Episode 59: Aksan Sjuman [enhanced]

Our guest this week, percussionist extraordinaire Aksan Sjuman, began his career playing with artists such as Dewa, Melly Goeslaw, and Sheila Madjid before finding his groove in jazz. Aksan and Jason talk about his 2006 hit album "Peaceful Journey", his work on the soundtrack for the upcoming movie "The Photograph" and training the future generation of Indonesian jazz drummers. We feature two songs: "Something Real" and "Love, Sadness and Happiness". 13:36, 6.8 MB.

Episode 58: Natassa Jou Portier from LA Lights Indiefest [enhanced]

Natassa Jou Portier (Sassa) from LA Lights joins Jason in the studio this week to talk about their ground-breaking indie compilation album called "LA Lights Indiefest". 1400 bands from Yogya, Bandung and Surabaya tried out to make it on this compilation and only 12 made it. Listen to Sassa talk about the process and their promotional plans for this great album. We feature three songs: "Shane" by Vincent Vega, "Kiss the Pain Away" by Hollywood Nobody and "Cerpen" by Gerbang. 16:04, 7.9 MB

Episode 57: Kiki Marino from CANNONBALL [enhanced]

This week we were fortunate to get an out-of-town guest in the studio: Kiki Marino, drummer of the Yogyakarta-based "alternative soundtrack rock" band CANNONBALL. Kiki was in town promoting their debut EP and listen to him discuss the indie scene in Yogya and why they are breaking the mold - in both music and fashion. We feature two songs: "Kemarin" and "Why He, Why Me". 16:09, 8.2 MB

Episode 56: Pop Special [enhanced]

Well, it's official. We now have 300 CDs live on iTunes and available for purchase in 22 countries. It's a big collection and grows every day. One genre that we get all the time and keeps...umm...brace for the pun...popping up is Pop music. Jason's first instinct is to immediately file it away somewhere behind his stereo, but he does actually review each and every album we put live on iTunes and on EquinoxDMD.com. And it's good that he does because he has discovered some real gems and we feature three of them this week: "Terpanah Asmara" by Citra Bunga Lestari, "I Can't Marry You" by Stereomantic and "Merindukanmu" by Minoru. 16:55, 8.4 MB

Episode 55: EXCLUSIVE Interview in English with Ahmad Dhani

Every once in a while there comes an opportunity you can't pass up. Last week, Jason managed to get the first ever (we think) live interview in English with one of the biggest stars in Indonesia today: Ahmad Dhani. The interview took place on the balcony of Dhani's house in South Jakarta while he was taking a break between rehearsal sessions with his newest venture called The Rock. Listen to Dhani explain the different direction he is taking with this group and his thoughts on topics ranging from looking after his three sons to religious pluralism in Indonesia. Definitely an episode not to be missed. We feature two songs from his solo album released in 1998: "Distorsi" and "Aku Cinta Kau dan Dia". 18:54, 9.4 MB