YUSNIA & HAMDAN A.T.T. - BIAR KU DIHINA

Here's a dangdut cassette from Yusnia and Hamdan A.T.T. .... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

CHARLIE BYRD - LATIN IMPRESSIONS

Here's Charlie Byrd's 1962 album Latin Impressions.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

INDRARARAS GROUP - BONDHAN TANI

Here's a gending cassette from the Indrararas Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

DARSO - MARKONAH

Here's a pop Sunda cassette from Darso.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

BEDA KOMALA - DISCO GAMBUS REBANA

Here's aq disco gambus rebana cassette from Beda Komala.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

LAMPUNG JAYA GROUP - ANAK MODOW

Here's a cassette from the Lampung Jaya Group with Cikdin Syahri SM., Rosmaladewi Hasan and Erna Julita.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

BUD SHANK & CHET BAKER - MICHELLE

Here's an album from jazz legends Bud Shank and Chet Baker playing pop songs.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

RHOMA IRAMA, LATA MANGESHKAR & RIZA UMAMI

Here's a dangdut cassette from Rhoma Irama and Riza Umami and he has non other than Lata Mangeshkar singing two songs on this one, in Bahasa Indonesia.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ICAH SUMINAR & ASMIN GROUP - BULAN NYAKSIAN

Here's a great jaipong cassette from Acih Suminar with the Asmin Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

CUCU KARDIAH - SAHA ANJEUN

Here's a fantastic kliningan cassette from Cucu Kardiah.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

HERLINA EFFENDI & ORKES MELAYU KELANA - SELEBOR

Here's a dangdut cassette from Herlina Effendi with Orkes Melayu Kelana, only the song titles of the A side are given, bit weird.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

B L A C K F U N K Y S T A R S V O L 2

And why not, here's a bunch of funk bangers.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

RATNA HAYANI, SURYANA KESUMA, NAZARUDDIN & EFFENDY ARIEF GROUP - LAGU2 PILIHAN 1982 MELAYU DELI

Here's a Melayu Deli cassette from Ratna Hayani, Suryana Kesuma and Nazaruddin with the Effendy Arief Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

TINTIN S. - NYI KENOH

Here's a pop Sunda cassette from Tintin S. ..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

KELUARGA KARAWITAN STUDIO R.R.I. SURAKARTA - LOGONDANG

Here's a gending cassette from the Keluarga Karawitan Studio R.R.I. Surakarta.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

EMILIA AGUS, HENA & KELIEK SANHAD - POP INDONESIA KALIMANTAN

Here's a bit of pop music from Kalimantan.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MEGGY Z & ORKES MELAYU BANGLADESH - DANG DOET THE BEATLES

Here's a cassette from Meggy Z with Orkes Melayu Bangladesh, dangdut versions of songs from The Beatles in bahasa Indonesia.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

TAJUDIN NIRWAN, TATY WENDA HARTATY & PRALAGAM GROUP - WARUNG POJOK

Here's a kawih Sunda cassette from Tajudin Nirwan and Taty Wenda Hartaty with the Pralagam Group..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ROY ACUFF AND HIS SMOKY MOUNTAIN BOYS - SONGS OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN

When I think of the Smoky Mountains, I can't help it. I think about Jim Cornette and his Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotion and how great they were, the place where one of the greatest, craziest and most heat causing interviews of all times was given.... Police had to come and get these guys out of the backdoor because folks was in the front waiting to lynch them after that interview. For real :) These days, I don't watch wrestling all that much anymore but I still watch/listen to Cornette all the time :) But anyway.... Here's some ol' country & western music from the Smoky Mountains, Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

THE MAGIC OF SARAH VAUGHAN

Here's an album from the geeat Sarah Vaughan.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ALOYSIUS & TEDDY PIET - REGGAE INDONESIA

Here's an incredibly cheesy cassette from Aloysius (organ) and Teddy Piet (guitar) playing "Indonesian reggae" songs.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

RIRIS RARAS IRAMA GROUP - JATIKONDANG

Here's a gending cassette from the Riris Raras Irama Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MAMAH DASIMAH, DIDIN S. BADJURI & SASAKA DOMAS GROUP - KEMBANG KATRESNA

Here's a kecapi kawih cassette from Mamah Dasimah and Didin S. Badjuri with the Sasaka Domas Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

LUIZ BONFA - BOSSA NOVA

Lovely album from Luiz Bonfa with Lalo Schifrin and Oscar Castro Neves and this one came out in 1962.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ITOH MASYITOH & CAHAYA GEMILANG - TOS TEU KIAT

Here's a great jaipong cassette from Itoh Masyitoh with the Cahaya Gemilang Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

IMAS MASITOH - KEMBANG SOCA

Here's a fantastic jaipong cassette from Itoh Masyitoh, she was still using the name Imas Masitoh on this one.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MADROTTER GAMBUS & QASIDAH MIX

Well, I made another mix for the Radio Is A Foreign Country site, a gambus/qasidah mix this time and you can listen to it here: https://soundcloud.com/radioisaforeigncountry/gambus-and-qasidah-records-riafc081?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1&utm_campaign=social_sharing&utm_medium=text&utm_source=clipboard Enjoy!

ITOH MASYITOH & KARAWANG GROUP - ULAH DI-CABAK2

Great jaipong cassette from Itoh Masyitoh with the Karawang Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ITOH MASYITOH & SAMPURNA GROUP - NGIMPI

Fantastic jaipong cassette from Itoh Masyitoh with the Sampurna Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ITOH MASYITOH & RINEKA SWARA GROUP - NAON MARGINA

Great jaipong cassette from Itoh Masyitoh with the Rineka Swara Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ITOH MASYITOH & RINEKA GAYA GROUP - DUWIT & PULUS

Excellent jaipong cassette from Itoh Masyitoh with the Rineka Gaya Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

EUIS BANOWATI & SURYANA GROUP - KULUYANG KOLOYONG

Here's a degung cassette from Euis Banowati with Ujang Suryana and his Suryana Group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

POP JAMBI - SAMO SEKATO

Here's a bit of pop music from Jambi in Sumatera.... Doesn't say anywhere who the artists are on the cassette.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MARGIE SEGERS - JAZZ VOCAL INDONESIA VOL. 2

Here's a jazz-pop cassette from Margie Segers, music by Ireng Maulana..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ORKES MELAYU RADESA - LING LUNG

Here's a cassette from Mansyur S. and his Orkes Melayu Radesa accompanied on the A side by Magdalena and by Djuhana Sattar on the B side.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

SINGO LODOYO GROUP - SAMPAK PONORAGAN

Here's a reog Ponorogo cassette from the Singo Lodoyo Group, trance dancing music.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

BEDA KOMALA & ORKES MELAYU DIANA / ORKES MELAYU SAVIRA - RAJ KUMAR

Here's a dangdut cassette, Beda Komala with Orkes Melayu Diana on the A side and Orkes Melayu Savira with Fenny, Misnawati, T. Risan and Omasyih on the B side.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

TRI WIDIARTI - DANGDUT JAIPONG GEAL GEOL

Here's a dangdut jaipong cassette from Tri Widiarti..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Where to even start with this..... I found these photographs at a second hand market here in Bandung a few weeks ago. Being a bit of a history buff I knew these were somehow special. Truly terrible, but special. I've been thinking about posting these on my blog here or not. The last thing I want to do is maybe making some visitors relive old trauma, open up old wounds or making people angry, I apologize if that would happen.... I send them to somebody in Holland who runs a website about colonial Indonesia in Holland. He posted them there and a heated discussion ensued there (in Dutch) in the comment section. I was hoping to get some answers about what actually happened in these horrible pictures. You can read all that here, but again, it's all in Dutch: https://javapost.nl/2022/02/21/tempo-doeloe-voorbij/#more-17804 Many possibilities were discussed there but I did not get a clear answer, so I decided to post them here, on my blog, who knows, maybe this way I will get some answers.... Right now there is a big exposition in the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam called Revolusi and it's all about the time when Indonesia was fighting for it's freedom, to free itself from Dutch colonialism and it kicked up quite some dust, one of the conservators, an Indonesian person, refused to use the word "Bersiap" saying it was a rascist term which provoked a lot of old soldiers in Holland who were fighting in Indonesia in those years, a lot of anger from those that survived the Bersiap period and/or lost family members and friends during that time.... The Bersiap period was a truly horrible period, roughly from 1945 till 1946.... You can read all about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersiap Then there was also the Dutch movie De Oost (The East) about Raymond Westerling that kicked up quite some dust too in 2020 and still does.... So, right now all of this is a very hot topic in Holland. The Minister-president of Holland, Rutten, actually apologized a few weeks ago for the first time, saying that the Dutch side was all wrong and the Indonesian side all in the right during those crazy years of the fight against Dutch colonialism. Anyway, back to these (original) photographs.... It's unclear by who they were taken. Unclear where they were taken and also when they were taken.... You can see Dutch military personal and in the first photograph we see a (probably) white (probably) civilian holding what seems to be some sort of weapon and holding up the head of a murdered Indonesian person.... Were these people murdered by Dutch soldiers? Were they murdered by the Pemuda's (Indonesian revolutionairy fighters)? That would very often happen, they, the Pemuda's, would murder Indonesian civilians suspected of collaborating with the Dutch and they would then often lay out the bodies on the road as a warning to others.... The Dutch side also committed many, many atrocities, many of which are only coming to light in the last few years and there was a lot of in-fighting between different Indonesian groups..... They were very confusing times where lots of terrible things happened.... It seems there's just no way to make sense of these photographs.....