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About Me

Kartika Jahja, or TIKA as she is known, is a solo singer who choses a different path than most Indonesian so-called divas. Having gone thru a colorful musical evolution, where she sang for Jazz bands, Electronic and even Punk bands, TIKA finally decides to stick with whatever flows out of her soul. "Paint the picture first, think of the frame later." is what she said "I'm just trying to capture whatever comes out before it washes away and then think about genre, marketing and all that after." Some call it trip hop, some thinks its jazzy, and a few have baptized it as being noir music in comparison to noir films. On her critically aclaimed debut album, TIKA collaborates with her music-soulmates: Aghi, Iman, and Bemby from the band LAIN (www.myspace.com/lain) as well as Age from veteran indie band the Jonis. Now she joins forces with a permanent back up band, who's more than just a back up band. Each band member has very different influences and style that creates a rich vibe when put together. The band and TIKA have started writing new songs, which will hopefully appear in a second album.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/22/2005
Band Members:

TIKA
vocals

NOBON
guitar

LUKY
piano

SUSAN
bass

OKKY
drums

for booking and info please contact:
Nadia - (021) 708 94 344 / 0811 132 135
Aditya 0815 1437 4180

Influences:

.. My Goddes the Headless Songstress
.. My priestess Nina Simone
.. A series of unsuccessful anger management therapies and trips to various shrinks
.. And the plethora of disheartening emotions whenever i turn on that wicked lil thang called tel-a-vi-shun.

Sounds Like: Black and thick with a tinge of jazz and a bit of trip...
Record Label: Aksara Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Bela Sungkawa untuk Bandung

Kami ingin menyampaikan empati dan prihatin kami setulusnya bagi seluruh pihak yang telah menjadi korban tragedi di Asia Afrika Culrural Centre tgl 9 Februari 08. Dan dengan banyaknya berita yang sali...
Posted by TIKA on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:53:00 PST

a little thank you note to Indonesian Progressive Society

Tonight was great. Thanks for having us Thanks for the appreciation.
Posted by TIKA on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:43:00 PST

Sorry for the SHITTY performance

jakarta 25 Januari 2008tidak ada yang bisa disalahkan kecuali kami sendiri atas buruknya performa kami malam ini. serius. bisa saja kami menyalahkan vokalis kami, mbak Tika. yang baru keluar rumah sak...
Posted by TIKA on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:16:00 PST

interview with BARBED magazine, Adelaide Australia

Halo Tika, apa kabar? Sedang sibuk?Baik. Tidak sibuk. Bulan ramadhan kerjaan lebih santaiO ya ceritakan dong bulan Ramadhan di Jakarta seperti apa? HUT RI kemarin seperti apa?Essentially, tidak ada be...
Posted by TIKA on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:13:00 PST

New Day Lyrics

TIKA was recently featured in Agrikulture, an electro rock n roll project by DJs Hogi, Adit and Anton. Album available in stores nationwide now. From Aquarius Musikindo.As requested, here's the lyrics...
Posted by TIKA on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:12:00 PST

TIKA, Sajama Cut, and Homicide Talks About Myspace on the JAKARTA POST-WEEKENDER

Making musical connectionsMyspace music is making serious Internet geeks out of the nation's rock'n'rollers, rappers and divas and may even change the way we listen to music. Chris Holm is sucked into...
Posted by TIKA on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:03:00 PST

Yang Kecewa Dengan Album Tika

Kami ingin berterima kasih kepada semua yang telah memberi komentar tentang album TIKA. Mulai dari review surat kabar dan majalah seperti Jakarta Post, Rolling Stone dan media lainnya, hingga review ...
Posted by TIKA on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:59:00 PST

interpretasi lirik dalam Frozen Love Songs

Saya berhutang budi pada seseorang... yang meminta saya menjabarkan interpretasi lirik-lirik lagu dalam frozen love songs. Dan ini untuk dia. Semoga ia mau kembali pulang.BUT I LOVE YOU, THOUGHDilema ...
Posted by TIKA on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:29:00 PST

review dari fans/maling CD... (saya ikhlas, sungguh)

Mbak nama saya Indra, fans berat mbak Tika... ini review saya tolong di masukin BLOG mbak Tika yah.Sebuah album yang tidak sengaja saya dapatkan saat sedang browsing-browsing di toko kaset. Kovernya y...
Posted by TIKA on Mon, 08 May 2006 11:51:00 PST

I DONT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT TRIP HOP - interview with Stolen Zine

Bosen nggak sih dengan pertanyaan tentang indie dan major?Gue di interview nggak sesering itu sih, jadi masih nggak apa-apa. Lagipula pertanyaan itu jawabannya kan nggak harus selalu sama. Jadi gue ng...
Posted by TIKA on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:49:00 PST