The Trees & The Wild Remix Project
The Trees & The Wild Remix Project
The Trees & The Wild Spill About Upcoming Remix Project and Share Foghorn Remix of “Monumen”

The folk-rock/experimental collective of The Trees & The Wild have released a critically album last year titled “Zaman, Zaman”. Up until now, people are still raving about the album and the change in the musical aspect of the band has piqued the curiosity of the listeners alike. As they are now involving more experimental and post rock sounds in their music, it’s inevitable that people could not wait to see more evolution from the band. After their performance on 7th Music Gallery, we sat down with Remedy Waloni, Charita Utami, Andra Kurniawan, Henri Nur Pamungkas and Tyo Prasetya to talk about their current sounds, concept, and upcoming project. The Trees & The Wild revealed that the change in their sounds were due to their exploration in music. There were lots of influences that affect their music style now and they did not plan on turning back. Upon being asked why they rarely or even never performed their songs other than the ones in “Zaman, Zaman”, they cited the duration of the show as the main reason. Their songs in their latest album are mostly long and before they even could perform all the songs there, the committee of the event usually only give them a chance to perform within 30-45 minutes duration.

The Trees & The Wild also told about their difficulty of managing time to perform and practice together, as their members have other side jobs or projects besides the band. As we notice that their outfits on recent performances are always black, they revealed that it’s mostly affected by their stage lighting. The band have been able to afford their own lighting now, and it’s set in white so to dress up in a colorful tone would hinder the lighting to perform its maximum effect. That explains a lot of their wardrobe choices, and even so, it also matches the concept in their album. Afterwards, The Trees & The Wild also spilled about their forthcoming project. Remedy Waloni teased that they would release their song which is remixed by their musician and producer friend, Foghorn sometime soon. That was not a bluff as on Sunday, 12 March 2017, the remixed song was uploaded onto their record label, Blank Orb Recordings.

The Trees & The Wild Remix Project
The Trees & The Wild Remix Project

The song “Monumen” is turned into a darker sounding piece which incorporates complex experimental electronic sounds and pounding beats towards the end. TTATW also hinted that the next song will be remixed by a talented pianist from Yogyakarta. Our bet would be on Gardika Gigih to be the remixer, and it’s interesting to listen another musician’s take on their original piece. Being asked about whether they will remix other musicians’ song, TTATW half jokingly mentioned Foghorn to be the musician that they want to remix, as Foghorn himself was also present on the same room right then. Without further ado, here’s “Monumen” remixed by Foghorn that you can enjoy.