed long before those two nu-wave international acts were born.

So why did they choose the new wave genre at a time when our local music chart is saturated with RnB and punk-rock? We did follow mainstream music at first and even played some rockabilly in our early days, Jimi explains. But we soon realized by the time we produced our album there would be thousands of bands out there doing the same thing Jimi goes on to explain that during their early experimental sessions he and Kubil, enjoyed fusing their music with synthesizers creating the weird sounds that would eventually lead to the bands current sound.

Jimi loves to imitate the James Brown shoe gazing move while wearing hilarious and outrageous outfits on stage. His tight ankle high jeans, striped shirt, scarf and white framed sunnies are the bands trademark. He says I was heavily inspired by the styles visible in the movie The Outsiders.

On Valentines Day in 2004 the band released their CD debut Matraman (also their second studio recording). At the launch party at the famous BBs Club Jakarta, 100 CDs sold out in just two hours. Their moment of glory finally came on the 19th September 2005 when they sealed a contract with Warner Music Indonesia and gave birth to their first major label album Energy with the lethal Disko Darurat (Emergency Disco) on its track list. Theres a certain symmetry to such a pioneering band supporting one of the men who made dance music what it is today. Thinking outside the box.

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THE UPSTAIRS TV

THE UPSTAIRS - "Radio" (New Single Music Video)

THE UPSTAIRS KAMI DATANG UNTUK MUSIK OFFICIAL VIDEO

THE UPSTAIRS Electronic Promo Kit 2009

THE UPSTAIRS - "Ku Nobatkan Jadi Fantasi" (New Single 2008)

The Upstairs Backstage Signing Session

The Upstairs & Mas Metal

Dressing Room Prayer