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Those that give and those that...
Bali has always offered us a wide variety of ways to live and that is why the early expats came. Reinventing yourself in the early days was almost de rigeur; the plumber becomes a shoe designer, the door to door >More
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Homegrown & Well Known : Brianna...
Interview by Rudolf Dethu Starting with a smooth and sensible romance with Jazz, this girl grabbed punk rock with just the kind of rough and in-your-face approach that punk rock requires. Born and raised in Bali, she’s Brianna and she’s >More
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Homeground & Well Known : Ubud...
Ubud, the informal Indonesian art capital, already has two major international events and in a few months the Ubud Village Jazz Festival shall knock that tally up to three. Last time I was in the hills, a couple of whispering >More
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The Beat Mag Interview | Mistral...
1. Ok, tell us all about yourself starting from the day you were born all the way until now. I’m an Indo Borneo-American gado-gado child with a massive family lineup, rough estimation of 30-50 cousins, who moved to Bali from >More
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Local DJ interview: Alex Verdacchi
Alex Verdacchi is a resident DJ down at Pyramid, he usually plays the late night shift when the fun begins and it starts to get packed. He has played in countries like Greece, Italy and England and even played a >More
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Beer And Cheese
The recent story of Komang, the beer drinking cop, has attracted worldwide attention after he was captured on film taking a money from a foreign motorcyclist and then using the it to buy himself and his undercover tourist some beer. >More
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Homegrown & Well Known: GUS DE
Interview by Rudolf Dethu Other than Putu, Made, Nyoman and Ketut, one of the most generic names you’re likely to find in Bali is “Gusde”. People get so confused when you say it they have no choice but to ask >More
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Homegrown & Well Known : Made Bayak
Interview by Rudolf Dethu He gained respect by mixing craftsmanship, guitars and activism. Bayak is one of today’s most distinctive young artists from Bali. His band, Geekssmile, ditched the conventional Indonesian band template: quit cheesy love songs and basically crying >More
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The Cycle of Busyness
The whole idea of moving to an island like Bali is so that you can slow the pace, escape the stress and get out of the fast lane. It seems however, that even here there is no escape as life >More