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ASCIIpella is
a collegiate a cappella group comprised of eleven talented people.
We sing and we play music. When we sing, we only sing a cappella,
and when we play music, we never forget to put essence of a cappella in
our songs
We come from the
same department and from the same university. All eleven of us come
from Faculty of Computer Sciences, Universitas Indonesia. We lived
in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, and we're the symbol of unity
in diversity, a mix of Javanese, Batak, Chinese, Japanese, Ambonese, Padang,
Kalimantan, Sundanese etc.
Here and everywhere!
We are based in our campus, Faculty of Computer Sciences (Fasilkom),
Universitas Indonesia, in Depok. We rehearse in campus or in one
of the member's room in their dormitories (also in Depok). If not
in Cempaka dormitory, then in Lambang Biru or Marsini. The places
that's full of memories.
We've conduct
our performances everywhere. Pasar Murah (Faculty of Psychology),
English Days (Faculty of Law), Tribute to Indonesia (AFS), Jimbani Cafe,
and many more.
Now! Although
we're from different classes and different ages, although still in a range
of 19-25 (adolescent), we are from the present. We've had our bittersweet
past and we face our unpredictable future. We plan, we do it, we
learn. Now! That's when....
Why ASCIIpella?
Why not Fasilkom Voices? Or A Cappella Fasilkom? Or Take 11? Well,
the name was chosen from about a dozen other options that we got from putting
some kind of a balloting in our local newsgroups. We've got Sound
Blaster, Voice Mail, etc. But we pick ASCIIpella, because ASCII is
a well known code in computer science and used in all PC applications widely,
and we put 'pella' at the back of the name to remind people that we're
an a cappella group. ASCII (short for American Standard Code
for Information Instructions) is a 7 bit code, whereas we started from
7 people. The fact that we've grown our numbers to eleven doesn't
effect the name. And why a cappella? Simply because we all adore
this certain genre. We like other musical style, like alternative,
jazz, pop and others. But we all love a cappella. See?
Firstly, in year
1995, there were 4 of us. Still a small number, eh? Alvon '92,
Arif '93, Elsie '94 and Intan '95, got together and started a conversation
on how they love a cappella so much. And with a local event
coming, they wanted to be prepared with something, something like a cappella.
Started of as a barbershop group, they found a Bass (Arif '93 and Alvon
'92 are both tenors). He is Ari '95. Then they rehearsed and
found that Ari's voice were not clicking with the others. So they
looked for another and found ArifP '94, who is a Baritone, but sufficiently
fulfilling. So they performed in 5 voices, a doo wop.
1996, along
with all the success of performing in many places, they started to
expand to had become a contemporary a cappella, so they need a real Bass.
They've found the quality in Ruli '92. Along with Ruli '92, came
Raymond '96. With 2 compatible talents we were complete. Now we need
a name. And so we choose ASCIIpella.
1997, we added
up 4 more freshmen. Now, with Hiro '97, Tomas '97, Yuli '97, and
Rivan '97, we are the best collegiate a cappella in town. |