Tikoes Kecemploeng "Fake label worldwide"

BeelzebubMedia
Apr 24, 2022
2 min read

Updated: May 4, 2022

Tikoes Kecemploeng is a label from the city of Cirebon which was founded by Djoko Ariyanto (Djoko BACOT), initially Tikoes Kecemploeng is an EO (Event Organizer) in the city of Cirebon where the Event Event that is created is the United Black Mass. Tikoes Kecemploeng's philosophy is when it's wet to take a bath together, so say the founders of this label.

Over time, this label began to expand its wings which started making compilations of Underground bands in Indonesia, which we know the name of this compilation label is "Lawang Arus" and Tikoes Kecemploeng is one of the labels that raises new bands or bands that are cool but not cool. visible to the public. And what we know now is that there are many labels in Indonesia who only want to promote bands that are already well-known because they get a lot of profit from it. This is what makes Tikoes Kecemploeng angry with this kind of favoritism and can be said to be rich like a big company that can only enter using insiders, and where many MetalHeads are arrogant and have seniority.

With the birth of the Tikoes Kecemploeng label, many new bands have been helped by this label. Which is where we must be bored, what appears in the media is only those bands. How will the metal scene generation want to move forward if there is no support from others. "All of these are equal and there is no seniority," said the founder of Label Tikoes Kecemploeng.

This compilation of 'Lawan Arus' is a platform for Underground Bands to promote their work and this compilation has reached Chapter #10. Tikoes Kecemploeng also works with foreign labels such as Faint Soul Prods (Singapore), AltraSound Records (Malaysia), Master Of Kaos Prods (Colombia), Plague Demon Records (USA). And Tikoes Kecemploeng made a Split compilation between countries "Against the Current" (Indonesia - Malaysia), "Against the Current" (Indonesia - Singapore), "Against the Current" (Indonesia - Thailand), "Against the Current" (Indonesia -Spanish), " Lawan Arus” (Indonesia – Poland), “Lawang Arus” (Indonesia – Colombia), “Lawang Arus” (Indonesia – Singapore – Malaysia – Germany) And many bands that have been released by this label from Indonesia and even abroad. Tikoes Kecemploeng's vision and mission are "INDONESIA CAN BECOME THE WORLD'S METAL MUSIC BAROMETER", , And the purpose of this compilation is "So that the work of friends in Indonesia can be heard outside the country".