We came up with a couple of crazy names, then I got a vision and it said "Indische"... Which means "Indies" in Dutch or something.

Yes. We played live many times in Brunei, our base country. Of course we like it! A special moment was when we performed our songs live in the Amphitheater, in front of approx. 4000 in an Indonesian independence day festival.

The internet allows the music industry to reach out into new frontiers and artists worldwide can offer their songs for download. CDs sold online, songs sold online, the MP3 format and MP3 players...

Definitely. The Internet is still a growing market. Major labels have the resources for publicity.

There are 2 of us - Rajan (AKA Raj Mahal) and Hasan (AKA SAKTi). The name, "Indische" was actually inspired by a very similar word in dutch, which means "Indies". Rajan is from India (The Indies) and Hasan is from Indonesia (The East Indies) and so we thought we should come up with a name that's original and has a meaning. We first performed at a graduation dinner and we got lots of positive and encouraging comments from everyone. SAKTi was already into making music on the computer using Modplug Tracker as a hobby. So we then decided that we should try making our own music and write meaningful lyrics rather than the typical drugs, money and women people hear in the hottest music of the genre. Another major inspiration was the youngsters who perform here who dont sound even half as good as we do (not to be cocky or anything but its true) and they get heaps of attention for the crap they do. They write the typical lyrics about money and women even though its nonsense when they sing it. They aren't even original enough to make their own music. They either steal loops or use instrumentals for other songs. If they can get away with only so much, then just imagine what we could pull off. So thats what got us going... and here we are...

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