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Santamonica


In 2001, when Joseph Saryuf returning home to Jakarta after studying in Hamburg, Germany, he decided to become a full-time musician and starting to compose songs for his own music project. Not long after that, Joseph met Anindita, a fashion editor and freelance illustrator, and decided to form a duo based on their similar taste in music and their love for analog sounds. In September 2005, Santamonica finally released their first EP titled ‘189’ to stamp their name in the local music scene and as a warm up prior to the release of the bands full-length album. The EP includes three songs Please Say Yes, Sought and Found, and Serenade of Yellow Park which has a more acoustic, warm feeling than the songs in their upcoming debut album. Other than the release of ‘189’ EP, they have played in many respectable gigs around Jakarta and Bandung, such as PL Fair, La Voila, and Indonesia’s biggest music festival Soundrenaline along with the country’s top bands and performers. From their inceptions, they have gathered fans both locally and overseas, thanks to their unique sound, dynamic live performance and exposures from websites like Myspace. They also took part in two compilation albums, Pop Shower (2003, Quince Records Japan) and Todays Of Yesterday (2005, Bad Sectors Records). Recently, Anindita also contributed in the latest album from shoegaze veterans Loveliescrushing which will be released sometime in 2007. After two years of waiting, Santamonica’s full-length deb...

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