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DISCOGRAPHY
Modern Balinese music is hard to find outside Indonesia, but within Bali the best sources
are major
record-store
chains such as Disc Tarra, local music shops and
distros
. The fol-
lowing are popular albums from major local artists.
PUNK ROCK/ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Discotion Pill
Amphetamine
(Balinesia; lyrics mostly in English)
The Hydrant
Bali Bandidos
(Balinesia; a few lyrics in English)
Lolot
Pejalan Idup
(Balibali)
Nanoe Biroe
M3tamorforia
(Balibali)
Painful by Kisses
The Curse of…
(Balinesia; some lyrics in English)
Superman Is Dead
Sunset di Tanah Anarki
(Sony Music Indonesia)
GRUNGE/METAL
Navicula
Salto
(Balinesia; some lyrics in English)
Parau
Somatoform
(Balinesia; a few lyrics in English)
JAZZ/WORLD MUSIC
Ayu Laksmi
Svara Semesta
(Balinesia; some lyrics in English)
Riwin
My Sexy Life
(Balinesia; a few lyrics in English)
REGGAE
Joni Agung & Double T
Melalung
(Balibali)
HIP-HOP
[XXX]
Sangut Delem
(Balibali)
POP
Dek Ulik
Rindu Ngantosang Janji
(Balibali)
Balinesia
Balinesia
emerged in the mid-1980s with rock bands that favoured covers and drew large
crowds. To be an AC/DC wannabe, to cover Gary Moore's songs, to shred guitar as fast as
Rainbow's Ritchie Blackmore, was considered ultracool.
But the Balinesia breakthrough came in 2003 when the first big Balinese band, punk-rock-
styled
Superman Is Dead (SID)
, released their debut album,
Kuta Rock City
, with a major
label, Sony Music Indonesia. They were the first Balinese band to make it big outside Bali
and the first to record mostly in English (with about thirty percent of their songs in Indonesi-
an). Having toured Australia, and participated in the legendary Warped Tour around the USA
in 2009, they went on to break into the US Billboard chart.
