Ismail Marzuki, Tropical Sound Group, Maladi, Guruh Gipsy, Tuty Daulay, The Rollies, Max Ticoalu, Antonio Carlos Jobim,The Mamas & The Papas, Margie Segers & Jack Lesmana Combo, Bandempo, The Free Design, Spangky & Our Gang, The Walker Brothers, Pizzicato Five.
Sounds Like
Watching old fantastic movies with dazzling soundtracks
A SMALL BAND THAT INFLUENCED BY INDONESIAN MOVIES SOUNDTRACK FROM THE 70’S AND INSPIRED BY ACOUSTIC SPIRIT OF 1930'S CLASSIC JAZZ MUSICIANS. UPDATED WITH CLASSIC STRINGS ARRANGEMENTS, RETRO DISCO BEAT, EASY LISTENING ACOUSTIC BALLADS, AND SOME TUNES FROM VINTAGE KEYBOARD TOYS THAT MADE IN 1970’S.
White Shoes & The Couples Company ARE:
Miss Sari ..................... VOCAL, FINGER SNAPS
Mr. Rio ...................... ACCOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCAL
Mr. Saleh .................... ELECTRIC GUITAR, VOCAL
Mr. Ricky .................... KONTRA BASS, CELLO, BASS, VOCAL
Mrs. Mela ................... PIANO, VIOLA, KEYBOARDS, VOCAL
Mr. John ..................... DRUMS, VIBES
FORMED
In August 2002, in an art institute at Cikini, central Jakarta, two lover from the fine art faculty Rio & Sari decided to form a band together with their fellow in the faculty named Saleh. This was the first formation of White Shoes & The Couples Company, which features Sari in vocal & violin, Rio on rhythm guitar and Saleh on melody guitar. The three of them made their first debut in this formation in a college event. However, the trio formation diverged from their original plan where actually Sari and Rio had keenly asked a married couple from the music faculty to join the band the couples was Ricky Surya Virgana & Mela Virgana. Yet the couple was hard to meet since they were busy lecturing and covering for orchestras. Several months later, the couple join White Shoes & The Couples Company with Ricky on Bass and cello and Mela on viola, keyboards and piano.
SONGS
The first song of White Shoes & The Couples Company was “Runaway Song” written by Sari & Rio. The next one was “Windu & Defrina”, followed by “Sunday Memory Lane” and “Nothing To Fear”.
THE MANAGER
The Band’s acquaintance with it’s current manager Indra Ameng was another story. Indra Ameng was then already a well-known manager. Previously he was the manager of an old famous band in the 1990’s called Rumahsakit. Nevertheless, White Shoes & The Couples Company and Indra Ameng did not meet in the world of music, but the world of visual art. This was because Indra Ameng happened to be a visual artist and a program coordinator in an artist' initiative space in Jakarta, called ruangrupa.
THE DRUMMER
At the beginning, White Shoes & The Couples Company did not have a drummer. Thus, Ricky initiated to ask a friend at his faculty namely John Navid a.k.a Lau Kun Sin for position of additional drummer to play in one event at the BB's Bar. How ever, as the time goes by and according to necessities, John eventually became a permanent drummer in 2004. Thus, the final formation of White Shoes & The Couples Company was set up.
THE ALBUM
White Shoes & The Couples Company recorded their debut album comprising 11 songs under Aksara Records, an indie records label that based in Jakarta. On August 2005, this album was launched by Aksara Records and distributed by Universal Music Indonesia in Indonesia. The album has sold over 15,000 copies, and it’s a major step for an indie band.
www.aksararecords.com
In the same year, White Shoes & The Couples Company has contributed one song in Original Movie Soundtrack “Janji Joni” produced by Kalyana Shira Films. The movie was a big hit in Indonesian Cinemas, and also the single from the band, titled “Senandung Maaf”, becoming a high rotation in every radio in Indonesia. Following this success, in 2006, White Shoes & The Couples Company join another production from Kalyana Shira Films in a movie “Berbagi Suami”. The band recorded two songs for this movie soundtrack.
www.kalyanashirafilms.com
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MAILING LIST
We have our own mailing list now. Created by Nn. Sari. So, if anyone like to join White Shoes & The Couples Company mailing list, you all are welcome. To join the mailing list, just send an email to: whiteshoesandthecouplescompany-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
FRESH NEWS!
White Shoes & The Couples Company has just signed up with Minty Fresh Records, an indie records label that based in Chicago, USA.
Minty Fresh will be released White Shoes & The Couples Company's first album
on September 2007 and distributed the album to the US, Mexico, Canada, Australia and Japan.
We are honoured to be the part of Minty Fresh, and to be in the same label with other great artists that already there, such as: Veruca Salt, Liz Phair, The Cardigans, The Poems, Ivy, The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, Prototypes, Papas Fritas, Bettie Seervert, Kahimi Karie, TAHITI 80, etc.
Check out:
www.mintyfresh.com
AWARDS
“The 25 Most Crushworthy Bands of 2006” by All Music.com
http://www.allmusic.com/
http://wc09.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=61::6
The Best Indie Band in Indonesia in 2006 by HAI magazine (Indonesia)
Based on HAI magazine readers polling
“The 25 Best Bands on MySpace in 2007” by rollingstone.com
“Most Blog Worthy Band on The Planet”
awarded by Yahoo! Music :highest honor of 2007 http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/;_ylt=ArHVchiNqMas_GboZs7GVgfzvSUv
No. 91 in TOP 100 Albums in 2007 by Yahoo! Music
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/yradish/1127/the-best-albums-of-2007-91-to-100
No.84 in The Best 150 Indonesian Albums all the time by Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine (December 2007 Issue)
NEW MERCHANDISE!
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THANK YOU.
Contact
Mr. Indra Ameng
(Personal Manager)
+62 818 817548
indra.ameng@gmail.com
whiteshoesandthecouplescompany@yahoo.co.uk
www.myspace.com/whiteshoesandthecouplescompany
www.whiteshoesandthecouplescompany.org
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INDONESIA
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hey! i really like ur band! i think its very unique and different! congratulations for making it this far. =) semoga sukses yaa..! Cheers from australia. =)
