Trees & Wild

TREES & WILD

TREES & WILD 2014

Trees & Wild performing in Helsinki, Finland in September 2014
Background information
Also known as The Trees & The Wild, TTATW
Origin Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia
Genres Post-rock,[1][2] Folk,[3] Ambient,[3] Experimental[4]
Years active 2005 (2005)–present
Website thetreesandthewild.com
Members Remedy Waloni
Andra Kurniawan
Charita Utami
Hertri Nur Pamungkas
Tyo Prasetya

Trees & Wild (often stylized as TREES & WILD) is an Indonesian band, formed in Bekasi, West Java in 2005, and currently based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The band is known for it's musical blend of ambient, post-rock and folk, underpinned with pop elements with distinctly Indonesian identity.[3][4]

History

Trees & Wild emerged in 2005 as a home-recording project by Remedy Waloni. In this period, with help from university classmates, which included high school friend Andra Kurniawan, he recorded and posted a number of tracks on Myspace. With Andra Kurniawan they later developed the initial tracks written by Remedy and the first incarnation of the band was born.[5] Local independent label Lil'Fish Records discovered Trees & Wild on Myspace in 2008 [1] and recorded those demos the following year, which became an album called Rasuk. During this early period, guitarist Iga Massardi joined the band in 2007 and then left in 2011 to join Soulvibe. In 2010 drummer Hertri Nur Pamungkas joined the group. Soon after, bassist Tyo Prasetya and singer Charita Utami joined the group, completing the line-up.[6]

The band started touring Indonesia in Java and Sulawesi around 2009-2011. And in between, they toured the neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Singapore, including five performances at The Esplanade’s annual Mosaic Music Festival in 2011 and Baybeats Festival in 2012.[7] In 2011, TIME Magazine called the Jakarta-based the must see Asian band of 2011.[1]

In 2012 the band performed at the Urbanscapes Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany[8] and the Monsters of Pop Festival in Tampere, Finland along with shows in Helsinki and Tallinn, Estonia.[6] During this European tour the band released a limited EP entitled Tuah/Sebak.[6]

At the end of 2012, the band was featured on Vincent Moon's La Blogotheque Take Away Shows, it was filmed during his South-East Asian trip.[9]

2014 saw the band opening for Deerhoof in Singapore.[10] The band also performed at Niubi Festival in Helsinki, Finland alongside Bo Ningen, Siinai and Tulegur Gangzi.[11]

Discography

EPs

Albums

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Eastern Promise". Time Inc. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Playlist Series - The Trees & The Wild". Music Weekly Asia. Music Services Asia Pte Ltd. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Trees and the Wild Hope You’ll Question Their Sounds". MTV Iggy. Viacom. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Revisting The Trees & The Wild". Music Weekly Asia. Music Services Asia Pte Ltd. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Interview with Remedy Waloni". EARS. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 "The Trees & The Wild: Europe is Their Playground". The Jakarta Post. PT. Niskala Media Tenggara. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "BAYBEATS 2012: THE REPORT". BANDWAGON PTE LTD. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "The Trees & The Wild". Reeperbahn Festival. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "Vous savez pourquoi vous vous appelez the Trees and the Wild?". La Blogothèque. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "Tropic Thunder : The Trees and The Wild + Deerhoof Live in Singapore". BANDWAGON PTE LTD. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "theartsdesk in Helsinki: Niubi Festival". The Arts Desk Ltd. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

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