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 Friday, 25 July 2008
2nCuk-Joking and Gossiping   E-mail 
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2nCuk NicoBugJet interviewed Nico, frontman, songwriter and guitarist 2nCuk, Depok metal grinding machine which latest album "Dysfunction of Brain" has been reviewed here. He’s a funny man with tons of humors as opposite to his lethal solos. Enjoy the interview with talented frontman originated from Kediri East Java with humble and hilarious talks.

1. kayaknya kalian masih mencari jati diri sebuah band. Apakah 2nCuk yg sekarang ini sudah merupakan pencapaian?

Q: Looks like you guys searching for self identity. Did 2nCuk currently reach the goal?

Yup betul sekali kami masih mencari jati diri sebagai sebuah band, dan masih butuh banyak belajar sebagai band baru… kami melanglang buana dari satu aliran musik ke aliran musik yang lain seperti rock, pop, blues, dan terakhir metal dan tentu yang sekarang ini bukan suatu pencapaian melainkan usaha yang membuat kecapaian… heehueheuheheuehueheehe

A: We’re still evolving as a band, needs lots of learning, we step from one genre to another, from rock, pop, blues and the latest metal, and this is not a goal indeed it’s a tiring process LOL.

2. sebelum 2nCuk sempet ngebentuk band apa aja?

Q: what did you do before involved in 2nCuk?

Waktu SMA pernah bikin band beraliran grunge “Blue-Lux” yang lumayan dikenal oleh sebagian anak SMA karena kita terkadang menjadi guest dalam sebuah acara

A: I had formed a grunge band called ”Blue-Lux” and pretty much get publicity within high school kids, sometimes we became a guest in a show.

Ed Note: if there’s an award for cool name inventors, Nico should nominated as one of candidates. Blue-Lux in Javanese word means dry coconut. Strangely it has a cool meaning in English too.

3. Piala Walikota Depok itu lomba apa Nico?

Q: what championship you mentioned you got an award from Depok city major?

Sebuah festival musik yang kebetulan kita jadi juara, waktu itu kita cuma  bertiga.. saya, Randa, dan Alsa kita bawain lagu jimi hendrix purple haze dan anarchy in the UK yang saya aransemen jadi metal. karena cuma bertiga maka hadiah uang tunainya lumayan berasa hehehehe....

A: it was a musical fest where we were the champion. We’re three players: myself, Randa and Alsa performing Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze and Anarchy in The UK arranged in metal. And just because of three players, we can divided the prize fairly enough LOL.

4. dapat inspirasi nama unik ini dari?

Q: where did you get inspiration for the unique band name?

2nCuk logoWaktu pulang kampung ke kediri saudara sepupu saya yang lagi ga ada kerjaan saya suruh bikin stiker bertuliskan SHUT UP untuk gitar saya, tapi dia malah bikin tulisan 2nCuk…. dan setelah sampai di rumah saya gunakan kata Cuk!!! Untuk memanggil orang (Cuk!!! Muatane ora ngewasi!!!)
Artinya? saya mengejanya duancuk, ada yang mengeja dengan tuncuk, two 'n cuk dan second cuk tapi itu tidak masalah saya memberi kebebasan seluas-luasnya pada semua orang untuk mengeja nama band kami... jujur saja sampai sekarang saya ga ngerti artinya, kalo dalam pelajaran bhs Indonesia mungkin itu sebuah kata prima yang berdiri sendiri.

A: when I was going to my homeland in Kediri (Ed: a small city in East Java, home of great technical death metal band, Killharmonic) I had my cousin to paint my guitar. I ordered to paint “SHUT-UP”, instead he wrote 2nCuk. Until then I said “Cuk” to call people. Example: Cuk watch out yer fukkin sight.
I spell it Duan-choke, some people said it Twon-choke, Two ‘N choke, no problem. I set it free to anybody to call our band. Honestly I didn’t know exactly what it means. Perhaps in Indonesian lesson it’s an autonomous verb.

5. selera humor kalian boleh juga. Lirik2nya bikin ngakak. Inspirasi dari mana?

Q: I appreciate your taste of humor in lyrics. Where do you get inspiration came from?

Musik yang kita bawain identik dengan kematian, frustasi, kebencian, dan tema2 horror and spooky tapi saya ingin menampilkan musik metal dengan cara lain supaya anak kecil tidak ketakutan saat mendengarkan lagu metal
sehingga mereka bisa ikut bernyayi "kebelet pipis!!!!"

A: we’re playing such dark stereotype of music; Death, frustration, hatred, horror and spooky things. I want to deliver it different way hence a little kid can scream with us “I want to pee!”

6. kayaknya kamu yg handle semua tugas di album Disfunction. Kontribusi band member lainnya?

Q: your duty in”Dysfunction” CD seems covers it all. What other members’ contribution on this?

Kontribusi band lainnya adalah datang latihan, promosi album di lokasi masing2, lalu sisanya tertawa2, bersenda gurau, dan nge-gosip… itulah akibat bekerja sama dengan orang2 yang cacat mental hahahahahaha…..

A: Their contribution among others to come in rehearsal, doing promo album in their respective region, and the rest is laughing, joking and gossiping. That’s the consequences of collaboration with mental illness persons LOL.

6. ternyata disfunction itu album ke2 ya. Cepet banget rentang waktunya dari album 1. atau itu sebuah double album?

Q: I realized that Dysfunction is the 2nd album. The release date itself is very short, close to the first. Did you intended to release double album?

2nCuk randaTidak itu bukan sebuah double album.. dalam album pertama saya sangat terobsesi untuk menembus major label di Indonesia dengan lagu pop rock yang ternyata banyak peminatnya akan tetapi berdasarkan planning yang baru kami susun maka produksinya kami hentikan sejenak... sedangkan "Dysfunction of Brain" adalah kumpulan iseng2 saya selama proses pengerjaan album
pertama. karena membuat lagu pop komersil cukup membuat kepala saya pusing.. bagi saya tidak mudah untuk menulis lagu seperti band2 pop major di Indonesia mungkin karena bertentangan dengan jiwa saya kali ya???

A: It wasn’t a double release. From the first album I have so obsessed to penetrate major label with pop rock style, which of course market friendly, but later we plan to postpone it for a while. Dysfunction of Brain is collection of sorts of thing around my head during first album works. I think it’s harder to write songs like pop major bands out there, make me dizzy. Perhaps my style just not there..

8. B’cex itu apakah label kalian sendiri?

Q: is B’cex your own label?

Yup label ini saya buat hanya sebagai syarat sebuah album resmi hehehehe...

A: I just made it to fulfill the requirement of officially releasing album LOL.

9. udah berusaha nawarin ke label laen yg punya distribusi?

Q: have you offered it to distributing label?

Sejauh ini belum dikarenakan biaya (wong kere) dan kesibukan masing2 Personil

A: not yet, because of cost (poorman’s problem) and everyone in the band is busy.

10. sejauh ini promosinya gimana?

Q: What do you think so far about your self-promotion?

Lumayan, lewat web kita berusaha jadi band internasional hehehe… lewat distro kita jualan CD, dan lewat teman2 yang nyebarin gosip seputar band... dan sekarang sedang promosi dari panggung ke panggung…

A: Not bad. By a website we’re trying to go International LOL. We sell CD via distro and friends gossiping our band. Currently we set promo from stage to stage.

11. aktifitas sehari2 diluar band?

Q: what's your life outside band?

Seluruh personil masih kuliah, saya di fakultas ekonomi atmajaya, Randa di Perfilman PPHUI, Ican di bsi, dan yoza di london school, aktifitas lainnya makan di rumah, dan tidur di sembarang tempat

A: All members are college kids. I’m studying economics in Atmajaya, Randa in filming study PPHUI, Ican in BSI and Yoza in London School. Other activities including eat at home and sleep everywhere.

12. Band2 mana yg paling berperpengaruh pada musik kalian? Campur aduk genre-nya ya.

Q: Tell us your influencer.

Dalam komposisi lagu saya banyak belajar dari Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Sepultura, Pantera, Cradle of Filth, Deicide sedangkan untuk lead saya banyak belajar dari jimi hendrix, stevie ray vaughan, joe satriani sedangkan Ican gaya bermain gitarnya banyak dipengaruhi oleh steve vai, nuno extreme, dan yngwie malmsteen

A: to compose a song I learn a lot from Maiden, Megadeth, Sepultura, Pantera, Filth, Deicide. For leads I pick Hendrix, SRV, Satch. Ican’s musical style influenced by Vai, Nuno and Yngwie.

13. untuk track kepedesen live, gimana teknik rekamannya? Berapa track simultan? Pake harddisk recorder atau?

Q: for live track “Kepedesen” can you tell us how to record it?

Kebetulan saya menjadi salah satu panitia di dalam acara tersebut, jadi saya menggotong seperangkat komputer saya untuk proses rekaman dari mixer langsung ke komputer, lalu saya tambahkan sebuah mic dari mixer yang diletakan kira-kira 15 meter dari panggung supaya suasana live-nya berasa... setelah jadi, dipoles sedikit dengan meng-adjust equalizernya dan
mengexploitasi suara penonton hehehehe.....

A: Luckily I was one of organizing committee in the event. I was hauling rack of computer to record directly from the mixer. I added one mic from the mixer and set it approx. 15 meters from the stage to capture the live ambient. After recorded, I made final touch, EQing and exploiting audience’s rave voices LOL.

14. apakah kalian menguasai scale dan modes (teori musik)? solo-nya gila banget deh.

Q: do you master scale/modes/music theory things? Your solos are cool.

Sejujurnya saya kaget juga kalo solonya bagus... soalnya dalam bermain gitar yang kami tahu cuma minor and major scale dan selanjutnya tinggal feeling dan imajinasi (maklum ga pernah les), untuk pickup kita pake seymour duncan supaya gitar lebih mudah menjerit

A: Actually I’m surprised too hearing this. I play extended by feel and imagination based on major and minor scales. I never took music lessons. For pickup we use Seymour Duncan to make it scream easily.

15. teknik rekaman Disfunction gimana? (sequencer, miking, overdub, efek, dll)

Q: Tell us the “Dysfunction” production process

2nCuk yozaIni adalah rekaman yang amat sangat sederhana karena kami tidak menggunakan ampli, untuk gitar, bass, dan vokal saya cuma pake sebuah efek digital yang langsung dihubungkan ke komputer sebagai media rekam, sedangkan untuk drum kita pakai mixer 8 track (ini bagian paling ribet buat saya).. pertama kita main sama2 direkam lewat mic yang dipakai untuk guide... kemudian kita rekam ulang instrumen dan vokal satu per satu dan finishing dengan mengatur equaliser untuk meng-cut boom dan hiss yang berlebihan… hasilnya lumayan rapi tapi kurang sangar

A: Well this was a very simple. We didn’t use amp. For guitar, bass and voice we use digital amp simulator and effects directly injected to PC as recording media. For drums we used 8-track mixer (which made me very nervous). Firstly we play together recorded via mic for guide. Then we re-record instrument and vocal one by one. Finished it with EQing to cut boominess and excessive hiss. Not bad for the result, pretty neat but lack of aggressiveness.

16. apakah kamu punya rider list yg harus ada waktu manggung?

Q: Do you have a rider list for the stage?

Rider list?? Apaan tuh??? (ora weruh) Hehuehuehuehhehehehehe……

A: What the hell is rider list? LOL

Ed Note: Rider list, call it a requirement you have asked to be fulfilled by event organizing committee or sound rental companies when you’re invited for the event. Example, you ask the following rider list:
1. a guitar amp should be X brand with eight 4x12 cabinets able to stunt small animal
2. stage monitors brand X should be bi-amped, four of them should be placed behind vocal mic for the deaf vocalist
3. bass amp should be X brand rated xxx Watts able to rattle the brick house down to pieces
4. sound system brand X rated thousands of Watts able to kick serious butt at 30 meters and make ears bleeding at front row
5. stacks of 2x18 subs should be placed underneath drum riser to impale non-drummer who's illegally sitting in the throne throwed to the lighting trusses
6. limo from airport to the hotel and to the venue
7. hotel should be five star suite with 3x diners and king size bed
8. room with fresh flowers everyday in the room, swimming pool, playboy TV, cold budweiser, ladies escort etc.
As a star you deserve to have it all otherwise you refuse to play!

17. pengalaman manggung paling berkesan dan paling ancur?

Q: your best and worst gigs?

2nCuk icanPaling berkesan adalah waktu kita jadi guest sebuah acara di depok karena sambutan penonton yang baik dan penampilan kami membuat audience terkesima walau saat saya mencoba bermain lead sambil jalan2 ke bawah panggung kabel jack gitarnya copot, dan yang paling ancur adalah waktu kita jadi guest juga di acara perpisahan salah satu SMU negri karena penontonnya “ora
mudeng”

A: the most impressive one was when we’re guest at Depok event, people just warmly responded and our performances ruled them though my guitar cable was popped off when I played lead during walk around under the stage. The worst gig when became a guest in a state high school event, because the audience just didn’t get into our music.

18. gambarkan setup panggung yg ideal menurutmu.

Q: draw an ideal stage layout.

Yang luas supaya bisa lari2an, main petak umpet, bahkan main bola… dan untuk sound saya tidak terlalu fanatik asal tajam tapi berat.. yang penting setup sound monitor balance dan tidak ada yang terlalu mendominasi, bagi saya itu sudah cukup

A: I prefer a wide one so you can run and play hide-and-seek, and play soccer. For sound I’m not into specific as long as sharp and heavy, most importantly monitor setup is balanced and nothing dominated in the mix.

19. kamu punya soundman sendiri?

Q: you hire dedicated soundman?

Tidak, untuk sementara semua saya lakukan sendiri, saya masih harus banyak belajar tentang sound karena sound itu sesuatu yang abstrak… tapi klo ada soundman gratisan boleh juga hehehe….

A: No. Currently I did it all by myself. I must learn more about sound since it’s a conceptual thing. If anyone interested to become voluntary soundman for us that would be cool LOL

20. apa yg kamu harapkan dari audience?

Q: what do you expect from audience?

Kepuasan saat menyaksikan kami live, karena kami bermain musik untuk menghibur dan sangat meyedihkan bagi sebuah band jika diatas panggung mereka dicuekin….

A: A satisfaction watching us because we play to entertain. It’s a sad thing for a band that plays onstage and just being ignored.

21. scene indie depok menurut kamu?

Q: Opinion about indie scenes in Depok?

Lumayan, di depok cukup terbuka untuk musik2 indie banyak band2 indie dan indie label di depok yang bagus

A: Not bad. Depok always open for indie. Lots of quality indie bands and label alive here.

22. berikan kritik pada bugjet

Q: Please criticize BugJet.

What can i say…. beritanya bagus2 tentang band2 metal Indonesia dan teknik rekaman yang kemungkinan trik2nya akan saya terapkan pada album selanjutnya.. saran buat bugjet klo bisa upload berita baru tiap minggu (kayak majalah bobo) hehehehehe....

A: What can I say, cool news about Indonesian metal bands and I will apply some recording techniques for the next release. I wish you upload news weekly like Bobo (kid) magazine LOL.

23. laennya yg pengin kamu sampaikan.

Q: Anything you wish to say.

Kami ingin panjatkan puji syukur kepada Tuhan YME atas berkahnya yang luar biasa kepada kami dan terima kasih untuk manajemen kami yang tetap semangat walau kere hehehehe, buat band2 di seluruh Indonesia “Ayo Terus
Berkarya!!!” buat keluarga kami, temen2 di Sukatani Cimanggis, Depok, Jakarta, Bandung, Kediri, Bali, Kalimantan, Russia, dan UK.. thanks banget buat dukungannya…. God Bless You All

A: We would like thank God for His countless blessing to us. Thanks to our management who maintain struggling spirit though we’re so poor. To all the band across the country “Keep up the good works”. To our families and friends in Sukatani Cimanggis, Depok, Jakarta, Bandung, Kediri, Bali, Kalimantan, Russia and UK thanks a lot for supporting us. God bless you all.

Ed: thanks Nico for your time. It’s a pleasant interview.

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Written by desperate slaughter on 2006-03-11 06:13:57
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