JAKARTA - The indie pop music unit from Tanjung Priok, Sunwich is ready to move further in early 2025. They are preparing to tour several cities in Japan by appearing at a number of music festivals there.
The vocalist Aliefa Agustine or who is familiarly called Fia told about the preparations for the tour he was going to undergo.
"When Terao, we said Vinyl's label, come on and play here, all of Vinyl's promotions and your albums. Then we immediately agreed and were very happy with the invitation," said Aliefa in a written statement quoted from ANTARA, Tuesday, January 14.
Through SRM Bookings & Services, their Booking Agent, Sunwich managed to get a slot at the festival, after Ryuji Noda, Festival Music Lane's director received their first Album material, Apophenia last year.
"Honestly, I never thought I could play this Japanese tour. From what we used to be a religious band (the band that had to register first if we wanted to appear) to be able to play abroad, it felt hard to believe!," said Bas Raflie's player 'Ibek'.
In addition, Rifki Handani or who is familiarly called Jibon also said that this was the fourth time they had performed abroad.
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Previously they had appeared at the F1 membership event in Singapore (2023), Moonsoon Festival in Hanoi Vietnam (2023) and Gig Tabik! in Bangkok (2023).
Sunwich has also appeared online in the Rockin' the Region, Esplanade Singapore (2021) and AXEAN Festival (2021) programs.
Sunwich will appear in four cities in Japan, namely (island) Okinawa, Tokyo, Nagoya and Kyoto. After appearing at Music Lane Okinawa on January 19, they will appear twice in a row, January 21 & 22 at the venue owned by Big Romantic, Moon Romantic in the Aoyama area, Tokyo.
Then after that they visited Nagoya and appeared at KD Japon, Nagoya on January 23. Their tour ended in Kyoto City in Urban Guild on January 24.
This tour is supported by several sales brands such as Lee Cooper Indonesia, New Balance Indonesia and local Brand CHIEF Barber Supplies.
The vocalist of Fia is also scheduled to participate in the Co-writing Camp program at Music Lane Okinawa, along with musicians from other Indonesians such as Littlefingers and Dhira Bongs.
Sunwich, which was formed in 2019, consists of Aliefa Agustine on vocals, Raflie Arbiantara on Bas, Hafiz Alfaiz and Mahandhika Irsyam on Guitar and Rifki Handani on Drum.
Sunwich released their debut Album Apophenia on February 23, 2024, Through Demajors Records. They released this Album after a musical journey of 5 years, and had released a mini album Storage in 2020 as well as several previous singles.
The album contains 10 tracks with several singles such as The Bended Man (2022) and False Expectation (2023).
Tit for tat, this album immediately stole the attention of one of the well-known independent labels in Japan, Big Romantic Records. Through Terao Budha, the owner of the label, Sunwich got the opportunity to release this album in Black Plate format.
This album was released as many as 400 copies in July 2024. And after knowing that Sunwich will appear on Music Lane Okinawa, Terao invited Sunwich to promote this album in several cities in Japan, January 2025.
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