Background
1. Benernya apa yg ingin kamu capai Lim, kok bikin musik yg tidak lazim (bahkan untuk lingkup underground)

Bug: Actually what you want to accomplish by creating such uncommon music, even in underground scene.

Halim : yeah..justru di ug (saya lebih suka menyebutnya extreme music)  inilah..dimana kebebasannya bisa  ruaarrrrr biasaaaa....jadi sekalian aja maen se-extrme mungkin...

Halim: in underground (I would prefer it extreme music) scene we can get extreme freedom to create, so we make the most extreme music we can.
 
2. Gimana kamu mengomunikasikan ide yg absurd itu ke anggota laennya? Gimana kontribusi mereka?

Bug: How do you communicate your absurd ideas to other members? How they will contribute?

Halim : Hehehe...absurd seh enggak kok bos, biasa aja, sama seperti ide-ide orang laen juga, kebetulan aja yang muncul seperti itu, dan anggota laennya mungkin terbiasa ya...karena awalnya juga gak seperti sekarang ini, semua pake proses, ...proses ketidak puasan dengan musik yang ada dari awal sampe sekarang, perlahan tapi pasti membuat kami sekarang menjadi seperti ini...duh..jadi korban lingkungan ya? heuheuheuehuehuhe...

Halim: Not so absurd really, it’s just plain idea just like anybody else has. That’s what I have and other members get used to it. In fact, from the beginning it was not like this. Everything ran through the process. A dissatisfaction process with the existing music at that time has leaded us to evolve into what you see and hear CI now. Looks like we’re victim of the scene huh?

Untuk kontribusinya, ya proses juga, saat ada member baru, tetep pasti ada penyesuaian yang lumayan makan waktu, sebelum bisa "create" di dalam juga, mungkin sulit, tapi ya itulah justru yang bikin puas,...Mal/bas dari awal join di CI, penyesuain untuk "memainkan" makan waktu berbulan-bulan (lupa bos...lama banget dan melelahkan :) ), untuk bisa "create" perlu waktu sekitar hampir setaun sejak dia join... hasilnya... bisa di cek di lagu Psychoanalysis Therapy of Sybil Isabel Dorsett, disitu 3/4 part hasil "create" dia, saya cuma lakukan retouch akhir biar sesuai ama CI aja. Setelah itu semua tinggal mengalir...

Halim continued: as far as member contribution, it’s all dealing with the process too. When a new member recruited, it’ll take a significant amount of time before he can create something inside CI, but in the end, that’s make us satisfied. Mal (bassist) joined CI and he took months of rehearsal (I can’t recall my memories; it was so long and tiring). It took almost a year since the audition for him to be able to write the CI way. The result, you can check a track called “Psychoanalysis Therapy of Sybil Isabel Dorsett”, there is ¾ portion of the song that he wrote. I just made final retouch to get the most of the CI character. After that, everything flows easily.

3. Menurutmu apakah Cranial sudah dijalan yg benar? Atau nantinya akan berubah haluan?

Bug: do you think Cranial now on the right direction? Or do you see any detour?

Halim : Untuk jalan nya iya... kayaknya udah bener...yaitu eksplore terus...dan mencoba segala hal yang diinginkan di dalam CI, saya sendiri ga tau besok musiknya bakal jadi bagaimana... karena sekarang pun saya anggap ini proses untuk menjadi hal yang lain lagi di depan...dan saya sedang mengintip ada apa di depan, dan kalau bisa "yang ada di depan" itulah yang kita bawa untuk sekarang, seperti mencuri waktu, mendahului waktu, premature future, suatu hal yang belum saatnya lahir disini, tapi kita paksa untuk muncul.

Halim: for the direction yes, we’re on the right track, i.e. continue to explore. Try everything that CI wants to try. I personally don’t know how the future will shape our music because I think at the moment is part of the process to be different in the future. And I’m peeking ahead to draw “the sound of future” to the present time. It’s like we are stealing the future, leaping the time, something that prematurely born. It shouldn’t be here by now but we forced it to be here anyway.

Ed Note: truly excellent sentences of answer Halim! I apologize if I couldn’t translate it correctly. These phrases just knock me out! No wonder the chaotic math hydrogrind is another Cranial’s embellishment. Those sentences look like derived from Einstein’s relativity theory!

4. Apakah kamu pernah ikut formal training/sekolah gitar?

Bug: have you had formal guitar education?

Halim : Waduh, enggak. Pengennya seh getu, soale saya gak bisa baca not :( . Bisa tapi lambat, dan gak terbiasa. Saya belajar otodidak, dari melihat, dari mendengar.  Dan disini referensi sangat penting...

Halim: No. I wish I had because I can’t read sheet music (I can but it’s too slow and uncomfortable). I learn by myself from listening and seeing hence references become very important.

Live
5. Dengan musik yg segini rumit, maen live mungkin tantangan tersendiri. Benar?

Bug: with this very complicated music, being live is truly a challenge, is it correct?

Halim : Tantangannya sebenernya adalah lebih semacam proof bahwa kita bisa memainkannya secara live dengan benar.

Halim: the real challenge for us is to proof that we can play it correctly in live situation.

6. Gimana cara audience mengapresiasi musik yg kamu mainkan saat live? Pernah mengamati mereka?

Bug: how the audiences appreciate your music during live? Have you had a chance to see them?

Halim : Ya, saya sering memperhatikan mereka.  Dan memang kayaknya belum saatnya menerima seperti itu (mostly, tapi tidak semua).  Beberapa sudah siap dengan perubahan itu, meski masih kaget. Crowd banyak diam, tidak seperti live band-band seperti ini di luar, yang crowdnya malah lebih gila lagi dari musik yang dimainkan :) , ya premature...terlalu cepat dimunculkan , akhirnya bengong..

Halim: yes I have time to see them. Mostly behave prematurely to accept our music. Some already prepare for that change, even thought they’re on a shock. The crowd usually just became frozen and quiet, unlike other live foreign band where the crowd appreciates more insanely than the music played by performers. Yep it’s too prematurely music in here, too soon to be born. That’s way they’re just perplexed.

7. Menurutmu tata suara panggung (monitor dan FOH) yg disediakan gimana?

Bug: what do you think about stage system (monitor) and FOH provided?

Halim : Yah ini dia, masalahnya gigs ug di tanah air jarang banget yang sound nya memadai. Semua serba minim, dari watt yang kecil banget (gak ngangkat), sampe sound controll/monitor yang mati idup, ato kadang malah mati sama sekali...

Halim: There you go. That’s the problem of underground gigs in this country. It’s very rarely finding decent sound system. Everything is under wattage, under powered. The sound in monitors is blinking between live and dead. In some cases monitors just dead all the time.

Ed Note: I swear if I have money I’ll establish a “professional standard” sound rental company with huge discount for underground event…haha daydreaming!

8. Pernah mengalami trouble di panggung? Solusi?

Bug: have you experienced trouble on stage? How did you overcome that?

Halim : Pernah banget!! Yang paling sering yaitu sound monitor mati, ya sudah cuma dengerin dari control di belakang yang samar-samar, ya cuma ngikutin ketukan drum, dan waspada terus agar jangan sampe terlewat, jadi tegang :), mesti berpikir terus ini bagian mana sampe mana...hahahaha....Solusinya...ya coba betulin / idupin pas kelar lagu, kalo gak bisa...ya sudah otomatis saya gak bisa jauh dari drum, coba dengar suara akustik yang keluar langsung, ya mo gimana lagi...

Halim: yes indeed! Mostly the monitor is just dead. So I just go with barely heard control from behind, follow the drumbeats. Keep on focus not to miss it. It’s so distressed to keep on thinking where the part is now being played. I try to overcome the problem after a song finished. If it couldn’t be fixed I just go ahead and stick my position near the drumkits, try to capture direct sound from it. That’s the only thing I can do.

9. Sering komunikasi dengan soundman? Bunyi sumber mana aja yg seharusnya ada dimonitormu?

Bug: do you communicate with soundman? What source should be heard on your monitors?

Halim : Oh ya, pasti. Biasanya kita bawa sound engineer sendiri, dia sudah tau saya butuh apa, drumer butuh apa, etc. Biasanya saya cuma perlu drum di monitor control depan / samping saya, itu saja sudah cukup, kalo ditambah yang lain ok juga, tapi gak boleh lebih kenceng dari output drum di monitor saya itu.

Halim: Sure, we bring a dedicated sound engineer for us. He already knows what I need to hear and what the other members need. For me, the drum sound is the most important but if the rest instruments added, that would be fine as long as they kept in lower level.

10. Ada gear favorit yg gak bisa ditinggalin? Setup gear kamu gimana simpelnya?

Bug: what your favorite gear you can’t live without? What you setup?

Halim : Distorsi, karena saya masih kesulitan menggunakan distorsi dari amp, jadi masih pake accessories tambahan, sama pick 3.0 jim dunlop/stubby. Setup gearnya biasa aja ya dari gitar ke accessories/distortion, trus ke Power Distribution (karena pake 2 head cabinet dan mungkin +1 chanel direct). Dah itu aja kayaknya. Gak serumit meshuggah yang muter head ke head , head ke head...hahahaah...la disini ga ada barangnya juga :)

Halim: Distortion. I still can’t get the distortion I want from the amp itself. So I got some additional accessories (Ed: pedal board?) and pick 3.0 from Jim Dunlop/Stubby. The setup is quite simple from guitar to distortion accessories to power distribution (Ed: maybe a splitter box he means). I use two heads and one direct channel, that’s it. It’s not as complicated as Meshuggah setup that routes head to head and another head to head haha..beside, that gear is not available here.

Production
11. Dengar2 release CD terbentur label, belum nemu “relapse kecil” di tanah air? Gak coba homebrew (made in dhewek) aja?

Bug: what the issue behind CD release? Don’t find any “small Relapse” yet? Or try a homebrew CD?

Halim : Hahahaha....tau aja, ya sebenernya enggak getu, tapi memang kan produksi untuk pressing cd itu butuh biaya gak sedikit, dan belum banyak band indie di Indonesia yang production cd (baik secara self production maupun melalui label). Karena ya itu ...mahal banget, untuk produksi sendiri kita belum mampu, miskin bow'.
 
Halim: actually not like that. Pressing CD needs lots of money. Very few indie label bands here doing it (self production or thru their label). We can’t afford producing by our own yet.

12. Keknya Isabel Dorsett tuh yang skizoprenik kepribadian ganda (multiple personality disorder)? Kenapa nulis tentang itu?

Bug: talking about lyrics, any story behind the track Isabel Dorsett whose suffer multiple personality disorder?

Didiet : Dari buku yang kita baca (karya Flora Rhetta Schreiber), dia sebetulnya bukan skizoprenik tapi ibunya lah yang mengalami skizoprenik. Dan dia merupakan korban dari ibunya.ini kisah nyata seorang gadis berkepribadian ganda 16. Kita merasa tertarik untuk menulis lagu tentang dia karena ini merupakan salah satu kasus kepribadian ganda terumit yang pernah ada.

Didiet: From the book that we read authored by Flora Rhetta Schreiber, she wasn’t schizophrenic but her mom is. She’s a victim of her mom. A true story from a girl owns 16 personalities. We’re interested to write about her because this is one of the most complicated multiple personality case ever known to man.
(Ed note: yeah, no wonder your music became sooooooo complicated too! Haha)
 
13. Felo de se, a self murderer itu bebas atau gak bebas hukuman? Hehe…rumit2 yah topiknya

Bug: About Felo de se, is it telling if the act of a suicide when he commits self-murder becomes commits felony?

Didiet : Aduh...kebetulan ini lirik yang ditulis sama vokalis CI yang lama. kami sendiri kurang begitu ngerti detailnya yang pasti ini menceritakan ttg orang yang ngerasa tertekan dengan kondisi hidupnya dan pengen bunuh diri. Ehm kami kurang ngerti maksud dari pertanyaan ini.
So maaf kalo agak ga nyambung....
 
Didiet: this was written by our old vocalist. We don’t understand the details but apparently talking about distressed man and committed suicide. I don’t quite understand what you’re asking.
(Ed note: you have answered it clearly)

14. Kamu puas dengan Rebuild (penjualan & kepuasan musikalitas)? Apa next album kayak gini juga?

Ed: Are you satisfied with Rebuild in term of sales and musicality? Does the next album sound the same?

Halim : Untuk penjualan sampe saat ini kayaknya ok ok aja, tapi untuk jelasnya memang mesti ngecek ke label (Metalground).  Dia sih kayaknya enjoy aja :).
Secara musikalitasnya ya saya puas 2 tahun lalu sudah bisa mencoba seperti itu, dan itu baru permulaan bagi kami, ya itung-itung percobaan untuk explore, gila-gilaan dan mencoba beri kontribusi yang berbeda untuk music lokal. Next albumnya...ya jelas progress dari apa yang sudah kami mulai 2 tahun yang lalu itu, ...sebenarnya rencana tahun lalu sudah bisa kelar album baru lagi, tapi ya ada perubahan member disini, dan itu di posisi drum, makanya semua jadi melar waktunya...mundur lagi, karena penyesuaian, dan ....latian ...latian..latian lagi...

Halim: for sales thing looks like fine, for details please check Metal Ground label, he seems to be allright :-)
Musical wise, yes I’m satisfied. It was two years ago when we started it all. Kind of trial to explore, pushing the limits and tried to contribute something distinctive to local scene. For next album, of course will be progressing from what we have done two years ago. Actually we planned to release new album last year, but we just have new member lineup for drummer so the schedule is stretched quite a bit for synchronizing, rehearsal and more rehearsal.

15. Kamu puas dengan kualitas produksi Rebuild?

Bug: Are you satisfied with Rebuild production quality?

Halim : Untuk kualitas disitu SAAT ITU saya puas (2003). Selain belum punya pengalaman recording, dan banyak percobaan disana sini, grogi, belum dikejar waktu takut duit nya bengkak... :) , kayaknya cukup memuaskan, tapi setelah itu...mulai muncul hal-hal ketidak puasan saya sekarang, yang semoga saya bisa perbaikin di rilisan mendatang...

Halim: At that time (2003) yes I was. I was being a rookie in recording, lots of trial and error, and panic stroked because of limited studio session budget. It was quite pleased, until nowadays when something new open our views, we just realized there’s room for quality improvement and we’ll try to be better next release.

16. Ada overdub track gitar?

Bug: did you employ track overdub for guitar?

Halim : Kalo main/rekam part yang sama 2x sih enggak kayaknya, saya kurang jelas dengan istilah overdub ini. Tapi saya memang nambah track tersendiri untuk ngerjain per details. Tapi gak mengulang/dubbing part yang sama, karena saat itu saya sudah pake waktu banyak sekali... 4 shift sendiri kalo gak salah untuk gitar, dari total 8 shift keseluruhan.

Halim: if overdub means playing the same part twice, no we didn’t do that. But I did split different track per part detail. We didn’t overdub because the guitar session itself consumed four shifts from the total of eight. 

17. Bass & Gitar, pilih todong cabinet ato direct? digital/tube/solid state amp?

Bug: for bass and guitar, do you prefer cabinet miking or direct? Digital/tube/solid state amp?

Halim : Gitar dan Bas jelas lebih pilih todong. Untuk gitar kalau bisa di back dengan direct, jadi pake ke-duanya. Tapi ini belum saya lakukan saat recording "Rebuild...", karena saat itu ada kerusakan di bagian directnya. Untuk amp, saya ga suka digital amp, lebih ok tube. Bas nya gak masalah pake yang mana kecuali yang digital.

Halim: for guitar and bass we prefer miking backed up by direct. But we didn’t do it in Rebuild because lots of glitches happened in direct section. For amp I prefer tube. Bass solid state or tube is okay as long as not a digital one.

Opinion
18. Band tanah air yg paling…..?

Bug: The most…..band in Indonesia?

Halim : Saya suka Mortal COmbat (yk powerviolence), Mocca, Death Vomit, Forgotten, Discuss, wah banyak... dan banyak juga yang belum di dengerin...Indonesia gila-gila kok band nya..!

Halim: I like Mortal Combat (Jogja’s power violence), Mocca, Death Vomit, Forgotten, Discus, so many…and many more bands that I haven’t got a chance to listen…Indonesia has plenty of great band actually.

19. Scene Jogja menurutmu?

Bug: Describe Jogjakarta’s scene.

Halim : Sekarang masih kayak anak tiri..., banyak band bagus tumbuh disini, karena disini satu sama lain maunya maen yang berbeda, jadi karakter masing-masing bisa muncul jelas, sayangnya dari kota-kota lain  kita seperti "tenggelam" , dan itu masalah terbesarnya  mungkin media yang jareng sekaleeee mengeskpos band Jogja, media masih didominasi band-band tertentu dan dari scene tertentu.  Padahal banyak sekali hal mengejutkan dari band-band disini, saya ngomong begini bukan karena saya di Jogja, tapi saya sudah coba memperhatikan scene di kota lain, ngecek gigs di kota lain, ya itung-itung semacam studi banding lah, untuk tau keadaan music lokal kita, dan saya tetap yakin dengan band Jogja akan selalu berbeda...dan kami siap menyerang setiap saat!

Halim: nowadays it’s underrated. Lots of great bands hailed in Jogja because in here, one would be playing differently than the others so every character appears specifically. Problem is, compared to other cities, we’re like drowning to the bottom of propaganda because lack of exposure. Most media dominated by specific bands from specific scenes. In fact, so many astounding bands here. I said that not because I’m in Jogja, but I have done research in other cities, attended many gigs in other cities; call it an assessment study, and I can say that Jogja always dare to be different. And we’re ready to show it off anytime.

20. Currently listening to…. All time favorite album…

Halim : Saat ini hm..apa ya: Enya "sumiregusa", Meshuggah "Catch 33", Ayumi Hamasaki "My Story", Soilwork "Stabbing The Drama", Fantomas "Suspended Animation",..
All time fave : Naked City "s/t", Melt Banana "Cell Scape" (and all that out from them!), The
Dillinger Escape Plan "Calculating Infinity", Megadeth "Rust..." & "Countdown...", Loudness
"Soldier of Fortune", duh...banyak kalo ini bos...

21. Ada yg ingin kamu sampaikan?

Bug: anything you wish to say?

Thanks a lot, keep support the bands that support the scene. Salut untuk bugjet.com!Hanya
beberapa kepala yang bisa obyektif di Indonesia, and YOU'RE... ONE of THEM!! THANKS!

Halim: thanks a lot, keep support the bands that support the scene. Salutes to bugjet.com! Only few heads think objectively in Indonesia. And you’re on of them. Thanks.
Best regards,
halim budiono

Http://www.cranialincisored.cjb.net
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Ed: Okay thanks Halim, Didiet, Mal and Roy. Good luck Cranial Incisored, see you on the pit with new album, new complex mathematics formulas!

Credit: All photos by Rony, Cranial Incisored Official Photographer.

Comments

Written by Bedot on 2005-05-25 09:55:14 hmm bagus bagus...akhirnya ada juga band complexmetal di Indo...lim gw mau recommend...coba lo dengerin PSYOPUS di www.blackmarketactivities.com lumayan buat refrensi lo...thanks    Bedot "metal keblinger"

thanks! Written by halim on 2005-05-27 01:17:36 Thanks a lot for Fauzy and all in Bugjet.com !!     Buat Bedot... yeah... saya dah punya album mereka ... sip! Mostly band yg dirilis sama black market activities saya dpt albumnya. They are killer!

hei Written by rahma^-^ on 2005-05-27 04:20:36 wa wa wa!

ck....ck...ck Written by Alfan on 2005-05-28 14:35:17 ini band cadas bgt deh   jadi penasaran liat mereka d panggung

Bos Lim... Written by Es_KuCiR on 2005-06-02 18:59:27 wuaaa...band-e wong 'edan'...ngrungoke iso 'edan'. sory bos Lim,shift-ku jungkir balik nich. maju terus PANTANG mundur bos Lim!!!

wa..... Written by Son[of]Minerva on 2005-06-04 13:14:19 Wah klo CI manggung seh TOP ABIEZT..... Saran saya seh yang belum pernah nonton, HARUS nonton.... ya ga lim???

heuheueu Written by uci on 2005-06-05 15:17:05 heuehueh...memang harus nonton...ampe bleeding tu telinga hahaha..gw aja ampe heran, telinga gw dihajar abis oleh lagu2 CI..  TOP dech pokoknya.    Maju terus dab....

Written by SaNiKo on 2005-06-14 17:27:48 ehem...ehem...uhuk halim..hsuahushauhsuhas

Memang Hebat Written by MKW on 2005-06-15 01:03:37 Wah Cranial Incisored ini memang hebat, patut disukai dan dikoleksi. Sayang masih susah dapatnya dan release-an resmi-nya mana aja ya?! Soalnya denger di Kompilasi doang. Wis, apik lah!    www.manunggal.tk

Halim emang beda !! Written by Lordblast on 2005-06-22 23:24:09 CI band top menurutku sih, nggak cuman asal ngebut benjut....technical, komplek tapi enak di kuping (kupingku...gak tau yg laen gimana ?)...Support CI Forever pokoke yo lim !!

Sukses!!!! Written by Nico on 2005-06-28 13:43:02 Ini baru beda..........

hey Halim... Written by visionconquest80 on 2005-10-10 15:50:34 Hey Halim apa kabar ? Wah loe emang keren...hehehehehe.. btw, muted dictions masih ada sisa buat gw ? hehehehe.. (From: Reza)

MEMANG HOT Written by CEMYK on 2006-01-25 12:07:41 wah,interviewnya memang padat gitu.terus metal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kebut and listening Written by gun2 on 2006-03-19 11:31:57 gila coy ci memang patut di perhitungkan! di kancah musik ug maupun non ug >>>>

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