New Single in 2013: INK & PAINT feat. Random

May day May day! A good day to release sumthin new!

INK & PAINT has now officially uploaded to https://soundcloud.com/itsyacko/ink-paint-feat-lawrence-philip

This song is once again crafted by the one and only DJ Random of Javabass Recordings and written by me.

Dedicated to all tattoo and street art artists out there as well as tattoos and street arts believers. Kudos to them for making a such a beautiful & colorful world!

Ink & Paint will be out on Javabass Recordings in June 2013 and will be available worldwide at all your favorite digital store. It will also be in my album 'The Experiment' due out in the 3rd quarter of 2013.

Be the first one to hear!

Voice International Music Awards (VIMA) 2013! Here I come!!!!!

Woohooo! It is confirmed that Yacko will be representing Indonesia to perform at VIMA 2013 at The View, G-Tower, Kuala Lumpur on the 24th of February. Without all of your tweets and likes, it's just going to be only a dream for me. But nope! you all help me making it happen! Super BIG BIG THANKS to all of you my friends!

Moreover, today VIMA also announced that me and Lawrence score the 3rd place of the BEST COLLABORATION and we will receive a crystal award! Nice!! Thanks VIMA! Also Props to MASIA ONE for the 1st place. Being able to feature Pharrel and The Game in your song. THAT IS SUMTHIN!

Will update you later on VIMA2013. Wish Me Luck!

VIMA 2013 Voting is now Open! Vote for Yacko!

The public voting for VIMA MUSIC AWARDS 2013 is now open! Voting links will be open until Dec 28th, 2012. Global Judges will begin evaluating from Nov 30th until Dec 30th,2012. The public voting makes up 30% of the overall scores for each act. The remaining 60% will be determined by global judges and a further 10% from the social media presence of each musician.

VIMA music awards is the most participated music event for independent and unsigned musicians in Southeast Asia. VIMA 2013 attracted more than 1300 song submissions from musicians from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei.

FYI, Yacko is nominated in Best Hip Hop Song, Best Hip Hop Act, Best Overall Female Act, Best Genre Bender & Best Collaboration.  So if you think I deserve to have any of these awards and represent Indonesia in VIMA 2013 that covers Southeast Asia, then Vote for Me! :)

You don't have to register to vote. Just click each link below:

Best Hip Hop Act

Best Hip Hop Song: That Girl Yacko feat. NSG

Best Overall Female Act

Best Genre Bender: Filthy Rich - Yacko & Lawrence Philip

Best Collaboration: Yacko & Lawrence Philip - Filthy Rich

Terimakasih banyak Indonesia! #IndonesiaStandUp

Breaking News! Yacko nabs 5 nominations in VIMA 2013 - Southeast Asia

Anotha big news has just struck me! After ICEMA and PARANOIA, VIMA 2013 just informed me that I have been nominated in FIVE categories. They are Best Hip Hop Act, Best Overall Female Act, Best Hip Hop Song (That Girl Yacko feat. NSG), Best Collaboration and Best Genre Bender (Filthy Rich feat. Lawrence Philip). Holy Moly!!! FIVEEE!!! I still can't believe this and never stop thanking God. And of course, INDONESIA, I will need your biggest support to vote for me!!

FYI, VIMA stands for Voice Independent Music Awards. VIMA 2013 is considered the most important and participated independent music awards of Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei). The awards, now in its 4th installment, will recognize the winners at an awards ceremony on February 24th, 2012 at The View, G Tower, Kuala Lumpur.

VIMA is organized by Bite Media and Saintz & Sinnerz, an international marketing and brand company specialising in social media,lifestyle and entertainment. VIMA is supported by TUNE Hotels, De Lena Fashion Jewellery (Croatia), 8TV, The Malay Mail, Heyday Streetwear (Singapore), Galaxtar.com, Hard Rock Hotel Penang,Rentak Sejuta, Indie TV Indonesia, Genesis Pro-Audio, Guitar Store,Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia, FMTnews.com, Seventh Tribe Studio (Kuching), MyTamilChannel, Year One Events & Talents, Distronesia (Indonesia), BAKED COOKIES, Rosiegraphie (official photographer) & Depanmonitor.com (Indonesia).

The criteria for winning:
"This time, 10% of the overall scores will be allocated to evaluate how well musicians engage their fans online. We also advise nominees to work closely with their media friends to create more buzz and publicity about their nominations so that they get in the public votes, which make up 30% of the overall scores.The final 60% is determined by global and regional judges”  said Meera Thuraivel, CEO of Bite Media and co-founder of VIMA.

Voting will begin from 26th November 2012 until December 28th,2012 The voting link for public and judges to listen to all songs will be announced on all VIMA platforms on November 25th, 2012.Fans and musicians are advised to join the new VIMA Facebook page for all updates at  http://www.facebook.com/VimaMusicAwards.

Updates and announcements can also be found at www.bitemymusic.com

The complete nominees list can be found here

FILTHY RICH IS NOMINATED IN PARANOIA AWARDS 2012

This year has been really generous to me. Yesterday, I was informed by Lawrence and few minutes later I was tagged in the poster of PARANOIA AWARDS 2012. It turns out to be that FILTHY RICH is nominated for the LOCAL DANCE TRACK OF THE YEAR. This is really a surprise for me, as I never expect this. And I got really excited because this is like the second nomination I got this year after ICEMA.

FYI, the following information is taken from www.hardrockfm.com,

Ajang penghargaan pertama ini kembali diadakan oleh Hard Rock FM dan O Channel pada bulan Desember mendatang. Acara yang bertema ‘Party With Attitude’ ini menghadirkan 14 kategori dengan kualitas nominasi yang bisa Hard Rockers pilih melalui SMS ke nomor 0811876876, dengan mengetik format PARANOIA<spasi>NAMA<spasi>UMUR<spasi>KODE KATEGORI<spasi>PILIHAN atau website Hard Rock FM. Paranoia Awards merupakan acara tahunan dari program Paranoia yang memang diselenggarakan oleh Hard Rock FM setiap Jumat pk 21.00–22.00 WIB dan O Channel setiap Sabtu dan Minggu pk 22.00–22.30 WIB.

Acara ini dilatarbelakangi untuk mengkomunikasikan pada masyarakat bahwa dunia dance tidak selalu berhubungan dengan nightlife, namun juga merupakan bagian dari sebuah genre musik yang membutuhkan keahlian khusus untuk menghasilkan sebuah karya. Yap, inilah saatnya kita untuk mengapresiasi dance scene.

Berikut adalah kategori yang Hard Rockers pilih adalah DJ of The Year, VJ of The Year, MC of The Year, Club of The Year, Resident DJ of The Year, EO Promotor of The Year, Rookie of The Year, Event of The Year, Club Night of The Year, Local Dance Track of The Year, Producer of The Year, Rural Club of The Year, Rural DJ of The Year, dan Album of The Year.

So if ya dig FILTHY RICH go to www.hardrockfm.com and find the banner in the website that look like something like this below and vote for that track.

Thanks for your support!
One love!

FILTHY RICH CLIP LAUNCH TODAY! 15/08/2012

After four months of waiting and many delays, today (15/08/12) Yacko has released the music video Filthy Rich. Filthy Rich was directed and edited by Bima Girinda, one of the Indonesian drum and bass scenes most respected names, who is also considered as a brilliant and visionary clip director. The talented D.O.P Deska Binarso and Wisangggeni as the lighting man were also involved in the making of the video.

The video represents the i-dont-care-about-haters attitude as the song was inspired by a quote from Coretta Scott King (the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr) “Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated”. Graffiti walls as well as two young professional skaters (Satria Vijie and Deny Lizam) playing skateboards were also included as part of the elements that express freedom.

Most of the scenes were shot in Puink Skate Park, Kuningan Bridge and the underpass near Wisma BNI 46 building. You could also see a glimpse of Lawrence Philip, who is also known as DJ Random or DJ Lawrence (Javabass), the beat maker of this song. Live footages of Yacko and Lawrence at The Barons, during Phunktion (regular Javabass event) were also added to the video.

Moreover, this video is powered by Converse, Obey, Famous and Marc Ecko 20:20. For more info about Puink Skate Park, follow @puinkskatepark and visit http://puinkskatepark.blogspot.com/

Here's the video. Nanananana jumpin around!

Filthy Rich Number 1 on TRAXJAMU chart TRAXFM (19th May 2012)

Last Saturday I got an invitation from TRAX FM to conduct an interview and live perform at TRAX JAMU, a local music chart program from TRAX FM.

The interview went very smooth and fun, the hosts, Joey and Dewi, they're like Kreeeiiiiziiii!! :)

and it turns out to be.... Filthy Rich is sitting on the peak position!!!! Yeah man, FILTHY RICH is NUMERO UNO this week!!!! Woohooooooo!!!!!


I really didnt expect this and of course I'm grateful to hear it. Hey Lawrence, we made it man :)

Thx TRAX FM, Esha, Joey and Dewi for the hospitality!

Much Love!

Yacko & Lawrence Philip on SHOWCASE, KOMPAS TV

To celebrate Kartini's Day, Yacko and Lawrence will be perform on SHOWCASE, KOMPAS TV tonight (Friday, 20/04/2012) at 8pm. There will be Andien, Monita, Rieka Roeslan, Lala Karmela, and SHE as well.

Make sure you catch our performance!

Some photos from the studio:

wait! this isn't me :) this is Monita Tahalea

Lawrence & Yacko in Free! Music Department 1st edition

Copied from Lawrence's page:

There’s a small write up about Filthy Rich, Lawrence's collaboration with Yacko in the 1st edition of FREE! Music Department magazine.

To read it, just head to their website at http://digital.freemagz.com/2012/fmd01/

The Making of FILTHY RICH Live Video Shoot (13/04/2012)

First of all, I'd like to thank JAVABASS Sound System for giving me the opportunity to do this live video shoot in #PHUNKTION75 at D'Barons. This has been a rare opportunity for me! So yeah, thanks so much Jerome, Sinto and Lawrence. Also to other DJs who also spinning the deck that night ADDER and OSGD. Of course big ups to the MCs as well, DFMC, Drift and Eloop. To Deska and Boris, thx man, hope u got some good shots!

Also much thanks to OBEY, Famous & Converse for providing us with new get ups for the video shoot.

At around 1 am, me and Lawrence took over the DJ booth. Rage Against the Machine was played to pump up every blood on the floor. Right after that, Filthy Rich was played. It sounds so frikkin DIIIRRRTTY! All the crowds gone MENTAL! I didn't know what to say, except YOU GUYS ARE FRIKKIN MASSIVE! thanks so much for being part of the live video shoot. I felt some kind of euphoric high and didn't realize that I almost lost voice that night. Unless you've experienced this feelin, you might not know what the heck I'm talkin about.


Here are some of the photos I took from Lawrence's blog

Me powered by CONVERSE & FAMOUS

Some more behind the scene footage can be seen in RoyaleVideoMagazine. Thanks for posting it on your website RVM!!!

To Nicko, Jaka, Krucil, Rully Annash, Maha, Narend, Sarah Glandosch, and any of you who came to #PHUNKTION75 and contribute to the live video shoot.... Much bass & Love!

FREE DOWNLOAD of FILTHY RICH feat. @lawrencerandom is AVAILABLE NOW!

As i promised you last week, FILTHY RICH can now be downloaded for FREE & LEGAL only at FREEMAGZ. Please be advised, that you are downloading the ORIGINAL/EXPLICIT version of FILTHY RICH. The lyrics may not be suitable for children. :)

Here's the link to the download page: yacko.freemagz.com 















All you gotta do is HIT the TWEET BUTTON.

To successfully download Filthy Rich, I recommend you to use Firefox/Chrome/Safari browser on Laptop/PC.

Thanks to FREEMAGZ for makin it happen! :) #freemusic

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