Bedchamber

When Ratta Bill, Abi Chalabi, Smita Kirana and Ariel Kaspar met in 2013, being participants of the same art exhibition was the only thing they all had in common. Now they are part of Bedchamber, an indie pop/rock band based in Jakarta that was formed soon after said exhibition. They then do what they referred as pseudo-jamming almost every week to compose the chemistry between members.

With a redefined sound and songwriting style, Geography drives into a new musical territory and speaks about the stage of live, confusion, love-longing through a personal landscape. Dessert- gaze “Ride” shines with an eclectic bassline, Egyptian guitar melody and thick layers of shoegaze-y rhythm. As for the laidback, “Moon” illuminates the intertwining guitar style, dreamy vocals while smoothered with the Chinese-scaled 80’s synth. “The record juxtaposes the cold and warmth of being one confused young adult”, Ratta Bill explains. The record then reissued by French alternative record label Requiem Pour Un Twister and got distributed worldwide from Tower Records to Rough Trade, making Bedchamber more internationally acknowledgable to a certain scale.

As the pandemic happened, the band has already stumbled on an artist’s block as they were paused by the long distance separation with their original drummer that studied abroad. Five years gone by, the band has incubated a new exciting album titled Capa City full of untamed musical voyage indulged in dauntless guitars and erratic rhythms.