Asia Spotlight: Locked up but never lonely, Pamungkas on how his quarter-life crisis defined his music

Asia Spotlight: Locked up but never lonely, Pamungkas on how his quarter-life crisis defined his music

Bandwagon - News·2020-06-25 18:45

Pamungkas did not know that he was half-deaf until he was 18. 

Since he was eight, Pamungkas started playing the drums as a form of therapy. He then learned the piano, and eventually guitar, which opened the doors for him to begin songwriting and singing. Now, the Indonesian singer-songwriter is 26 and self-producing all of his music to more than 2 million monthly listeners on Spotify

The folk-electronic artist first played in his brother's band as a guitarist in 2009 and wrote many songs for the band, though they primarily played the top 40 hits in regular gigs. Formerly known as POTENZIO, the six-piece band released their debut album Jingga in 2010, with 8 tracks written in Indonesian.

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