R.E.M, Radiohead, Blur, Graham Coxon, Oasis, The White Stripes, Jimmy Eat World, Franz Ferdinand, Dashboard Confessional, Bright Eyes, Mew, Metallica, My Chemical Romance, Weezer, Interpol, The Smiths, Say Anything, Silverchair, Modest Mouse, Sigur Ros, Sunny Day Real Estate, Death Cab for Cutie, Coheed and Cambria, The Who, Thursday, stellastarr*, Alexisonfire, Saves the Day and many others...
The band started in early 2004 in a Performance Arts class room in a Christian private school in the obscurity of Sentul, Indonesia when Ababil Ashari (vox, guitar, bass, drum, programming) handed Kevin Yapsir (guitar, vox, programming) a sheet music for Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place" to read because Ababil cannot read sheet music. The next day Ababil and Kevin practiced the composition attracting future band members Alvin Lasmana (drum), Alfonsus Tanoto (bass) and Daniel Sastro (guitar). Needless to say, the Radiohead cover attempt was a disaster. But from it, a band was born.
This five-piece line-up lasted for two years, yielding several singles and EPs. It became apparent that the band can't continue as it was. This was because most of the band had committed to studying overseas after high school. So, as a final hurrah, the band released "Fanfiction: From the Seriously Absurd to the Absurdly Serious" (an album-based upon unfinished fanfiction Ababil wrote in his spare time) in April of 2006 to a lukewarm response. The band disbanded giving Ababil the rights to the band name.
At this point, Ababil was busied by med school and turned to for relief. He wrote a general mock-up of a author-surrogate character named Hanabishi Hideaki and wrote a couple of unreleased short stories. Frustrated with his inabillity to finish these short stories, Ababil wrote them as songs instead. This proved to be a success and Ababil revived the Shorthand Phonetics name.
Ababil proceeded to write and record "Apparently...I'm In Medicine / Love, or the Illusion of the Beginning Symptoms of It" (an album about Hanabishi Hideaki's first year of med school) and released it in May of 2007. Reaction to the album was better than expected. Fledgling Indonesian netlabel Yes No Wave Music offered to re-release "Apparently..." to the Indonesian public four months after the albums original release.
After the re-release of "Apparently...", Ababil started to write songs and concepts that centered around Hanabishi Hideaki and repair the continuity. Fanfiction was retconned as a collection of fanfiction written by Japanese national Hanabishi Hidaki to fit with Hanabishi Hideaki's story. The culmination of this new project has arrived!
Titled "Fire! (I Could Have Died and All I Could Think About Was My Charred Diary)". The experiemental album sees Shorthand Phonetics branching out to post-rock and electronica blending it with the old sounds of powerpop and lofi like chocolate and potatoes...go check it out!
So, what's next for Shorthand Phonetics? Stay tuned to find out!
Arms and Sleepers Split Presale Begins November 18th, 2009 Fourth Album 'Atlas' Presale Begins December 15th, 2009 American Dollar MP3 Discography Special, Only $20 For All Four Albums! Go To: theamericandollar.bigcartel.com Thanks For Listening!
IN7DAYS DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW!! Available on CD and get free IN7days Ebook "THE ELEMENTS OF LIFE" at www.nolimitidea.com
"this debut album contains 13 tracks. in7days build accoustic folk with irish touch more info and networking : ozie : +628121092110 / 02192909471 email : in7_day@yahoo.com
IN7DAYS DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW!! Available on CD and get free IN7days Ebook "THE ELEMENTS OF LIFE" at www.nolimitidea.com
"this debut album contains 13 tracks. in7days build accoustic folk with irish touch more info and networking : ozie : +628121092110 / 02192909471 email : in7_day@yahoo.com
Hay...!!! The Telegraph Reverb new EP out now!!! "MIND UNIVERSE" from bwf recordings. for more info please check this link, all song its new concept from The telegraph reverb,
Monday, December 14 2009 Started : 6 PM - 12 PM @MEGALAND 2nd Floor SOLO - INA
Featuring :
- KRUPSKAYA (GRINDCORE/HC/METAL/PUNK - STOKE, UK) - THE LOVE BALLADS MASSACRE (METAL/HC-SOLO, INA) - LETTER OF MEMORIES (METAL/HC/DEATH METAL-SOLO, INA) - FROM THIS DAY (METAL/HC/DEATH METAL-SOLO, INA) - BEFORE AND AFTER (METAL/HC/DEATH METAL-SOLO, INA) - WEREWOLF (METAL/HC/DEATH METAL-SOLO, INA) - KASWARI (MODERN METAL/HARDCORE-SOLO, INA)
SINISA TAMAMOVIC - LIMITLESS EP INCL ALEX BAU REMIX. 43 RECORDINGS, 12"
Check it on Decks Records: http://www.decks.de/t/sinisa_tamamovic-limitless/buh-1u
Check it on Juno Records: http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/375819-01.htm
strong minimal techno release with balls from sinisa tamamovic from bosnia. the way he creates atmospheres with only a few sounds, perfectly fitting breaks and unique soundmodelling show his outstanding talent, certainly a guy to watch. additionally alex bau delivers a remix, and well, what else could you expect as another sure floorshot from mr. techno. go grab this just as all the topjocks before...early plays: Alex Bau, Len Faki, Kai Kinkel...
heyy, ive been good you?... our exchange of words have been happening alot less often huh? another single yea? downloading it on the new ipod now i will be sure to give you my expert feedback lol
so when are you gonna name a song after me huh??? hahha
** new album ** Firnwald's knights of the diving school New album full of RetroFutureNauticElectronicaBreaks | free download from tonatom.net or from my myspace (94mb, 19tracks)
Just stopping by to say hi and give you some news. The award winning album 'Welcome To Murraysville' from Phil Murray and the Boys From Bury is available worldwide from CD Baby. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
HAULIN'ASS -- italian non-conventional HC since '99 -- NEW ALBUM OUT NOW & NEW TOUR DATES -- LET'S TAKE A TOUR ON OUR PAGE, will find some interesting shit!!! thanx 4 this space
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