Thursday 15 May 2014

Sore ze Band: Whirling Thru Cultic Music

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Price The Lorde!

Summarecon Mall Serpong

Thursday, May 1st, 2014

instantly got ear-gasm and eye-gasm.

OH, MAN!

seriously, as the end result of a succession
after 9 years fan-girling, I WATCHED SORE's LIVE PERFORMANCE!!!

T'was just totally MAGNIFYING!!!

I got Sore's newest album, contains their selected tracks and one new song entitled "SSSST..."

I also took some photographs with 'em!

HEAVEN.........

Lemme hear you sing!

"...and I'm so GLAD you're mine..."

with Bang Ade.. :))

with Bang Awan.. :))

He noticed my Beatles' Hello-Goodbye Tees.

Thanks to dhimagine for giving me this bloody awesome tees FOR FREE :))

Bang Awan said, "KAOSNYA KEREN!"

IN THE LIMELIGHT!

with Bang Echa.. :))

He's undoubtedly kindhearted and very pretty yet soooooo extraordinarily handsome!!!

oh, those photos of my foolish-looking face!

what's being a truly lamentable state was that I couldn't have any chance to take another foolish-looking face with Bang Bemby..

I was on my 11th grade at that time, when I first peripherally listened to "Somos Libres". It was back in 2005, as I withdrew. I began to unconsciously sing the song by no means. It turned out to me that I soon began savoring the song's radically distinctive ambiance and conspicuous harmony.

ATM, we still had MTv on the national television channel. I ran into this video clip of "Somos Libres" and I found out that Sore was the band behind those pleasingly music.
I started to request "Somos Libres" in one of capitalistic youth-segmented radio in Solo. Even one of the radio DJ noticed me since I always requested the same song. One evening, (Wednesday, October 25th, 2006) my ex surprisingly came to my house bringing me a bouquet of red roses and Sore's very first album, "CENTRALISMO"

MUEHEHE, I used to call him, "My Bxx" :P

SORE - Indonesian Indie Band Symphonizing Oldie Goldie Pop Sound

from my own way of regarding topics, as a common people who don't really perceive and comprehend the nature and significance of musicality, I was simply being hypnotized by Sore's euphony. Sore is a Jakarta-based indie band that is totally unique and outstanding. They classify their music genre as "Indonesiana Rock Revival" and I don't really get it. Their musical variety is just indescribable. It's exceptionally beyond a kind of sort; they are one of a kind, at least for me. LOL.

They are heavily influenced by The Beatles, Morrissey, Steely Dan, Interpol, Gino Vannelli, Frank Zappa, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Procol Harum, America, Paul Simon, Burt Bacharach, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Ludwig van Beethoven, Masaru Satoh, Krzysztof Komeda, Michael Franks, Gil Evans. Enriched by similarly obsecure harmony from Eggstone, Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, Badly Drawn Boy, Last Shadow Puppets, Beirut, The Wondermints.

Their music is a pleasing combination of elements in a whole which is adorned by any melodious strings and brass instruments. Sore comprises 4-main members who are all multi-instrumentalist and are able to play their guitars and bases left-handed-ly. Some of them deliberately claimed their-selves ambidextrous. (I can't remember, either Ade, Echa, Awan, or Ade and Echa, or Awan and Echa, haha, nervermind). All of the members take part as vocalist, too. To a very great extent, it's so obviously mind-blogging having different vocals divulging different tones wrapped in one album. PERPLEXING!

SORE's first album received mostly critical receptions. The Time Magazine Asia admitted the existence of 'CENTRALISMO' as "One of Five Asian Albums Worth Buying", and ranked number 40 in "150 Greatest Indonesian Albums of All Time" in the Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine. Their second album entitled 'PORTS OF LIMA' (Aksara Records - 2008) got great critical acclaim. It was voted "Best Album of 2008' (number one) by the Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine.

Sore, first renowned.

from left to right: Bemby Gusti Pramudya, Ade Firza Paloh, Awan Garnida, Ramondo Gascaro, and Reza Dwiputranto. Additional player: Dono Firman.

Sore, nowadays.

Mondo left the band to concentrate on his own project.

my favorite tracks:

*Centralismo*

Mata Berdebu

Somos Libres

No Fruits for Today

Etalase

Lihat

*Ports of Lima*

Bogor Biru

Senyum dari Selatan

ESSENSIMO

Setengah Lima

Vrijeman

Apatis Ria

Karolina

IMHO, Sore is not merely a band; it's a cult. It's my object of such devotion. It serves me that kind of disposition, a strong feeling; implies some control over my own thinking, actions, and emotions.