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Bottlesmoker is a music project by Anggung Kuy Kay (Angkuy) and Ryan Nobie Adzani, from Bandung, Indonesia. In 2005, this duo has been working on experimental music in area of electronic pop - indietronic instrumental, that was still a rare thing to do in Indonesia circa 2000s. Bottlesmoker has been doing lots of experiment in the songs making using toy musical instrument and custom equipment, so the sounds that produced were so unique with a hint of a pop music...Bottlesmoker is a music project by Anggung Kuy Kay (Angkuy) and Ryan Nobie Adzani, from Bandung, Indonesia. In 2005, this duo has been working on experimental music in area of electronic pop - indietronic instrumental, that was still a rare thing to do in Indonesia circa 2000s. Bottlesmoker has been doing lots of experiment in the songs making using toy musical instrument and custom equipment, so the sounds that produced were so unique with a hint of a pop music taste that is so catchy, and unique at the same time.

Bottlesmoker produces self made instrument with a bending circuit process. Angkuy and Nobie love toy musical instruments such as Glockenspiel, Hand Bell, Melodica, and any toys that produces any sounds like Toy Phones, Radio, Nintendo DS. Angkuy and Nobie also capable to produce and combine different sounds from different instrument as a harmony. Beside that, Bottlesmoker too create a custom music instrument such as Noise Box, Theremin, 8 Step Sequencer, and those facts make Bottlesmoker produce such a characterized sounds that no other musicians have.

In their musical creation process, Bottlesmoker has inspired a lot by musicians such as Lullatone, Dan Deacon, and Tidy Kid. Also Angkuy and Nobie too inspired by their environment and surroundings, with this, their music has become one personal, intimate sanctuary, that successfully transferred to their audience. Like a happy place where you do your daily activities, a home, a company to sleep to, to ride to, to read to, to make art to, etc.

Bottlesmoker has been born by a rebellion. Rebellion to crash the normal pattern of making music with their own characterized patterns. In the beginning of 2005, when the boys have been making instrumental down tempo electronic beats, it was actually hard excepted by public, who's been entertained by up tempo, techno house electronic beat. Angkuy and Nobie came up with such new concept that it was hard to received and enjoyed. That is why Bottlesmoker did all the production, distribution and promotion by themselves.

Angkuy and Nobie written all the songs in their rooms. They recorded, mixed, and mastered the songs using their own laptop. That is why people have been talked of their successfully Out of The Bedroom Musician, and inspired other Bedroom Musicians to actually go public, out of the comfort of their rooms! they need no recording studio, as they have their own rooms.

Angkuy and Nobie's songs proposals have been rejected many times by local record labels in Indonesia, whose maybe aren't familiar with the genre and the sounds of their music. Maybe it's not gonna be a best seller, or simply it's not gonna sell, but that doesn't make the boys given up. It actually made them stronger, more independent, and chose to live by the internet.

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