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Summer In The City
A month left of summer, and Rully has been keeping busy filling in on bass for GORO. They had a great show Saturday night at Port 41 in Manhattan with The Donner Party, Vesperal Vanguard, and No Remission; thanks to everyone who came out to support. In other news, our friends from L.A., fellow Indonesian [...]
What I Did On My Summer Vacation
Suaka would like to congratulate Indonesian grindcore pioneers and our good friends NOXA on a successful Czech Republic tour. Unfortunately we weren’t able to make their first show in Budovice, but we met up with them the next evening at Rock Club Kain in Prague’s Zone 3. Six grind bands were playing that night – [...]
Crazy Night!
Belated thanks to everyone who came out on April 18 and helped make the UNIFY release party awesome. If you missed it, you missed great sets from Goro, Lilac, Uzuhi, and of course Suaka. You also missed Rully doing Loudness classic “Crazy Nights” with Goro; Johnny’s stage antics; Goro’s guest vocals on “Dethforestation”; and a [...]
Exciting News
We have two exciting announcements for you today. First, it is our great honor and pleasure to introduce you to Suaka’s new drummer, John Meredith. John is a very talented musician with lots of experience touring and recording with bands including I Farm, Someday i, and most recently GSD. He comes from more of a [...]
Happy New Year and Condolences
Hello guys, first of all we would like to say happy new year. Sadly this month started on a bad note. We lost our beloved friend, Robin Hutagaol from indogrindcore band NOXA ( R.I.P ). He was the most active drummer in the metal scene worldwide. Recently NOXA played at a European festival in 2008. [...]
Gamelan and other Indoor Sports
Mr. Rully very kindly took time out of his busy schedule on Saturday evening to accompany me to the fall concert of Gamelan Dharma Swara at the Indonesian Consulate. What a treat! I had heard various gamelan ensembles on CD, but it’s a whole different experience live – I actually got goosebumps as the first [...]
Updates from Suaka
Summer is here again. We have been working with our new drummer Daisuke. So far is working out good. Just letting new ideas flow. However, due to increasing rent, Stonedeaf’s bosses Gun & Kiki decided to find a new studio. They found it somewhere in Bushwick Brooklyn. The building is used to be beer brewery [...]