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5.0 out of 5 stars
An amazing record!, April 15, 2006
This review is from: Rough Guide to the Music of Indonesia (Audio CD)
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This is simply an amazing record -- my favorite so far in the excellent Rough Guide World Music series. Featuring such sfnal Bruce Sterling moments as Sabah Habas Mustapha of the legendary 3 Mustaphas 3, a Balkan [Kosavar?] immigrant who had a massive Indonesian hit with "Denpassar Moon" (but had trouble getting paid); Sandii Suzuki, of mixed Japanese-Hawaiian ancestry and with a fine, flat, bare midriff, here singing a Malay song from north Sumatra; and Nasida Ria, an all-girl Islamic-pop (qasidah modern) band from central Java, who admonish us to have fun, but don't forget God. It's got a beat. You could dance to it.
Do try a few of the samples here, all prime examples of well-recorded, fairly-current Indo pop. Or try your library, which likely owns a copy. Don't miss this one. Ah, Surabaya!
Happy listening--
Peter D. Tillman
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