My friend Emman of Delusion of Terror told me he
just made it back home after a week vacation and a memorable escapade in
Jakarta, Indonesia initially to see Obscene Extreme Fest Asia. I was informed
how lucky he and 4 of our KITG allies who brought their asses to Indonesia to
see the event. And I was .5 as lucky as these guys are enough to get a souvenir
shirt and a CD compilation courtesy of my friend Emman, who also bring his own
ammunitions to Indonesia through his cartel DOT records. The event was held on a mountain foot somewhere
in Jakarta or a close town, this was technically the first OEF held outside
Czech Republic the home to OEF where grind and extreme musick people and bands meet
annually also this mark the first show for the biggest and most ambitious
extreme fest which will also be held in 3 other continents besides Europe and
was dubbed as Obscene Extreme world tour. First was in America (Mexico last March
29\30), Asia (April 6), Australia (April 12\13) and the main event to be held
on OEF battlefield in Czech Rep. July 3/7. As of this writing OEF may already
have finished the series of 3 world tours and aimed to be deadlier than ever as
it hosts the mother of all extreme festivals in July.
This was
supposed to be racked up by my fellas but seemingly they have enjoyed the tour
more on covering the show, we’ll probably have the diary ready on the printed
version of the zine hopefully in much spectacle detail. I was checking updates
and news from the OEF official website and was able to get the response and the
conclusion from Curby himself the man who made this all possible. I am eager to
get to know how he and people have reacted specifically the Asian leg, well
similar to what my expectations are in turned out to be successful first for
getting it all started and finished BUT unsuccessful for most of it for all the
shit things that had happened not to mention the loss in terms of financial
matter the guys of OEF incurred. This is SouthEast Asia that they may not have
fully reconciled with considering distance and other barriers is unavoidable I’m
not judging Indonesias credibility but as the whole South East Asian community atleast
for the initial or for the first time not sure though if there would be
another. For sure Indonesia may hold currently the most active and fan supportive
extreme punks in terms of number in comparison to Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
and Philippines but like what I’ve seen in most DIY shows specifically the one
that I saw from the CLUSTERBOMB UNIT tour DVD where they had documented nearly
the entire Indonesian punk and DIY scene.
And as mentioned by Curby on his
report, it didn’t turned out to be good in terms of meeting the number of
attendees to come and see the show to cover all the
expenses if not at least to get even with it from the entrance fee, not only beacuse of the extremely bad weather on that very same night but because most kids wouldn’t pay that much or wouldn't at
all, admittedly this is far way too capitalist or unethical to DIY subculture
this isn’t a personal view but from what I’ve seen and read from bands that had toured such countries like Indonesia or the Philippines and this isn’t something new to our region I had worst experiences on my own
country as well. The whole idea was brilliant, experience and the cause was exalting
for every fan and supporter but this isn’t just fun always with all these
exuberant productions and establishing an organization to facilitate and host a
massive festivity only akin to big time promoters for famous artists and
international commercial acts. Truly it can never match any experience being
with different people from across Asia and the globe from AGATHOCLES to ROTTEN
SOUND to BIRDFLESH and gathering of Asia’s finest grindcore and extreme bands UNHOLY
GRAVE, DEMISOR, WORMROT, FID, EXTREME DECAY, JASAD, TOOLS OF THE TRADE,
PROLETAR and the rest all in one hell of a fest but the risk of losing big in a
gamble and ending it up with a punch in the face was always terrible and lasting
memory of a disaster for a promoter.
Got some photos to share courtesy of RAPEDASS and TRIGGERHIPPIE (KITG crew):
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| BIRDFLESH |
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| WORMROT |
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| S Takoho of UNHOLY GRAVE with AGATHOCLES |
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| AGATHOCLES |
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| FLAGITIOUS IDIOSYNCRASY IN THE DILAPIDATION |
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From L to R TriggerHippie, ElDiablo, RapedAss
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| JAN AG AND RAPEDASS |
And as mentioned by Curby on his
report, it didn’t turned out to be good in terms of meeting the number of
attendees to come and see the show to cover all the
expenses if not at least to get even with it from the entrance fee, not only beacuse of the extremely bad weather on that very same night but because most kids wouldn’t pay that much or wouldn't at
all, admittedly this is far way too capitalist or unethical to DIY subculture
this isn’t a personal view but from what I’ve seen and read from bands that had toured such countries like Indonesia or the Philippines and this isn’t something new to our region I had worst experiences on my own
country as well. The whole idea was brilliant, experience and the cause was exalting
for every fan and supporter but this isn’t just fun always with all these
exuberant productions and establishing an organization to facilitate and host a
massive festivity only akin to big time promoters for famous artists and
international commercial acts. Truly it can never match any experience being
with different people from across Asia and the globe from AGATHOCLES to ROTTEN
SOUND to BIRDFLESH and gathering of Asia’s finest grindcore and extreme bands UNHOLY
GRAVE, DEMISOR, WORMROT, FID, EXTREME DECAY, JASAD, TOOLS OF THE TRADE,
PROLETAR and the rest all in one hell of a fest but the risk of losing big in a
gamble and ending it up with a punch in the face was always terrible and lasting
memory of a disaster for a promoter. 
