Discus (Indonesian Prog Band) Tribute Video

[About the band]
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Discus is an excellent progressive rock band from Indonesia that as of January 2009 has released two albums, "1st" (1999) and "...Tot Licht!" (2004). Their genre is mentioned in the Facebook Discus' fan page as being "Progressive rock with jazz, contemporary classical, world (esp Indonesian ethnic) and some metal influences". Their fusion of very different genres (many times between the same track!) may take some listeners by surprise, but hopefully many will like them.

Discus is planning to do a third album soon (I hope it comes out in 2009!), and about it guitarist Iwan Hasan said "Stylistically it will fall somewhere in between 1st and tot licht. It will contain the elements of both. To me, tot licht! is a very heavy and intense album. Like Yes' Relayer. From Relayer, Yes went to Going For The One and toned down. I think it will be a bit like that on Discus' 3rd. I miss the jazzy and "feminine" part of 1st. It will be more progressive than the 1st, but will be quite jazzier overall than tot licht and less intense."

Wikipedia cites Discus as being:
* Iwan Hasan: guitar, 21-string harpguitar, Balinese rindik, electronic percussion & lead vocals
* Anto Praboe: flute, soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet & bass clarinet
* Eko Partitur: violin & electronics
* Fadhil Indra: keyboards, background vocals
* Hayunaji: premier drums & electronic percussions
* Kiki Caloh: 5-string & fretless bass
* Krisna Prameswara: keyboards, MIDI percussion programming
* Nonnie: lead vocals

However, Nonnie is no longer part of the band and has been replaced by female vocalist Yuyun, who, according to Hasan is "an expert in improvising multi ethnic Indonesian traditions." On both Discus' albums released up to now the female vocalist is Nonnie.

[About the video]
The video uses parts of the following songs:
0:00: System Manipulation
0:31: System Manipulation
1:14: Anne
1:56: Condissonance
2:31: 'Breathe'
3:11: Dua Cermin
3:50: Lamentation & Fantasia Gamelantronique
4:56: System Manipulation
5:37: For This Love
6:20: Dua Cermin
6:51: Music For 5 Players
7:28: Anne
8:24: P.E.S.A.N.
9:15: Anugerah

Thanks for watching! (oh, btw, I won't be able to understand/reply to comments written in Indonesian, I only know English and Spanish)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Discus
• Progressive
• Rock
• Jazz
• Metal
• Classical
• Indonesia
• Gamelan
• Experimental

[bibibibibiotip]

thank you for giving me the opportunity to listen into the band, because, it's hard to find some music of them

(but now I know I have to order a CD ;-)

[ikary03]

Hey, thanks to you for watching. This is an amazing band, I'm sure you won't regret ordering a CD from them at all.

[gymnastiar]

kalo yang beginian muncul di inbox, pasti naek derajatnya acara2 musik kampungan itu

[lotsoffool]

yes, its very hard to find music of them, even in my country (indonesia)

[MrMorphines]

Amazing band!!!!!Salute buat DISCUS!!!!Maju teruss pantang mundur!!!

Ini baru yang namanya band PROGESSIVE!!!!!

[brienooy]

where can i get the cd (tot licht.. ) ??

[brienooy]

i want to see them paly live , , ,

[SamOstorm7]

where can we order the cd ikary03 ?

[TheDTNET]

bagus memang ... bagus sekali ... kita mainkan trend .. jangan sampai di permainkan trend .. maju teruss .. lawan keterbatasan ..

[chuckandimeforeve]

yummie!