The Picturesque Scene of Passing Fantasies

My submission for Noah and the Whale 7” sleeve design . 45 designs will be selected and printed on a Secret 7” vinyl sleeve which will be sold and exhibited in a gallery in East London. The profit will go to Teenage Cancer Trust. Please support! Tessa x

My submission for Bombay Bicycle Club’s Lights Out, Words Gone 7” artwork . 45 designs will be selected and printed on a Secret 7” vinyl sleeve which will be sold and exhibited in a gallery in East London. The profit will go to Teenage Cancer Trust. Pleaasseee pick my work. Really want to win this invite :) Support my work here . Tessa x

The People's Party Jakarta 2012 Thank God It's Friday! wasn't just an ordinary phrase for all Bombay Bicycle Club's fans in Jakarta last Friday, January 13. We were really grateful for this day because the wonderful Bombay Bicycle Club was going to perform tonight at Fairgrounds (ex Bengkel Night Park). They were coming to Indonesia on the event called The People's Party, promoted by Shoundshine. Bombay Bicycle Club was not the only band that performed that night. We also have The Jezabels (Australia), The Naked and Famous (New Zealand) and Metronomy (UK). Not to mention the opening act by local band called Roman Foot Soldiers. But on this blog, I will concentrate on writing about Bombay Bicycle Club's performance since they are my favourite and they are the reason I came to this event. :) The People's Party started at 7 pm sharp and Roman Foot Soldiers opened this event smoothly. This was the first time I heard their songs and I think they're good. The ...

Got this from tumblr.... Pick 7 artists that you love before reading the questions. 1. Ideals 2. Panic! At The Disco 3. The Vaccines 4. Bombay Bicycle Club 5. Hurts 6. suede 7. The Drums What was the first song you ever heard by 1? Lungs What is your favourite song of 7? Book of Stories What kind of impact has 1 left on your life? HUGE AND GREAT IMPACT! A lot of stories has been happened between me and Ideals. I listen to their songs every time I can. I’ve talked to the members. They are really nice, especially the drummer (I talk mostly to him and become a friend of him). Some stories just can’t be told here :’) What are your favourite lyrics of 5? “Don’t let go. Never give up. It’s such a wonderful life.” How many times have you seen 4 live? Not so far and that breaks my heart :( What is your favourite song by 6? I love everything...

Ideals on ARTROCKER Ideals is on the latest issue of ARTROCKER magazine! I don't have the magazine because I don't know how to get it unless I buy it online. I got this picture from BW's Facebook. He uploaded it on his wall, but unfortunately it is blurry so I can barely read it. [Come on, B. You got the new Iphone 4S. Take a better picture of it! Hahaha.] After I gave my best shot to read that, I know that the article still mentioned Johnny Healey as Ideals' guitarist while Ben Smith was on the photograph. And speaking about the photo... I never saw this pic before! I saw several new photo of Ideals by White-Robot Photography few days ago, but not this one. Darn...! I love this pic! Hahaha. Beside ARTROCKER magazine, Ideals has been reviewed on some online media as well, regarding their forthcoming EP, Let Your Anger Leave You . This is the review from It's All Indie blog. Nice review! It definitely makes me looking forward to listening to their whole EP. It has...

MUSIC is something I can't live without. I've been a music fan since a long time ago and been a concert go-ers right after I can earn my own money. I listen to some music genres, from pop, rock, japanese-rock, electronic, and indie music. The latest band I found very interesting was IDEALS. They are four-piece-London-based-indie-band who're formed on 2010. I knew about them from my best mate, Sindi, who lives in Sweden now. She gave me the link to their video, Lungs and I was instantly falling in love with them. Not too long after that, they released their video, Significant Other . This video definitely made me a huge fan of them. It is still become my favorite video of them until now. Significant Other was the trigger for me to make arts for them. It was started by making Ben Ward portrait painting . (Ben is my favorite member of the band.) I had no intention at all when I made it. It was simply because I am a portrait painter and I've done some artists and musicians...

Two days ago, my favorite London-based indie band announced the change of their member on their Facebook page . Yes, it is about IDEALS, the band that is definitely have my 100% of support. They posted about the sad news on around 6 pm UK time and uploaded their new pic with the new guitarist as well. Here it is... From left to right: Simon Wilson (bass), Benjamin Ward (drums), Andrew Major (vocal + guitar), Ben Smith (guitar) Ben Smith is the new guitarist. As far as I concerned, Ben Smith is Ideals' third guitarist after their first guitarist, Matthew Bunkell and their second one, Johnny Healey left the band. Personally, I was so sad when I first heard about Johnny's leaving. I like Johnny. I like his guitar playing as well. I had a chance to speak to him on Facebook chat and based on his words and his way of speaking, I think he's a nice person. I just hope this is the best decision for him. Good luck on whatever you do, Johnny! I got this sad news from Ben (by Ben, I me...

Check this out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPgHrHLz7lY A brand new video from Ideals called Altar. The video contains 0% Ben Ward, but it still amazing! You can pre-order the upcoming EP here: http://store.intruderlabel.com/product/ideals-let-your-anger-leave-you-ep-limited-ed-12-vinyl Tessa x

This is the poster I made for IDEALS gig on August 4th in Ipswich, UK featuring These Ghosts and Rory Hill. It’s inspired by their video, Lungs . PS. Thinking that this piece of work was being stuck on the bars' wall and other places in Ipswich is thrilling. So happy that my work can be involved in Ideals' music history. Tessa x

Book art I made of IDEALS, a London-based indie band. I cut the silhouette of the band members based on their video of Significant Other . Size of book: A5 Tools: concord paper, glue, cutter Time taken: about 6 hours Photos taken by Canon IXUS 105 (camera belongs to my housemate, Maya) IDEALS are Andrew Major Johnny Healey Simon Wilson Benjamin Ward Tessa x

The Drums live in Jakarta, May 25th 2011 Jacob Graham, Jonathan Pierce, Connor Hanwick and former member Adam Kessler. Once again, all live music lovers in Indonesia are very lucky. On Wednesday, May 25th 2011, indie pop band from Brooklyn, New York, called The Drums performed their first gig in Jakarta. The band with member Jonathan Pierce on vocal, Jacob Graham on guitar/synthesizer and Connor Hanwick on drum/guitar entertained their loyal fans at Blowfish, City Plaza, Jakarta with Ismaya Live as the promoter (same promoter with Suede’s gig last March). The show itself started on 9 pm sharp and gate opened one hour before it. I was quite excited to see The Drums’ performance in Jakarta. I admit that I am a new fan of them, but I enjoy their song so much. At first, I am interested in their music after I listened to Book of Stories . Somehow, that song reminds me of The Smiths’ song (I love this Manchester legend). Second, I heard the remix ver...

Hurts setlist in Jakarta: 1. Unspoken 2. Silver Lining 3. Wonderful Life 4. Happiness 5. Blood, Tears & Gold 6. Evelyn 7. Sunday 8. Mother Nature 9. Verona 10. Devotion 11. Confide in Me 12. Illuminated 13. Stay ——-Encore——- 14. Better Than Love

Just gonna sum up what I felt in Hurts gig on Saturday night. Satisfaction: HURTS! Well, I don’t have to explain it. Anything related to HURTS is satisfying! Theo did all the ‘ritual’. Oh… those white roses! And the hand moves that Theo makes when he sings ‘We all get hurt by love, and we all have a cross to bear’ from Confide in Me. While Adam keep throwing kisses to audiences. The cuteness of Adam is reaching its limit when he pinched Richard’s cheek as he walked away and left the stage. Disappointment: The promoter and venue security! Some annoying things that are arranged by the promoter: - The stage is too far from audiences. The gap between stage and audiences is about 4 metres. Crazy! I was at the front row, but the pics that I took look very far far away. Never been this far in any concert I have ever attended. Usually the stage is only 1 metre or max 2 metres away from audiences. Here’s the prove. - It’s very common if the promoter allows photographers ...

On May 7th, HURTS—British duo from Manchester, Theo Hutchcraft on vocal and Adam Anderson on synth—performed in an event called Nylon Music Festival organized by Urbanite Asia. Beside Hurts, there are 10 local bands who performed on this event which took place at Epicentrum Kuningan, Jakarta. Before the music festival began on about 6 pm (Hurts performed on 10 pm), there was a press conference with Hurts and the 10 local bands at 2nd floor Nylon Mall, near the venue. My friend and I came to the press conference on behalf of one of the biggest media in Indonesia (not a music media, but it’s been around for quite long here). On the press conference invitation, it is said that the press conference should starts on 1 pm to approximately 2pm, but the time set can be change at anytime due to technical preps/band’s needs. So, the crew asked medias to be open for the press conference on 1 pm to 4 pm. My friend had been there since 1 pm, while I came late due to another event that I have t...