After opening the year with a collaboration with one of the film Indonesia through Concert Galih & Ratna, and continued with the  big bands working with Indonesia in a concert entitled “NOAH in concert” in Yogyakarta, JOOX, the leading digital music streaming provider in Indonesia, continue its commitment to building a positive ecosystem for music industry Indonesia, including independent musicians. For the full year ending this triumph, JOOX plan celebrate with “JOOX Live Festival Hura Ceria”, which will be held on Saturday, December 9, 2017 in Lapangan PPI Pussenif Bandung featuring famous local independent musicians, such as The smirk, The SABI, Sarasvati, Rendy Pandugo and Stars and Rabbit. This year’s final concert will be held at Lapangan PPI Pussenif, Bandung on December 9, 2017.

Benny Ho, Senior Director Business Development, International Business Group, Tencent reveal his appreciation for top support music lovers in Indonesia. “We are extremely appreciative and grateful to music lovers because Indonesia continues to support the JOOX in two years of our presence in Indonesia. Earlier this year, we are very pleased with some of the results of the research have recognized our services as online music streaming service that is most preferred in Indonesia [i], but our trip in Indonesia are still in the phase of formation, I believe in the near future we can contribute further to the music of Indonesia and make it as a host in our own country, “said Benny Ho.

From left, The host, Wendi Putranto – Manager Band Seringai, Trisiska Putri Hapsari – Head of Marketing and PR Department, JOOX Indonesia, and Girindra Prabowo Okki – GM Content JOOX Indonesia

In the year 2017, the presence of online music applications are increasingly widespread and really changed the face of music industry in Indonesia. JOOX is one of a growing entertainment applications and connecting music lovers with their favorite artist and album. As a regional player, JOOX lucky because were able to quickly grab a large market share, especially in Indonesia. The success story began with the seriousness JOOX researching the habits of the people of Indonesia in listening to music. As a result, up to now the JOOX successfully acquires more than 5 million songs to meet local and international musical tastes, even further to the local independent musicians.

“Our particular Interest towards independent musicians, because they are born from the creativity and passion of his work is remarkable. With the persistent struggle of independent Indonesia, the musicians were able to steal the attention in the industryand build a loyal fan base that is unlimited, “said Benny Ho even further.

JOOX Live Festival Rah Cheerful is the implementation of the commitment of the local independent musicians against JOOX. The concert line up including 5 local independent musicians who have achieved exceptional achievements in the year 2017. Here is the Line up:

SERINGAI

Seringai

Who is not familiar with this high octane rock music? Seringai, intentionally  choose as our headliner because his songs are always stamping eardrums of fans. Founded in 2002, Seringai has spawned 3 albums titled High Octane Rock (2004), Serigala Militia(2007) and Taring (2012), as well as several mini albums and hits singles.

Recently, Seringai became one of the performers on the stage of Soul of Steel: Krisna Sadrach Stage, Hammersonic 2017. The appearance of this Seringai became one of the most festive on the stage. Seringai promising exciting appearance and full of energy to JOOX LIVE Festival Hura Ceria.

The SIGIT

The SIGIT

The S.I.G.I.T stands for “The Super Insurgent Group of Intemperance Talent” slowly lifted thanks to their powerful live performances, as well as an E.P released in 2004 which contains 6 songs. Their appearance on stage “We The Fest” became one of the most awaited appearance and rocked the stage. Successfully released three albums and two EP, enough to prove the reputation of The S.I.G.I.T as one of the best rock band Homeland at this time.

Sarasvati

Sarasvati

Band Bandung formed since 2010 is fond of the theme of ‘ magical realism ‘ in every song. Sarasvati in his songs telling of beings invisible commonly called ghost. This year, one of their singles entitled “Story Of Peter” soundtrack on one of the highest grossing films of Indonesia this year, Danur. Unique contemporary arrangement of packaging, making the flow of music gets a lot of attention to the Sarasvati music connoisseur.

Stars and Rabbit

Stars and Rabbit

A group of original folk duo who formed at the beginning of this year 2011: breaking the musical world through Indonesia’s first single titled “Worth It”. Until now, the Stars and the Rabbit has already graced the stage live music ranging from big cities in Indonesia to foreign countries such as the United Kingdom, Singapore and Malaysia. Stars and Rabbit, recently completed a series of “Baby Eyes Asia Tour 2017”. In this concert tour Stars and Rabbit appear as much as five times in four different countries; Tokyo (Japan), Hanoi (Viet Nam), Palembang (Indonesia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), and Jakarta (Indonesia). The totality of Elda and Adi in each song always had its own energy that is channeled through optimal musicality, stage lighting is cool, and of course the songs that make the audience join in singing.

Rendy Pandugo

Rendy Pandugo

Started his career by becoming a viral social media accounts, passing by Rendy Pandugo launches his first solo album, titled The Journey in August 2017. With this album, became a top artist Rendy streamed in JOOX 2nd Anniversary last October.

Furthermore, in the title of the Festival LIVE Cheerful Rah JOOX, audiences will be entertained as well with a number of exciting appearance such as Skate BMX & showcase live painting, Graffiti, Tattoo art, face painting, and & inflatable slide. With tickets costing Rp 49,000, spectators can get 1 ticket FREE and subscribe to JOOX VIP for 1 month. Tickets can be obtained in Indomaret (Bandung area), Go-TIX, ticket.com, loket.com, yes24.com, Maternal, Scremous clothing, In and Out, tokopedia and others.

“Hopefully with this concert, we can celebrate the year 2017 hit together in Bandung. And especially to JOOX, we hope we can always make it a stronger foothold in the music industry Indonesia in the years ahead, “close Benny Ho. (Anita)