18/03/2010
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bands:
Lull, We Only Said, African Air Conditioner, Angsa dan Serigala, Museum of Modern Art, Lost Pilots, Sajama Cut

MELLON THE DIGITAL SET #2: SLICER!

"Save It In Your Computer, Disks, Laptop, Ipod, Cellphone or Anything Then Share It To Everyone! We Are Live In a Digital World, Right?"

MTDS #2: SLICER! cover

Mellon The Digital Set adalah sebuah usaha kecil dan sederhana untuk mengumpulkan, saling berbagi, dan mendokumentasikan karya-karya menawan yang berserakan disekitar kita, baik berupa lagu, karya grafis maupun lainnya. Kesemuanya terkumpul dalam format digital dan disebarkan secara bebas keseluruh dunia melalui www.mellonzine.com

Setelah Mellon The Digital Set (MTDS) seri pertama dengan judul SEQUEL! telah dirilis pada Agustus 2009, kali ini seri kedua dirilis kembali di www.mellonzine.com mengusung judul SLICER!. SLICER! masih meneruskan semangat MTDS untuk mengumpulkan, berbagi dan mendokumentasikan karya-karya hebat yang bertebaran disekitar kita. Karena setiap apapun yang kedua akan otomatis membelah sesuatu menjadi dua bagian, maka MTDS kali ini disebut SLICER! Karena dengan munculnya SLICER! maka membuat ada MTDS #1 dan MTDS #2, as shitty simple as that.

SLICER! mengumpulkan band/musisi dari berbagai kota dan (kali ini) 3 negara, yaitu: Lull (Jakarta-Surabaya, Indonesia), African Air Conditioner (Surabaya), Angsa dan Serigala (Bandung), Museum of Modern Art (Bandung), Sajama Cut (Jakarta), We Only Said (Perancis) dan Lost Pilots (Swiss) yang tampil dengan masing-masing jenis musiknya. Indie rock (Lull, African Air Conditioner), Baroque Pop/Folk Pop (Angsa dan Serigala), Subdued Post Rock (We Only Said), Freaky Psychedelic Techno (Lost Pilots) dan Instrumental Post Rock (Sajama Cut).

Silahkan download kompilasi digital Mellon The Digital Set #2: SLICER! save dalam komputer, disks, laptop, ipod, handphone atau apapun dan bagikan ke teman temanmu. We are live in a digital world, right? (Jay)

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Mellon The Digital Set is a small and simple effort to collecting, sharing and documenting artworks, songs, pictorials, photos and many more that scattered around us. It's digitally formatted packed in a single archive file and shared freely across the globe through the internet via www.mellonzine.com

After the first Mellon The Digital Set (MTDS) entitled SEQUEL! been released on August 2009, now the second set released again on www.mellonzine.com with its title: SLICER!. SLICER! keep the MTDS's spirit to collecting, sharing and documenting great art-related works done around us. Because everything came up secondly is about to slice the thing into two pieces, so this MTDS called SLICER!. Because the appear of SLICER! made MTDS #1 together with MTDS #2, as shitty simple as that.

SLICER! collecting band/musician across towns and (this time) 3 countries, whereas: Lull (Jakarta-Surabaya, Indonesia), African Air Conditioner (Surabaya, Indonesia), Angsa dan Serigala (Bandung, Indonesia), Museum of Modern Art (Bandung, Indonesia), Sajama Cut (Jakarta, Indonesia), We Only Said (France) and Lost Pilots (Switzerland) appear with its own music character. Indie Rock (Lull, African Air Conditioner), Baroque Pop/Folk Pop (Angsa & Serigala), Subdued Post Rock (We Only Said), Freaky Psychedelic Techno (Lost pilots), Museum of Modern Art (Techno-cover version) and Instrumental Post Rock (Sajama Cut).

You are more than welcome to download this digital compilation, Mellon The Digital Set #2: SLICER! save it in your computer, disks, laptop, ipod, cellphone or anything then share it to everyone! We are live in a digital world, right? (Jay)

Send me love and correspondence with me at my email here: jay@mellonzine.com

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DOWNLOAD LINK!
Click here to DOWNLOAD complete release of MTDS #2
(RECOMMENDED!)

MTDS #2 content:
Release Sheets, click here to download

Song tracks:
click to download per track
01. Lull - Solely Motion
02. We Only Said - Get Out Freakie
03. African Air Conditioner - Start
04. Angsa & Serigala - Manusia
05. Museum of Modern Art - The Dress Looks Nice On You (Sufjan Stefens Cover)
06. Lost Pilots - Very Very Dark
07. Sajama Cut - Ruzted Skullz, 1927

Short Description:
Lull is an indie rock act, raw, psychedelic and a bit grunge on multi-layered guitar overdrive. We Only Said plays subdued post-rock with great song arranging and tickling drum beat. African Air Conditioner play a fine Indie Rock/alternative with rather dark soundscape. Angsa dan Serigala simply baroque pop just like Arcade Fire plays Beirut. Lost Pilots is really lost on their tune as a freaky horror psychedelic electronic tune. Museum of Modern Art is covering Sufjan Stevens in such their techno-freakiejazz-tune way. Sajama Cut plays unusually instrumental, experimental post rock with long duration in Ruzted Skullz, 1927, usually they are quite dynamic finest indie rock.


*Released by www.mellonzine.com
*The digital set compiled and produced by Jay
*Creative Commons licensed
*Download page powered by the Internet Archive
*Embeded playlist powered by Fairtilizer!


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MTDS #2: SLICER! is near to finish!

somehow you can listen the digital compilation in below playlist!

Good day fellas.

It's been interesting weeks since i'm on my way to work again in MTDS project. Please refer to MTDS pages here to know more about MTDS. This is the second MTDS to finish, after its first showing 6 great bands including Hi Mom!, The Morning After, Vox, Hairdresser On Fire, Friday and Shorthand Phonetics. The second one, (unofficial title is: "SLICER!") will consist of 7 bands coming from Indonesia, Switzerland and France!

The collecting, documenting and sharing effort are getting more exciting as there are bands from different side of the globe. There will be Lost Pilots (Switzerland) and We Only Said (France). Those two bands i found differently unique and producing great sounds. While the Indonesian band also a really really great band, i personally appreciate they work so much. African Air Conditioner, Lull, Sajama Cut, Angsa & Serigala and Museum of Modern Art are lining up as Indonesian bands.

Now i am getting to finish the uploading process while also working on the MTDS's release sheets. There will be like the #1: SEQUEL! I will publish the compilation digitally using the Internet Archive, so you can download it as one single archive file (.RAR) and i will provide the audio streaming using my Fairtilizer account, so there will be embeded playlist on the web. So i guess, thanks to Internet Archive and Fairtilizer :)

Well, the MTDS project will not stop here. I will still collecting songs or any art-related work that could be shared digitally. So, if you think you could provide art-related work of yours, contact me on my mail at jay@mellonzine.com maybe i could line you up on MTDS #3 or #4 or #5 etc. Let's work on what we can do together. Hey bands out there, got any records? I'll document your songs in MTDS if you allowed me to do so. Let's get in touch :)

Have greeaaattt days fellas.

Regards,
Jay

29/08/2009
Proudly brought to you, a small and simple effort to collecting, sharing and documenting. 

Mellon The Digital Set #1: SEQUEL!

"As, “we'll see the raise of the dead in the sequel of this story”. That's the very common plot!"

cover art

Mellon The Digital Set adalah sebuah usaha kecil dan sederhana untuk mengumpulkan, saling berbagi, dan mendokumentasikan karya-karya menawan yang berserakan disekitar kita, baik berupa lagu, karya grafis maupun lainnya. Kesemuanya terkumpul dalam format digital dan disebarkan secara bebas keseluruh dunia melalui www.mellonzine.com

Dan seri pertama dari Mellon The Digital Set ini berjudul SEQUEL!. Setelah beberapa bulan yang lalu Mellon Zine sempat mengalami kevakuman tak pasti, dan oleh penulisnya (Jay) dideklarasikan secara sinis sebagai telah mati. Maka sang penulis merasa lucu jika mengasosiasikan "mati"nya Mellon Zine kedalam kontekstual horror. Bahwa sesungguhnya penulisnya ingin membangkitkan kembali Mellon Zine, dan konsep-konsep hidup kembali, kebangkitan yang telah mati, zombie atau hantu seringali ditemui dalam konsep horror. Jadi, tendensi "SEQUEL" sebagai bangkitnya sesuatu yang telah mati secara murahan ada pada hal-hal seperti itu.

Tidak ada korelasi khusus antara judul dan konsep "SEQUEL!" dengan karya-karya yang dirangkum dalam MTDS #1 ini. Karena judul "SEQUEL!" hanyalah ego dari penulis saja untuk bagaimana ia mengemas digital set ini.

Dan dengan mudah dalam MTDS #1 bisa ditemukan lagu dari band-band terhebat berikut: Hi Mom! (Surabaya), The Morning After (Malang), Vox (Surabaya), Hairdresser On Fire (Medan), Friday (Surabaya) dan Shorthand Phonetics (Bandung/Jakarta) dan beberapa karya grafis dari Phleg, Kuro, Puru dan titiss. Jadi, mari berbagi dan nikmati digital set ini. Salam cinta dari kematian!

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Listen the streaming here:

Mellon The Digital Set is a small and simple effort to collecting, sharing and documenting artworks, songs, pictorials, photos and many more that scattered around us. It's digitally formatted packed in a single archive file and shared freely across the globe through the internet via www.mellonzine.com

The first serial of Mellon The Digital Set entitled as SEQUEL!. Following the previous Mellon Zine sarcastic dead act. As it had been vacuum for months, and never know how will it becomes in the future. So the author (Jay) literally declare Mellon Zine as dead. As Mellon Zine told as literally dead, the author suddenly found, it might be funny if he contexted its dead into a horror-esque story board. Somehow the author might be want to raise the zine after its dead. We'll easily find a resurrection, raise of the dead, or zombies, ghosts and whatsoever in anything horror. And "Sequel!" is cheapily about those kind of things. As, “we'll see the raise of the dead in the sequel of this story”. That's the very common plot!

Songs, artworks, pics / photos and any others in this digital set has nothing inline with the insight meaning of "Sequel!". The picked theme is only the author's ego in how he packed the digital set. So, let's enjoy and share this digital set. Love from the death!

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DOWNLOAD LINK!

Click here to DOWNLOAD complete release of MTDS #1

MTDS #1 content:
Release Sheets, click here to download

Song tracks:
click to download per track
01. Hi Mom! - Mommy Song
02. The Morning After - Berubahlah!
03. Vox - Pengembara
04. Hairdresser On Fire - Pathetic Life
05. Friday - Chroma
06. Shorthand Phonetics - Shinohara Yumi, Seiyuu Star

Short Description:
Hi Mom! is an alternative rock band from Surabaya, Indonesia. Much influenced by Mew, Radiohead, Bjork, Sigur Ros and many other alternative-rock dark sound like. The Morning After is the finest alternative rock act from Malang, Indonesia. Its sweet tunes yet rawkin is still the hottest from the town. Vox is four-pieces magical band from Surabaya, Indonesia. They tried a new tune for the band as a mexicana folk-rock sound like for their forthcoming album. Hairdresser On Fire is a rawkin girl front-liner band coming from Medan, Indonesia. They sound riotic as a punk, much like Young and Restless, (early) Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Friday si an awesome band coming From Surabaya, Indonesia. Brought a dark ambient sound scape, but hit your ass as powerful rock beat from the drum n bass. Shorthand Phonetics is a fiction solo project by Ababil Ashari, known as a lo-fi rock based genre, but very honest in tunes.

Graphic Arts / Photos:
- Phleg
- Kuro
- Puru
- titiss

Short Description:
Phleg can't even draw, but he did a 4 panels comic for us!
Kuro has an awesome talent in drawing, and see his version of resurrection here!
Puru is an ordinary Lomo-Fish Eye newbie. See her random shoots, shoot for fun!
titiss is a megalomaniac. She captures the story.


*Released by www.mellonzine.com
*The digital set compiled and produced by Jay
*Creative Commons licensed
*Download page powered by the Internet Archive

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"Real Soon Baby! Mellon The Digital Set is Digging Up and Alive!"

This is an early teaser, just wait for the seven dragon balls to be collected together, and spell the words, something deep inside the grave will surely dig up! Taste the preview below!

Mellon the fuckin zine is fuckin dead! So fuck you! Ha-ha.. What a dead! Yeah we're dead, i mean i'm dead, no grave, no funeral, no cry baby, it's just disappear like a fart. Stinks then gone. This isn't the grave, folks. You don't have to wear black suit here, just wear your black-metal shirt as usual, and masturbate in ignorance.


*Resurrection is always an option in a horror scene. give it a sequel or more! Gravedigger are you there?

-DEAD-

*words by: Jay

Ha! Bulan September tahun 2008 ini, berarti tepat sudah tiga tahun Mellon Zine ada dan eksis (walaupun kadang kala suka setengah-setengah eksis-nya). Klise-nya, bakal saya bilang, tiga tahun bukan waktu yang sebentar untuk terus menulis dan menulis (dan proses lain selain mneulis tentunya), tapi sebaliknya, tiga tahun juga bukan waktu yang cukup lama dari kehadiran sebuah media alternatif ini. Hey, kalau kalian pikir saya menulis ini dalam rangka ulang tahun Mellon Zine, jangan salah sangka! Kami tidak pernah merayakan ulang tahun, karena tidak ada yang pernah memberi kami kado. Hahaha...

Sedikit kilas balik singkat, dulu saya (Jay) membuat fanzine ini dengan my bandmate, named Eko. We share the same passion in music, and willing to write about it. Maka jadilah kami membuat terbitan yang sangat lo-fi, diperbanyak dengan cara fotokopian, dan disebarkan di dalam kota. Lalu hadirlah teman-teman yang turut serta menggarap ini Fanzine; Jaka, Johan, Reno, Windy, so on. Haha… sampai akhirnya kita pernah mampu mencetak, hingga kover yang berwarna.

Tak terasa kalender sudah menuliskan angka 2008. Si Eko sudah punya pacar (Aihh…) dan sudah punya pekerjaan yang menyibukkannya, si Johan sedang sibuk srkipsi, si Jaka semakin pacaran mesum di kost-an,sambil memelihara kelinci yang diberi nama Tika dan si Reno sekarang menjaga distro sambil kuliah dan mencari cinta juga sentuhan wanita (sesekali kami masih nge-band, cuma nge-jam instrumentalia resah tidak tentu arah). Dari praktik social networking (bukan friendster, ataupun membobol privat foto friendster ;D), saya mengenal Ipung (known as Romanticpurple) yang bisa mengorganisir website, maka saya mulai putar haluan untuk berganti format ke dunia maya. Here it is you read my writing on your browser.

We’re not gonna stop right here. Memang tidak mudah untuk tetap menjalankan fanzine ini agar tetap ada. Tapi, ini adalah apa yang kami kerjakan. We’re supporting good music. We’re supporting local act. Selama diluar sana masih banyak musik-musik bagus yang bertebaran, selama masih banyak karya seni bagus yang terpinggirkan, kami akan tetap hadir, bagaimanapun caranya (mendadak patriotis-melankolis, haha). Shot our vein with your glorious music, easy art, moron movie, cheap photography, odd pictorial, weird artwork, freshen spit, sticky blood, expensive beer, special sperm, low-life story, mighty pornography, or hell-whatever. That’s gonna strengthen us!

Celebrate the three years spitting fanzine. For; Mellon the Zine! Yeah! Rise your hand and say yeahh!
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Ha! This September on 2008, it’s precisely, three years Mellon Zine have been exist (instead we are half-exist sometimes ;D). Cliché, I will say, three years not a quite short time to keep writing and writing (and other process beside writing of course), but also, three years is not quite a long time existence of this alternative media. Hey, if you think I write this down in the case of Mellon Zine’s birthday, don’t misunderstand! We never celebrate a birthday, because no one ever hand us a present. Hahaha…

A little bit flashback, me (Jay) made this fanzine with my bandmate, named Eko. We share the same passion in music, and willing to write about it. So we’ve done our first pressing that is very lo-fi, copied with copy-machine (Xerox) and distributed in the city. Then, came some fellas who join the party as the fanzine; Jaka, Johan, Reno, Windy, so on. Haha…. until, we ever printed the fanzine, with colored cover.

Somehow, the calendar has write down the number 2008. Eko already have a girlfriend (Ouchh…) and have a main job, that keep him busy, Johan is working on his final paper for his bachelor degree while flirting some chicks, Jaka is chronically dating his girl in his rented-room, pervert-ly, and keeping a pet (a rabbit) named Tika, and Reno is shopkeeping a shop while do a college and looking for lust and love (sometimes, we still make a jam in the studio, only some instrumentalist un-directed playing). From social networking practice (not friendster nor hacking private photos in friendster ;D) I know Ipung (known as Romanticpurple), who can organize a website, then I started to change the format into an internet-based magazine. Here it is you read my writing on your browser.

We’re not gonna stop right here. It is not easy to run the fanzine and keep it still exists. But, this is what we do. We’re supporting good music. We’re supporting local act. As long as there are many good music outside, as long as many artwork being forgotten, we will still be there (patriotic-melancholic, suddenly, haha). Shot our vein with your glorious music, easy art, moron movie, cheap photography, odd pictorial, weird artwork, freshen spit, sticky blood, expensive beer, special sperm, low-life story, mighty pornography, or hell-whatever. That’s gonna strengthen us!

Celebrate the three years spitting fanzine. For; Mellon the Zine! Yeah! Rise your hand and spit!

*Written and translated by: Jay
*Banner and illustration by: Jay
*Terimakasih untuk Romy dari Elz Zine, kamu terbukti benar tentang internet. ;)