Friday, September 6, 2013

PRE-ORDER THE EXPERIMENT NOW!

The release date of “THE EXPERIMENT” is expected to be Friday, 27th of September 2013.

The Experiment contains 13 songs which features range of respected producers from different scene. From The Experiment’s main producer, DJ Random (Javabass), to  Mo Charizma (Zero One), HERUWA (Dubyouth & Shaggy Dog), Jaya Aydra (Midnight Quickie), Osvaldo Nugroho & Dixie (The45MF), Dmust Akira,  Doe, Electro Oby and Male. Collaboration with various musos such as Lloyd Popp, Davina (Extra Large), Raben RVMT and Liquid Silva (Canada) also add strong flavors to this album.

Normal Price is Rp 40.000 

PRE-ORDER now for Rp 30.000 ONLY (*exclude shipping fee) for the first 100 cds.

E-mail your order to: itsyacko@gmail.com

Subject: PRE-ORDER THE EXPERIMENT

Identify your full name, address and mobile number and the amount of CDs that you order.

Then, you will receive an e-mail that identifies:
  • The price of the CD and the shipping fee that you have to pay.
  • The bank account number to transfer your money to.
All you gotta do next is to go to the nearest ATM and transfer the money. Once you transfer the money, please send the transfer receipt to itsyacko@gmail.com OR take picture of the proof and mention me on twitter @yacko.
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Harga Normal The Experiment: Rp 40.000
 

Harga Pre-Order The Experiment: Rp 30.000 (*di luar ongkos kirim) untuk 100 pemesan pertama.

Cara pemesanan:
  1. Kirim e-mail ke itsyacko@gmail.com dengan subjek: PRE-ORDER THE EXPERIMENT
  2. Tulis nama lengkap, alamat sesuai KTP dan nomor HP kamu beserta jumlah CD yang akan dipesan
 Setelah itu, kamu akan menerima e-mail berisi:
  • Jumlah biaya yang harus dibayar (harga CD + ongkir)
  • Nomor akun bank untuk mentransfer
Setelah melakukan transfer, silahkan lakukan konfirmasi dengan cara:
  • Kirim email ke itsyacko@gmai.com dan sertakan bukti pembayaran
  • Foto bukti pembayaran dan mention @yacko di twitter.


Friday, August 30, 2013

Next Gig: 1 September 2013 - Daihatsu Sirion Dress Up Challenge

My next gig will be held at Mall Kelapa Gading 3 on Sunday, 1st of September 2013 at 2pm.I will feature one of the promising hip hop talents in Indonesia Young Lexx. Moreover, i will also perform one of my new songs from my upcoming album The Experiment for the first time in public.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

#TheExperiment 26.08.13

As I have announced earlier in twitter, #TheExperiment will be released in September. But how's the progress so far?

8 out of 13 songs are ready to be mastered but the other 5 until now still need a lil bit of touch up. 

I still have to retrieve the data of 1 song since i kinda lost it. It was stored in my external hard drive but the drive is broken. Dayummm! So at this point, i am still hoping that the producer of the beat can find the raw data in his computer. 

The album cover is still being cooked by two talented graphic designers. 

I am looking at around say maybe 3 weeks from now or maybe less, you will be able to get a copy of the album. 

I'll be back for more 👊

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

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!

Thursday, February 14, 2013

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!




Thursday, January 3, 2013

Featured in Free Malaysia Today

4 days a go, Free Malaysia Today published an article about me related to VIMA2013. Thanks so much FMT & VIMA. Here's the original link to the article and here's the article:

Yacko, rapper who likes teaching
December 29, 2012
The rapper from Indonesia is a lecturer by day, and a rapper by night.

Yacko signed her first record contract when she was 16 years old. She and her group Pumpkin Crew joined a compilation called Pesta Rap 2 (1996) with a single called Nongkrong.Then, after finishing her masters degree in Business Administration & Applied Science in Australia, Yacko’s first solo hip hop album entitled Refleksi (EMI Music Indonesia) was released in 2005.

The album was produced by Sydney’s DJ and musician DJ Edo under the record label of Arqetech Studios. Two years later, Yacko released Mendua (RizkyRekordz) which was under heavy gauze layers of catchy hooks and melody.

In 2010, Brrapp! (produced by NSG), Yacko’s first single from the upcoming album was released and managed to capture lots of attention from the crowd. All Nite Long (produced by Doe) featuring Lloyd Popp came next and followed the huge success. Eleven remixes were crafted by various DJs and the song was on heavy rotation in the clubs. Third single, Filthy Rich feat. Lawrence Philip was number 1 at Paranoia Dance Chart for two weeks in a row.

She’s the one who’s living a double life, hectic & busy 24/7. A college lecturer by weekdays and a rapper as fate would have it. Having performed at different venues in Indonesia and alongside international artist like Lil Jon in Singapore, Yacko definitely caught people’s attention. If you are into a performer that is high-caliber, full of stamina and energy, Yacko’s performance is surely not to be missed.

How does it feel to be nominated for a VIMA award? What does this nomination mean to you?
Being nominated for a VIMA award makes me feel deeply honoured. But being nominated in 7 (supposed to be 6. sorry typo) categories? I am shocked!! Never really thought about this since I only want to contribute and share my passion to others but it feels amazing to know that my music has been recognized outside of my own country.  Of course I won’t go this far without the help of the music producers I work with, NSG and Lawrence Philip. They are equally responsible for being nominated for the awards.

What efforts have you made to promote your nominations to your fans?
I post every single news about VIMA nominations in my official blog which also linked to my other social media site such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, ReverbNation, Path, Instagram, and others. I also announced the nominations when I perform and urge my friends and fans to vote. Moreover, my management team (2313) also help creating press release about this nominations and distributing it to local media. As a result, you will be able to read this news in online local media. Few radio interviews were also conducted to gain awareness.

Do you believe that social media platforms such as Facebook, Youtube and twitter are relevant marketing and publicity tools for a musician? What efforts have you made to engage with your fans using social media?
Definitely! Publicity at no cost. It helps you to share any news that you would like share and highlight right to your targeted market, friends and fans. I believe people that follow you in Twitter, like your page in Facebook and subscribe to your social media site at least will be disclosed to and aware of the information. But of course in order to increase the possibility for them to vote, needs to be supported by more integrated strategy. For example, providing the link to vote in the post and giving those who vote my unreleased track send to their e-mails. Please read the efforts that I have made in the answers above and visit http://itsyacko.blogspot.com to read the posts.

How would you best describe your music?
Raw and Other Hip Hop. Raw because l like raw sound, lots of distortion, and crazy sound. Other Hip Hop means my basic is always been in Rap music and Hip Hop culture. Where Hip means digging more knowledge where I interpret in my lyrics and Hop means to jump and to explore to other sound and noise. That’s why I add the term “other” since you might hear other forms of Hip Hop music which also explain the reason that I tend to work with range of different music producers to capture their signature sound.

Share with us two of your favourite quotes.
“I reached my dreams by having the courage to pursue them, you can do it too” – I always believe that it is not enough just by having a dream. Courage is another element that you need to pursue your dreams and if I can do it, others can do it too. It’s a self-motivation quote but also can be used to motivate others.
“Tak pernah sekalipun aku mundur dari jalan yang kupercaya” – another quote that I make to focus on the things that I believe. Never doubt the things and the paths that you choose. I choose to be a lecturer and a rapper because those are things that I really passionate about. Both have the same roots, to share and be shared, as well to inspire and be inspired.

What are your songs about?
Pretty much ranging from I-don’t-care-about-haters-attitude to criticising the government to lesbian, gay and transsexual. I am just trying to reveal all the feelings that I have by writing it down to my lyrics. But I have to admit, writing about love has always been a difficult one for me. LOL.

What is your biggest achievement to date?
This year I have been nominated in three different awards, in total I received 11 (supposed to be 10. sorry typo) nominations. Shocking and grateful to know that you work has been recognized not only locally but also in SouthEast Asia.

What is your advice to up and coming musicians ?
Be consiflex. Be consistent to your objectives but stay flexible in your approach. Means you have to set up your objective. For example, if your objective is to make an album, you have to stick with it. What you need to be flexible is the strategy, choose who you want to create network with, get support from a (management) team, friends and fanbase, gain more experiences and knowledge to add to your original style, absorb any ideas to your flavor and you don’t have to always listen to what other people say to develop your song. At the end of the day, you cannot please everyone and haters will always be there to watch you fall. One thing for sure, you cannot fall apart, if you are being true to yourself and have the courage to pursue your dream.

What was the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you while performing?
There was one time that I had to use ear monitors since the room where I performed didn’t really have a clear and good sound monitor to listen to the beat. To tell you the truth, I hate ear monitors because they do no good and most of the time it ends up in technical errors where I can’t hear anything. That gig was a big failure to me, nothing came out of my ear monitors and I lost the tempo of the beat.

What are your thoughts on music piracy?Would you give your music away for FREE?
It might be difficult to stop but you can trick it. You can try to legalize it by officially giving your music for free. Means that you can choose your own platform for your music to be downloaded for free, for example I use www.likelovelife.com to direct the people to download my music for free and legal. This way you can track how many people download it legally. I also use the free download to trigger the people to listen to my music. Eventually, if they like my music, they will buy the official CD or purchase it in iTunes. I also differentiate the bit rate of the song between the free download and the one in the store. If you want the best quality one you can purchase it.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Vote Yacko to win VIMA2013 & My Unreleased Track "Proposition" Will Be Sent to your E-mail

Vote Yacko to win VIMA2013 and get the chance to download my unreleased track "Proposition" for free!

Here's what you gotta do:
  1. Click this Voting Link
  2. Vote Yacko in all categories. If you have voted, the green button will change its colors.
  3. Print Screen your proof of vote like the image below (for all categories) then send them to my e-mail: itsyacko@gmail.com 
  4. Sit nicely and I will send you "Proposition" for free. 



















Happy Voting!
BIG THANKS!



Thursday, November 29, 2012

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

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


Monday, November 26, 2012

Do you want me to perform at VIMA 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Feb 24, 2013?

If you say yes to this, if you think I got what it takes to represent Indonesia in VIMA 2012, please help me win the public polls: WHO SHOULD PERFORM at VIMA.

Here's what you gotta do:
  1. Like VIMA MUSIC AWARDS facebook Page.
  2. Find their post about: Who should perform at VIMA music awards night? We have 12 slots available
  3. Select my name: YACKO
  4. Or you can just click this link -->> http://www.facebook.com/VimaMusicAwards?ref=ts&fref=ts
 BIG THANKS!

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

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


Thursday, November 8, 2012

FREE DOWNLOAD LOOSE CONTROL by DJ ECHA1945MF feat. YACKO
























LOOSE CONTROL or GASPOL (that's how Echa & me prefer to call it :P) has hit Number 1 in Paranoia Dance Chart Hardrock FM for 3 Weeks in a row!

and we're going to be generous to you by releasing the FREE DOWNLOAD here

Go ahead and gasss pollllllll!!!!!!! 

My photo in the artwork is photographed by Alice Yu (@gutter4bbit)


Tuesday, November 6, 2012

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.















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