Jakarta Soul Urban soldiers Boogiemen are a good exampleof how Hiphop can be rich, groovy and soulful. It's an urban feel that combines a grown man's taste with wilder word play with a deep bass line. The flow is good on 'Can't Be Better Than This', which could be described as like hearing 90's rap, Maliq & D'essentials pop jazz and Erykah Badu combined. A few other songs on the album fit the bill for a boogie night or two with drinks in hand.
Derived from a bond of friendship and the similarities of music reference, on August 27th 2006 Dana a.k.a. Kyriz (Rap/Beatbox), Theo a.k.a. Tuff Gong (Vocal, Synth Bass, Guitar), dan Iyay a.k.a. Thriller (Bagpipe/Backing Vocal), agreed on forming a Hip Hop based concept which they finally call Boogiemen. Their career started with performances and/or gigs on campus events as well as various popular hangouts in Bandung.
Boogiemens unique concept of music was able to attract the attention of the Indonesian crowd and listeners as well as many Indonesian music industry insiders. Thus in a relatively short period of time, Boogiemen was able to expand its music horizon to events such as: Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival, Soulnation Festival, Sunburst Music Festival in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, Urban Jazz Crossover, Maliq & DEssentials sophmore album (Free Your Mind), Soulvibes premiere album (Soulvibe) and so on. Early 2008, Boogiemen took a chance on making an even deeper move into the Indonesian music industry.
Under the label Organic Records and Widi Puradiredja as a producer, the album NU SON TO SHINE with its 1st single entitled Last Call was released in mid-2009 and is ready to please music listeners all over Indonesia. Hip Hop, RnB, Soul, Jazz, Funk, Pop, Rock, and many other music influences became the energy which unites Boogiemens music to the Organic Sound. And so, although deriving from Hip Hop as the core and biggest influence, to simply call Boogiemens music a Hip Hop album would not do justice to represent the crossover music synergy found in it. So guys, listen to the album. Its time for NU SON TO SHINE!
Derived from a bond of friendship and the similarities of music reference, on August 27th 2006 Dana a.k.a. Kyriz (Rap/Beatbox), Theo a.k.a. Tuff Gong (Vocal, Synth Bass, Guitar), dan Iyay a.k.a. Thriller (Bagpipe/Backing Vocal), agreed on forming a Hip Hop based concept which they finally call Boogiemen. Their career started with performances and/or gigs on campus events as well as various popular hangouts in Bandung.
Boogiemens unique concept of music was able to attract the attention of the Indonesian crowd and listeners as well as many Indonesian music industry insiders. Thus in a relatively short period of time, Boogiemen was able to expand its music horizon to events such as: Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival, Soulnation Festival, Sunburst Music Festival in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, Urban Jazz Crossover, Maliq & DEssentials sophmore album (Free Your Mind), Soulvibes premiere album (Soulvibe) and so on. Early 2008, Boogiemen took a chance on making an even deeper move into the Indonesian music industry.
Under the label Organic Records and Widi Puradiredja as a producer, the album NU SON TO SHINE with its 1st single entitled Last Call was released in mid-2009 and is ready to please music listeners all over Indonesia. Hip Hop, RnB, Soul, Jazz, Funk, Pop, Rock, and many other music influences became the energy which unites Boogiemens music to the Organic Sound. And so, although deriving from Hip Hop as the core and biggest influence, to simply call Boogiemens music a Hip Hop album would not do justice to represent the crossover music synergy found in it. So guys, listen to the album. Its time for NU SON TO SHINE!
