Shorthand Phonetics is an indie rock outfit from Bandung, Indonesia which, as of 2009, only comprises of Ababil Ashari (vocals, guitars, bass and programming). The outfit was established on the 13th of April 2004. Although conflicting reports claims that the band has been releasing material since 2003. Shorthand Phonetics used to be a five-piece full band comprising of Ababil Ashari, Alfonsus Tanoto (bass), Daniel Sastro (guitar), Kevin Yapsir (guitar) and Alvin Lasmana (drums).

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  • Shorthand Phonetics is an indie rock outfit from Bandung, Indonesia which, as of 2009, only comprises of Ababil Ashari (vocals, guitars, bass and programming). The outfit was established on the 13th of April 2004. Although conflicting reports claims that the band has been releasing material since 2003. Shorthand Phonetics used to be a five-piece full band comprising of Ababil Ashari, Alfonsus Tanoto (bass), Daniel Sastro (guitar), Kevin Yapsir (guitar) and Alvin Lasmana (drums). This line up produced the first Shorthand Phonetics album "Fanfiction: From the Seriously Absurd to the Absurdly Serious" (2006). After the release of this album however the rest of the band members left to pursue academic degrees outside Indonesia, more specifically America and Singapore. This left Ababil to continue the namesake as a songwriting/recording outfit. The Shorthand Phonetics recorded sound is a mix of staccato guitars, melodic strumming, frenetic drumming, basic bass lines with loose vocals that talk about mundane annoyances of life produced in a lo-fi manner using webcam mics and a laptop. In 2007, Shorthand Phonetics joined Yes No Wave Music, a netlabel based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and has released numerous releases on the netlabel. In 2009, Shorthand Phonetics released "Errors in Calculating Odds, Errors in Calculating Value", the outfit's fourth album.
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  • Shorthand Phonetics is an indie rock outfit from Bandung, Indonesia which, as of 2009, only comprises of Ababil Ashari (vocals, guitars, bass and programming). The outfit was established on the 13th of April 2004. Although conflicting reports claims that the band has been releasing material since 2003. Shorthand Phonetics used to be a five-piece full band comprising of Ababil Ashari, Alfonsus Tanoto (bass), Daniel Sastro (guitar), Kevin Yapsir (guitar) and Alvin Lasmana (drums).
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