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| Bobby Turbidity and Daniel Turbidity. |
Our
interview with Daniel and Wisnar, Flower City Death Fest
Date: Tuesday, 14 May
2019.
Translation: By Teguh
Prasetyo.
Venue: Putra from
Lumpur’s café, Bandung.
Teguh
Prasetyo (Interfectorment / Digging Up): What is the reason why you picked the
name?
Daniel:
First, Butche called me; he held a lot of evets before such as Grinding Fest, Thrash Fest, and Thrash
Hangover. He asked me, he said: DM is quite popular but why is there no
event held by the scene, not by vendors or by merchandisers, e.g. Groupies.
Butche asked me why I don’t make a movement from the scene. We want a name with
no ownership; everyone can use it and it is free. At first, we were thinking of
the name Paris Van Java but it is too fashionable a label. The other name for
Bandung is Flower City so we make it Flower City. I start to make a new
community for the younger bands; it is not just one event, it is about making a
community.
Kieran
James: Is it connected to the radio show at Kabel Hadan?
Daniel;
I let the younger generation of bands to continue to do the Flower City event.
Now Popo and I focus on the radio show. I am promoting Flower City Death Fest from another way.
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| Teguh Prasetyo, Kieran James, Agung Prasetia. |
KJ:
Who are the main people involved in Flower City Death Fest now?
Daniel:
Everyone is involved. This is not only an event but also a community so
everyone is helping each other to make us grow. Anyone can join. There is a
sharing session in the community to discuss ideas and review CDs. The radio
show is doing the same. The Death Fest programme is to be a media for the DM
community.
KJ:
What do Jasad and Burgerkill think about Flower City Death Fest?
Daniel:
I don’t know about that, I never ask. I think they still support us, as long as
it is a community activity. It is always open for every band even the big
names. They are part of the community; they inspire us to make this movement.
It was started by the older generation. If the time comes for us to stop there
will be a new generation to carry on the torch of the scene. We are not blaming
the older generation as they come from a different time. It really depends upon
us, the younger guys, to make the scene continue to exist. It will be passed on
to another generation; the flame will go on and on. In the future, we may stop
but the scene will continue to grow. That is the purpose for the scene.
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| TURBIDITY 2018: Daniel, Ferry, Iko, Bobby. |
KJ:
Will you consider letting the bands from other cities play?
Daniel:
We are open about bands from other cities. At the first Flower City, there was
a band from Bali – Kaligula. But,
because this is a community event, and non-profit-based event, the spots for
band playing are limited; a lot of the bands from other cities want to play but
we must be hard in terms of who will play. There are so many bands but only a
few spots. The formula is 60% new bands and 40% the older bands. The slogan is:
Death Metal Reborn.
KJ:
Is the festival only for DM bands? What about BM bands?
Daniel:
In the future maybe there will be a room for other genres to play. The main
focus is not only about the music but to help shape attitudes and develop
concepts within the music scene. The aim is to create a strong mentality.
Teguh:
Are Lembang bands welcome? (Joking...)
Daniel:
In Lembang, let’s say Interfectorment, Teguh also plays with Digging Up and
Agung with Demons Damn. At the next event, Digging Up and Demons Damn will play
so the players should focus on those bands. I’m not being a part of the
organizers too much, I will let the younger guys do it: Wisnar (Pourriture /
Antithesis guitarist); Daday (Fedora vocalist); and Ermes (Fedora drummer), all
aged 20s.
Teguh:
I want to ask about the concept for the next Flower City Death Fest.
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| Bobby, Daniel, Kieran, Agung, Teguh, May 2018. |
Wisnar
(Pourriture guitarist): The concept is basically still the same. But we already
learnt so much from the first event. We intend to make this festival annually
but also we will make smaller gigs every few months. We make co-operation with
other communities – Thrash Hangover
and Bandung Grindfest; the event is
called Triple Massacre.
Daniel:
At first I thought there was not much young generation after us. But it turned
out that there are new bands coming up. We are aiming to promote the new bands
such as: 1 Flame of Hate (Daniel became the arranger for the promo); 2 Heugard;
and 3 Betrayal Crimson.
KJ:
There must be a lot of young bands out there who are not connected.
Daniel:
We are becoming a community; we made an online invitation to all bands who want
to join. It is impossible to check all bands. We are very open and we are
waiting. But we don’t need too many people to join, only the people who are
really interested in and committed to Flower
City.
KJ:
Message for the supporters?
Wisnar:
Love the music from the mind and the heart, not from the prestige.
Ermes
(Fedora drummer): Don’t stop working and playing Death Metal. For the new bands
never give up.
Daday
(Fedora vocalist): Basically the same thing as Ermes.
*****THE
END*****
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