Episode 50: World Music Special [enhanced]

"World music" is quite a complicated musical genre in that nearly everything from non-Western countries is lumped into it regardless of how the music actually sounds. We have put together our own World music special this week to demonstrate how we classify the genre. Jason features three separate artists: the up-and-coming dangdut singer Rere, the funky bamboo-playing West Java group Sambasunda and the famous Ubiet performing one of her haunting solos. 13:01, 6.6 MB

Further to our competition last week, we are pleased to report that 22-year old Eugenio Jaenada from Barcelona, Spain won the iTunes gift voucher for correctly naming all the lovely ladies from Bandung we have had on the show. Eugenio works in an ad agency on The Diagonal and has been listening to the New Music from Indonesia podcast for the past six months. Nice work Eugenio and enjoy the music.

Episode 49: Tony Prabowo [enhanced]

Welcome to season three of New Music from Indonesia. In keeping with the title of the podcast, we are pleased to bring you something really new from Indonesia. Tony Prabowo, Indonesia's most famous contemporary conductor, joins Jason in the studio to talk about his album "A Prayer for Refuge". Tony muses on the complications in performing his work - have a listen to the two songs and we're pretty sure you will figure out why. Tony also discusses working with Juilliard and his upcoming performances in New Zealand and Japan. 12:10, 6.2 MB.

Further to last week's giveaway of a USD 10 voucher for iTunes - sorry to report that no one seems to either know the answer or wants some free music of your choice. Anyway - let's try this again: Which three ladies from Bandung have we had in the studio for a podcast so far? It's not a trick question - but you will have to do a little research. Send your answer by email to info [at] equinoxdmd.com and we will let you know the winner next week.

Episode 48: Best of Bandung [enhanced]

The mountain town of Bandung in West Java is known for many things: a cool climate, cheap jeans, beautiful women and the birthplace of some of Indonesia's best musicians. We thought of doing a show on the lovely ladies of Bandung but since this is a music podcast we decided to play it safe and focus on the musicians. Jason pays tribute to three of these bands: Polyester Embassy, Cupumanik and Naff and we play one song from each. 15:48, 7.9 MB.

Come to think of it, we have had quite a few lovely ladies (who are also musicians) from Bandung already appear on this podcast. Can you remember all of them? If you can, send us an email with their names to info [at] equinoxdmd.com and we'll send a $10 iTunes gift certificate to the winner. We'll announce the lucky guy or gal in next week's podcast.

Lastly - this episode 48 marks the end of season 2 of New Music from Indonesia. Big thanks to DF and FW at Djarum for sticking with us this long and staying on board for season 3.

Episode 47: Gita Wirjawan from Omega Pacific [enhanced]

The multi-talented and multi-careered Gita Wirjawan joins us in the studio this week. While he runs a big investment bank during the day, at night he puts his musical and managerial talents to work in running local jazz label Omega Pacific Productions. Listen to Gita talk about his early days studying music, his role in CHEROKEE and BALI LOUNGE and future plans for his label. We feature two outstanding tracks: "Roll it!" and "Something's Wrong". 18:47, 9.3 MB.