{{Short description|Indonesian folk band}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = THE TREES & THE WILD | image = Ttatw_finland_2014.jpeg | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = THE TREES & THE WILD 2014 | caption = Trees & Wild performing in Helsinki, Finland in September 2014 | alias = Trees & Wild, TTATW | origin = Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia | genre = Post-rock,<ref name=time>{{cite web |url=http://ti.me/Pskn17 |title=Eastern Promise |publisher=Time Inc. |date= |accessdate=31 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://musicweekly.asia/playlists/playlist-series-trees-wild |title=The Playlist Series - The Trees & The Wild |publisher=Music Weekly Asia. Music Services Asia Pte Ltd |date= |accessdate=11 September 2013}}</ref> Folk,<ref name=mtv/> Ambient,<ref name=mtv>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtviggy.com/articles/the-trees-and-the-wild-interview/ |title=The Trees and the Wild Hope You'll Question Their Sounds |publisher=MTV Iggy. Viacom |date= |accessdate=30 July 2014}}</ref> Experimental<ref name=musicweekly>{{cite web |url=http://musicweekly.asia/culture/revisiting-the-trees-the-wild |title=Revisiting The Trees & The Wild |publisher=Music Weekly Asia. Music Services Asia Pte Ltd |date= |accessdate=23 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311220314/http://musicweekly.asia/culture/revisiting-the-trees-the-wild|archive-date=11 March 2013 }}</ref> | years_active = {{start date|2005}}–present | label = Lil' Fish Records, Blank Orb Recordings | website = {{URL|thetreesandthewild.com}} | current_members = Remedy Waloni<br />Andra Kurniawan<br />Charita Utami<br />Hertri Nur Pamungkas<br />Tyo Prasetya }}
'''The Trees & The Wild''' (often stylized as TREES & WILD) is an Indonesian band, formed in Bekasi, West Java in 2005, and currently based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The band is known for its musical blend of ambient, post-rock and folk, underpinned with pop elements with distinctly Indonesian identity.<ref name=mtv/><ref name=musicweekly/>
==Biography==
The Trees & The Wild emerged in 2005 as a home-recording project by Remedy Waloni. In this period, with help from university classmates, including high school friend Andra Kurniawan, he recorded and posted a number of tracks on Myspace. With Andra Kurniawan they later developed the initial tracks written by Remedy and the first incarnation of the band was born.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ears.asia/interview-with-remedy-walone/ |title=Interview with Remedy Waloni |publisher=ears.asia |date= |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref> Local independent label Lil'Fish Records discovered The Trees & The Wild on Myspace in 2008 <ref name="time"/> and recorded those demos the following year, which became an album called Rasuk. In 2010 drummer Hertri Nur Pamungkas joined the group. Soon after, bassist Eka Sapta Prasetya (Tyo) and singer Charita Utami joined the group, completing the line-up.<ref name=jakartapost/>
The band started touring Indonesia in Java and Sulawesi around 2009-2011. And in between, they toured the neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Singapore, including five performances at The Esplanade's annual Mosaic Music Festival in 2011 and Baybeats Festival in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://editorial.bandwagon.sg/baybeats-2012-the-report |title=BAYBEATS 2012: THE REPORT |publisher=BANDWAGON PTE LTD |date= |accessdate=1 July 2012}}</ref> In 2011, TIME Magazine called the Jakarta-based the must see Asian band of 2011.<ref name="time"/>
[[Image:TtatwKL.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Remedy Waloni on stage at KL Live, Kuala Lumpur on May 10, 2017]]
In 2012 the band performed at the Urbanscapes Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reeperbahnfestival.com/index.php?id=68&L=1&tx_frrfband_rfband%5BfestivalBand%5D=547&tx_frrfband_rfband%5Baction%5D=show&tx_frrfband_rfband%5Bcontroller%5D=FestivalBand&cHash=2b3b24d92e58217bbf6a5c544b51188e |title=The Trees & The Wild |publisher=Reeperbahn Festival |date= |accessdate=20 September 2012}}</ref> and the Monsters of Pop Festival in Tampere, Finland along with shows in Helsinki and Tallinn, Estonia.<ref name=jakartapost/> During this European tour the band released a limited EP entitled Tuah/Sebak.<ref name=jakartapost>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/09/30/the-trees-and-wild-europe-their-playground.html |title=The Trees & The Wild: Europe is Their Playground |publisher=The Jakarta Post. PT. Niskala Media Tenggara |date= |accessdate=30 September 2012}}</ref>
2014 saw the band opening for Deerhoof in Singapore.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://editorial.bandwagon.sg/tropic-thunder-the-trees-and-the-wild-deerhoof-live-in-singapore |title=Tropic Thunder : The Trees and The Wild + Deerhoof Live in Singapore |publisher= BANDWAGON PTE LTD |date= |accessdate=19 June 2014}}</ref> The band also performed at Niubi Festival in Helsinki, Finland.<ref name=artdesk>{{cite web |url=http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/theartsdesk-helsinki-niubi-festival |title=theartsdesk in Helsinki: Niubi Festival |publisher=The Arts Desk Ltd. |date= 14 September 2014|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref>
On August 10, 2016, the band's sophomore album, ''Zaman, Zaman'' was announced for release on September 16, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TTATW/status/763273557614833664|title=The Trees & The Wild on Twitter|access-date=2016-08-14}}</ref> They also released a video for the single Zaman, Zaman.
''Zaman, Zaman'' was released on September 16, 2016, which went straight to No.1 on iTunes’ Alternative charts in Indonesia and was noted by many as a large stylistic shift for the band, which comprised a more atmospheric and experimental approach. The album received high appraisals from music magazines in the region and is considered one of the best Indonesian albums of 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/10/07/albumreviews-zaman-zaman-the-trees-and-the-wild.html |title=AlbumREVIEWS: 'Zaman, Zaman' by The Trees and The Wild |publisher= The Jakarta Post |date= |accessdate=7 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.co.id/article/read/2016/12/30/140511267/81/20-album-indonesia-terbaik-2016 |title=20 Album Indonesia Terbaik 2016 |publisher= Rolling Stone Indonesia |date= |accessdate=30 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://the-wknd.com/v2/wknd-2016-favourites/ |title=The Wknd Sessions' Favourite Releases of 2016 |publisher= The Wknd |date= 30 December 2016|accessdate=30 December 2016}}</ref> Following the release, the band toured Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. The band also performed at Clockenflap Festival 2016 in Hong Kong.
In May 2017, The Trees & The Wild opened for Mew on their Asian Tour in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/urbanscapes-2017-mew-cigarettes-after-sex-trees-and-the-wild-lust-juno-hanna |publisher=Bandwagon Asia |date= 18 May 2017|accessdate=18 May 2017|title=Urbanscapes 2017: The mighty popularity of Cigarettes After Sex and the cinematic beauty of Mew }}</ref>
==Discography==
===Albums=== * ''Rasuk'' (2009, Lil' Fish Records) * ''Zaman, Zaman'' (2016, Blank Orb Recordings)
===EPs=== * ''Tuah/Sebak'' (2012, Self-released) * ''Ekati'' (2014, Blood Spirit Records)
===Singles=== * ''Monumen (Gulf of Meru Remix)'' (2017, Blank Orb Recordings) * ''Zaman, Zaman (Gardika Gigih Remix)'' (2017, Blank Orb Recordings)
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * [http://thetreesandthewild.com/ Official website]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trees and Wild}} {{Authority control}} Category:Indonesian musical groups