Past Member : Myrdal (2004-2006)
Fuad Abdulgani (2004-2008)
Discography
September 2008
ELEMENTAL GAZE/ Let Me Erase You - Xtal Records, Japan
Tracklist:
1.To leave after the memories are full
2.Unperfect sky (ft. Sigit Tigapagi)
3.Behind the window i see
4.Running away, lost in three way conversation
5.Let me erase you*
6.Love your love, death your love*
7.We cannot create ourselves for someone we love *
8.Unperfect sky without your smile (original version) * *Exclusively in Japan
Electronic acts are a dime a dozen in the local scenes, every
music geek with a computer and decent soundcard can (and most have) start
calling themselves "electronic musicians". But frankly, most of them suck so
badly that they'd be lucky to have careers recomposing top 40 songs as telephone
hold music.
Like many other genres, the musicians or acts that do stand out are the ones
that dare to be a bit different and mix it up a bit. This is the case with
Bandung-based Elemental Gaze, a band that deftly and creatively weds the
ambient subgenre of electronica with the dreamy, contemplative, and guitar-heavy
sound of shoegaze.
Founded by Fuad Abdulgani and M.Myrdal in 2002 in Bandung.
Elemental Gaze's sounds are inspired by musicians such as My Bloody Valentine,
Cocteau Twins, Brian Eno, Robin Guthrie, Ulrich Schnauss, Blur, and M83. The
name Elemental Gaze is derived from the Robin Guthrie song, titled Elemental.
The guys began to play a few gigs around their hometown, and slowly making a
name for themselves for their unique blending of guitar distortions with blips
and beeps.
In 2006, Myrdal amicably left the band and was replaced by Bilfian Sugiana
(programmer and synthesizer) and Lutfi Kurniadi (guitar and keyboard). Since
then, the band has received international accolades from various international
music publications, despite still being unsigned by any label.
Also in 2006, the band self-released their first EP titled We Cannot Create
Ourselves for Someone We Love. Two-thousand-and-seven saw them further
exploring the possibilities of their genre-bending sound, as well as examining
more traditional Indonesian music with either samples of ethnic instruments or
playing around a bit with the pentatonic scale. They are currently recording new
EPs, which they hope to release this year.
The sound of Elemental Gaze is not a sound born out of reckless joy or a
disregard for deep thought. It is a sound born in the deepest reaches of the
human heart and mind; the dark little space in the back of our heads where
grief, loneliness, confusion, and unrequited desires are processed. It is the
sound of a sorrowful soul in the midst of healing itself. Their sound takes off
from a rather dark place, but will almost always progress into a brighter place
before finally ending.
With the majority of the personnel was 20 years old, made them appropriate to
considered as the new band that was counted on . - Ripple Magazine
(Indonesia)
Really majestic and will take you to some strange part of your inner psyche.
Promise. - Junk Magazine (Malaysia)
It is a sound born in the deepest reaches of the human
heart and mind; the dark little space in the back of our heads where grief,
loneliness, confusion, and unrequited desires are processed. It is the sound of
a sorrowful soul in the midst of healing itself. Their sound takes off from a
rather dark place, but will almost always progress into a brighter place before
finally ending. - Paul F. Agusta/The Jakarta Post
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ELEMENTAL GAZE, saya mengagumi semua karya kalian =D dan akan lebih hebat lagi kalo egaze perform di tangerang! tak usah ditanya. saya pasti datang. maka dari itu, kapan? hehe
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