Individual life consists of Zamani Karmana (guitar), Nadya Octaria (keyboard, synth), Erric Agusta Dikky (bass), and Arif Hermawan Kusuma Aji (drum, percussion). Begin in the end of 2005 as a pure trivial project used as a space to accommodate the thrown away composition from their primary band. In the same year, they started their debut in the stage for the first time on the annual arts event, Festival Kesenian Yogyakarta (Yogyakarta Art Festiva...
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Individual life consists of Zamani Karmana (guitar), Nadya Octaria (keyboard, synth), Erric Agusta Dikky (bass), and Arif Hermawan Kusuma Aji (drum, percussion). Begin in the end of 2005 as a pure trivial project used as a space to accommodate the thrown away composition from their primary band. In the same year, they started their debut in the stage for the first time on the annual arts event, Festival Kesenian Yogyakarta (Yogyakarta Art Festival) in Vredeburg Fort Museum.
Being inactive for a while, at last, in the middle of 2006, on 27th of may 2006, they were asked to participate on social music event to commemorate the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Yogyakarta and the citizens for the earthquake catastrophe which tear down the south part of Yogyakarta.
2007 was the year when they worked seriously, and appeared on some events in Yogyakarta, such as:
1. SIMS Art and Music Gathering with Tepellere, Airport Radio, Next of Kin… and broadcasted on cable tv belongs to JogjaMediaNet;
2. Festival Kesenian Yogyakarta (Yogyakarta Art Festival) for the second time with Sujud Sutrisno, Tepellere, Anane, garden of the Blind (Jompet), F# Chamber (Fis Chamber), etc;
3. Architectural in sound, held by the Faculty of Architecture Engineering, Atma Jaya University, Yogyakarta.
Not only being active in their own bands, the two of them also involved in some projects with some artists which are well-known in Yogyakarta and some countries.
Zamani Karmana,
February 2006, together with Arief Hermawan Kusuma Aji worked on background video/ multimedia for contemporary dance performance “Semburatnya Negara Kertagama”, an epic involving more than 200 people from some classes (artists, college students and the citizens) on the same stage. It was held in Prambanan Temple and facilitated by Kertagama Organization, Yogyakarta.
July 2007, he made music-multimedia collaboration with AG. Kuswidananto (Jompet) in Garden of The Blind.
Nadya Octaria,
October 2006, involved with Kubro Glow on “Golong Gilig Trajumanggala”, a colossal performance combination between orchestra, band, choir, dance, theater, poetry celebrates the 250th anniversary of Yogyakarta.
November 2007, she was collaborated with Risky Summerbee and The Honeythief and F# String Quartet on “The Rise and Fall of a Scoundrel Queen”, a contemporary music performance based on the interpretation on the text on the character of gandari by Gunawan “Cindhil” Maryanto.
In january and february 2008, she collaborated again with Risky Summerbee and The Honeythief, Slamet Gundono and Wayang Suket (shoreline java music community). The perfomarnce entitled “Memoirs of Gandari” explored the music interpretation based on a character in Mahabarata, -Gandari.
