Friday, September 28, 2012

ME & SOULNATION

Me and SoulNation have been a true BFF these last few years. I got my own set in the 2008 and was featured in RAN's set and was included in the Rock and Hip Hop collaboration with the Flowers. In 2009, I got to help Pandji's special show. A year later, I had my own stage again supported by The Executive Killers and many other friends. I also helped SOUL ID who released their latest album. Last year, I rocked the stage with Amanda and Friends and supporting Tribute to Amy Winehouse.

This year, on the same day (Friday, 28th Sept 2012), I will be supporting three different acts. Spice Girls Experience with the amazing spice girls: Sashi Gandarum, Jemima, Emily Laras, Lala Karmela and Renita at 6pm. Then, my husband's project N.I.C.K at 7 pm. Last but not least, the infamous Homogenic at 8 pm.

So make sure you catch their performances! See ya at JavaSoulNation!!!

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Found this Article on Koran Jakarta (Digital Edition)

Yacko "Rapper" Sekaligus Dosen

Penyanyi rap, Yani Oktaviana, sehari-hari menjalani profesi sebagai dosen. Ia mengajar di Unisadhuguna International College dan Uniprep yang berlokasi di Jalan Jendral Sudirman, Jakarta. Mata kuliah yang ia berikan adalah Marketing Management dan Mass Communication.

Wanita yang akrab dipanggil dengan sebutan Yacko ini menerangkan dirinya memang sejak dulu tertarik untuk mengajar. Pada dasarnya, Yacko senang belajar dan menimba ilmu. Saat ini, sudah ada tiga titel ia sandang. Gelar sarjana ia raih di Universitas Trisakti jurusan manajemen Bisnis Internasional. Lalu ia mengambil S1 lagi di Edith Cowen University, Perth, Australia. Seusai meraih gelas di Edit Cowen, ia melanjutkan kuliah S2 di Woolonggong University, New South Wales. Selain S2 bidang ekonomi, ia juga mengambil diploma di jurusan Applied IT di Sidney University.

"Aku suka sharing knowledge. Passion untuk sharing knowledge itu sangat kuat dan aku rasa dengan modal pendidikanku di Master of Business Administration aku bisa mengajar," terangnya.

Setelah tiba di Tanah Tir pada tahun 2005, ia mulai mencari lowongan kerja dosen. Saat itu, ia melihat lowongan kerja dosen INTI College. Dirinya pun dipanggil dan disuruh untuk teaching demo. Ia diterima dan langsung mengajar di sana.
Sebagai rapper, Yacko telah mengeluarkan dua buah album. Album pertama berjudul Refleksi yang ia buat di Australia dan kemudian direkam di bawah label EMI saat ia kembali ke Indonesia pada 2005. Album kedua, Mendua ia buat di bawah indie label, Rizky Records. Album ketiga sedang dikerjakan dengan lagu pertama Brrapp! dan lagu kedua All Nite Long.

Yacko menyenangi dua bidang profesinya saat ini, yaitu menjadi dosen dan penyanyi rap. Untuk itu, ia memilih jadwal mengajar yang fleksibel. Ia mengajar dari Senin sampai Jumat. Dari Senin hingga Kamis ia mengajar sejak pukul 08.00 hingga 18.00 WIB, sementara di Jumat ia mengajar hingga pukul 12.00 WIB. "Jumat sore bisa aku gunakan untuk latihan nyanyi. Demikian pula Sabtu dan Minggu. Di weekend aku bisa tampil menyanyi jika ada tawaran manggung," terangnya.

Selain itu, menurutnya, kiprahnya di dunia tarik suara membuat dunia akademisi tidak membosankan. "Untuk membuat para mahasiswa saya tidak bosan, saya ajak mereka ke studio radio atau televisi. Ini bisa terjadi karena relasi yang aku punya di bidang musik," tutur kelahiran Surabaya, 10 Oktober 1979 ini.

Yacko pun tidak menerapkan batas dengan para mahasiswanya. Ia terkenal akrab dengan mahasiswa. Untuk selalu keep in touch dengan mahasiswa ia membuka komunikasi melalui Twitter mengenai tugas dan kesulitan pengajaran. wan/L-2

Here's the original link Terpujilah Wahai Engkau, Ibu-Bapak Guru

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

NOVA RUTH: KINDLE PROJECT 2012 MAKERS MUSE RECIPIENT FROM INDONESIA

From Twin Sista to one of the world famous emcees. Yes, it is the one and only Nova Ruth! Congrats for all of your achievement, girlfriend! I'm so proud of you! Errrbodyyy, make way for NOVA!!!!!!

As cited in KindleProject website, "It’s almost fall again, and with the season comes year four of the Makers Muse Award. We’ve spent the last year trawling the Internet, our cinemas, galleries, memory-banks, and libraries for the inventive and bizarre. While some have captivated us for years, others are new fascinations; this year’s recipients epitomize the awesome and the valorous.

Through the use of video, graphic novels, performance, writing, installation, web projects, design, archiving, music, and photography, the 2012 awardees all have a profoundly interdisciplinary edge to them. Tackling issues from justice to sexuality, uprisings to economy, these individuals will surely galvanize and provoke you."

From Indonesia, the 2012 Makers Muse Award recipient is Nova Ruth.

Nova Ruth is a life artist, musician and activist. Her first music project, the conscious rap duo Twin Sista performed in contexts as diverse as prisons, cheesy shopping malls, poetry festivals and punk gigs across her native Indonesia. As a solo performer, Nova Ruth spread her poetry and raps wider, traveling to Australia in 2008 at the invitation of Gang Festival. Nova is now part of the Barcelona-based AV project Filastine, where she sings, raps and plays drums on stages from Cairo to Paris to Tokyo. Her work with Filastine includes a pair of videos that address cultural and ecological frictions, winning critical acclaim and an award from the United Nations OCHA. Despite being on tour nearly half of every year Nova continues to dedicate much of her time to projects within Indonesia, including two acoustic bands, Ajér and Mimimintuno. Nova recently opened a cafe & cultural space called Legipait in her hometown of Malang, Java, where she organizes art expositions, micro-concerts, and readings. Nova worked for years with Engage Media, a social justice and environmental video site for the Asia Pacific. Her most recent project is a local environmental action group, SUMUK, focused on raising awareness of regional deforestation and pollution.

Follow her twitter: @novaruth

UPDATED SCHEDULE: SEPTEMBER

6 -----> Mansion, Bandung
7 -----> Puro, Blowfish, Jakarta
15 ----> Universitas Respati, Yogyakarta
22 ----> Coyote, Surabaya
28 ----> Supporting N.I.C.K, SoulNation, Jakarta