BMTH live in Jakarta 2024

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This time around Ravel gets it right and BMTH (Bring Me The Horizon) are headlining the Nexfest festival in Jakarta which also features Babymetal. In this format there is no seating - which makes for a much more intimate experience - although you do have to arrive really early if you want to pick a spot right up close to the stage.  We arrived about six hours before BMTH were scheduled to start their performance and bought plenty of drinks to stay hydrated in the tropical afternoon heat (mind you, some of those were Iceland vodka mix!) This was a gig I had long been looking forward to - especially after the debacle last year. Not everyone likes BMTH of course. For deathcore fans the band sold out. For metal heads the band is not purist enough. And for the wider mainstream audience, the band is too heavy. You can't please everyone of course but there are few bands in the rock world which can match the sheer emotional velocity of BMTH. To bring metal and even aspects of metalcore t...

10 most impressive skyscrapers in Jakarta (part one)

1. Wisma 46
Known to Jakartans as the “fountain pen”, this colossal building (250m, 48 storeys) stands out thanks to its distinctive design. The tower is located on a 16 hectare plot of land which encompasses the Shangri-La Hotel and Shangri-La Residences. Wisma 46 is owned by PT Swadharma Primautama, a joint venture between Yayasan Dana Pensiun BNI, Lyman Group and the Salim Group…


Wisma 46

2. Bakrie Tower
Even when your business empire is crumbling all around you because of myopic strategic planning and downright incompetence, you still believe that you are so important to have a skyscraper named after you. As it goes, the 50-storey 215 m Bakrie Tower is one of the more interesting skyscrapers in Jakarta thanks to its non-symmetrical twisty design. Wobbly in other words…


Bakrie Tower

3. Menara BCA
Fairly nondescript 56-floor edifice which soars 230 meters into the sky. Its redeeming feature? A bar at the top!


Menara BCA

4. Mulia Building
Oldish skyscraper (completed in 1991!), this futuristic looking 27-storey skyscraper looks a lot like a gigantean spaceship in my opinion. Cool.


Mulia Building

5. The Peak Apartments
Apartments for the mega rich, two of the four towers have an incredible 55 floors. With easy access to the central business district (Kuningan, Thamrin and Gatot Subroto) there is no need to waste invaluable time in Jakarta’s soul-crushing traffic jams getting home in the evenings. The smallest apartments are 82 sqm, and the largest an astonishing 478 sqm (about big enough to fit in an entire kampong; not that the city’s less fortunate citizens will ever be staying here of course!).


The Peak Apartments

Part 2 here...

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