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Next concert in Indonesia: 6 January 2012, 19.00h: Taman Ismail Marzuki, Graha Bhakti Budaya, Jakarta For tickets contact: az manajemen Jl Senopati 43A Jakarta Selatan Indonesia Phone : +6221 98293270 email : az_event@yahoo.com Check more information about Daniel Sahuleka at Facebook & Twitter
Next concert in The Netherlands: After the colourful concert in The Hague last december Daniel is planning his next show in the Netherlands in May 2012. You can download all Daniel Sahuleka's songs and albums on iTunes: Daniel Sahuleka also has a fan page on facebook, check it out and become his friend.
Media coverage of Daniel's latest tour in Indonesia July 17, Medan July 21, Makassar July 24, Bandung       Watch news coverage of Daniel's concert in Semarang by CybernewsTV here There is also a video of Daniel visiting the hospital in Semarang where he was born.
reMAKE mySTYLE will be released in Singapore and Indonesia in December 2011. You can download all Daniel Sahuleka's songs and albums on iTunes: Daniel Sahuleka also has a fan page on facebook, check it out and become his friend. CDs DVDs only available through Sahuleka.com For ordering Daniel's CDs/DVDs/T-shirts send an email to: info@sahuleka.com. Daniel will sign each item. For bookings and info send an email to info@sahuleka.com
Daniel's Songbook available at Gramedia and Sunflight Music. During the tour in Indonesia Daniel's songbook has been published. It is available for sale in Indonesia at Gramedia. There is also a limited number of copies available through Sunflight Music. The book is written in Bahasa Indonesia and includes a biography and a CD with the songs featured in the book. The album 'Christmas Love' is also available again at Sunflight. For more information send an email to info@sahuleka.com.

Rediscover the Legend of Roro Jonggrang

After more than a thousand years, the timeless and mystical legend of Roro Jonggrang is now brought to life once a year in a show at Prambanan Temple where the legend was born.

Daniel Sahuleka will perform an open air show at Prambanan on October 12th.

Mystieke ervaring van Daniel Sahuleka
Mogelijk weten velen van jullie dit niet, maar Daniel Dahuleka is "met de helm geboren". Dit is de term voor een baby die nog verpakt is in de het vlies en verbonden met de navelstreng.
Volgens zeggen heeft iemand die met de helm geboren een spiritueel vermogen. Daniel heeft vele mystieke ervaringen. Meestal tijdens het componeren of in de studio is hij niet alleen. Ook heeft hij een mystieke ervaring met Nyi Loro Kidul die rust in kamer 508 van Hotel Samudra Beach, Pelabuhan Rutu, Java, Indonesie. Misschien zal meer van dit verhaal worden onthult in het boek met biografie "Daniel and his songs" dat in oktober zal worden gelanceerd in Yogyakarta.

Pengalaman mistik Daniel Sahuleka
Mungkin banyak orang tidak tahu, Daniel Sahuleka lahir "pakai sarung". Ini istilah untuk bayi yang dilahirkan terbungkus selaput ari-ari. Menurut kepercayaan, mereka yang lahir pakai sarung ini mempunyai kemampuan spiritual. Daniel punya pengalaman-pengalaman mistik. Se...ring jika sedang membuat komposisi lagu atau sedang merekam lagu di studio, ia merasa "tidak sendirian". Dia juga punya pengalaman mistik dengan Nyi Loro Kidul ketika menginap di kamar no 508 Hotel Samudera Beach, Pelabuhan Ratu. Mungkin kisah-kisah ini akan diangkat ke buku biografinya yang akan diluncurkan Oktober 2010 nanti.

The 26th of September Daniel Sahuleka on TV One Indonesia

Daniel Sahuleka Terima Penghargaan
by Jean van de Kok

Penyanyi Belanda keturunan Indonesia, Daniel Sahuleka mendapat hadiah kebudayaan dari pemerintah daerah Winterswijk di Belanda Timur.

Ia mendapat penghargaan ini karena berjasa mengembangkan musik pop. Adalah aneh demikian laporan penghargaan Belanda yang pertama ini, Daniel Sahuleka sudah menjadi warga kehormatan Jakarta, dan menerima penghargaan PAPPRI, organisasi musisi, komponis dan aransir Indonesia tapi belum pernah mendapat penghargaan Belanda.

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Winterswijk Bangga Dengan Daniel Sahuleka
by Bari Muchtar

Daniel Sahuleka, penyanyi Belanda kelahiran Semarang akhirnya juga menerima hadiah dari kampung halamannya di Belanda. Pemerintah kota Winterswijk menganugerahi penyanyi yang berdarah Maluku ini "culturele prijs" atau hadiah budaya. Ia dianggap berjasa di bidang musik pop.

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De media over de uitreiking van de Culturele Prijs van Winterswijk

De Gelderlander

'Om iets terug te doen’ geeft Da niel Sahuleka vrijdagavond in ‘ Willinks’ in Win terswijk een mini- concert. De in Winterswijk op gegroeide componist/zanger/ gitarist heeft dan net de Culturele Prijs van Winterswijk in de wacht gesleept. „ Ik sta hier met het schaamrood op de kaken”, erkent wethouder Rik Gommers tij dens de uitreiking van de bijbehorende oorkonde. Het heeft tot 2010 geduurd voor het zover is. Maar ik ben supertrots dat ik deze prijs aan de ze man mag uitreiken.

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Tubantia

'Ik ben sprakeloos en sta met de mond vol tanden'. Dat zei zanger Daniel Sahuleka (59) vrijdagavond. Een kwart eeuw na zijn vertrek uit Winterswijk werd de zanger in zijn voormalige woonplaats onderscheiden met de culturele prijs. Sahuleka is al vele jaren actief in de popmuziek en heeft al hoge onderscheidingen gekregen in Indonesie, waar hij ondermeer ereburger van Jakarta is. In Grandcafé Willinks kreeg ' Daantje' - zoals hij in de Achterhoek woordt genoemd - een oorkonde en een sieraad. Na het officiële gedeelte verzorgde de zanger een optreden.

"Daniel Sahuleka bouwde in de loop van zijn carrière een eigenzinnig oeuvre op, dat zijn gelijke niet kent"

Culturele prijs voor Daniel op 17 september 2010

A fragment of the press release (in Dutch):

Daniel Sahuleka is gekozen als winnaar van de culturele prijs Winterswijk 2009 vanwege zijn grote verdiensten voor de popmuziek die bij hem ooit zijn oorsprong vond in Winterswijk, een gemeente die muziek hoog in het vaandel heeft staan. Hij komt voort uit onze gemeenschap en heeft in Winterswijk veel muzikanten geïnspireerd. Hij heeft onder meer via het nummer Bekendelle op één van zijn CD’s in het verleden Winterswijk internationaal eer aangedaan.

Daniel Sahuleka bouwde in de loop van zijn carrière een eigenzinnig oeuvre op, dat zijn gelijke niet kent. We zijn er trots op dat de kiem hiervoor in Winterswijk lag. De prijs wordt gezien als een waarderingsprijs voor zijn jarenlange inzet, want het is vreemd, hij is wel ereburger van Djakarta, is daar toeristisch ambassadeur en ontving de hoogste muzikale onderscheiding van de PAPPRI, de Indonesische associatie van artiesten, componisten en arrangeurs. Maar in het dorp waar hij muzikaal opgroeide en zich ontwikkelde heeft hij niet eerder de erkenning gekregen die hij verdient.

De jury hoopt dat Daniel nog lang op de nationale en internationale podia is te zien en nog lang productief zal zijn in het componeren van nieuwe muziek.

Daniel is heel vereerd met deze prijs.

Berita mengenai penghargaan Daniel Sahuleka

http://www.rnw.nl/bahasa-indonesia/bulletin/daniel-sahuleka-terima-penghargaan

OFFICIAL DANIEL SAHULEKA T-SHIRTS Experience The Music Available in sizes M/L/XL Limited availability: You can order by sending an email to info@sahuleka.com with the colour of your choice and the size. You'll get more information on how to purchase. 15 Euro

My new CD is just released and is also available in the I Tunes store.

Article from Jazzuality.com about Daniel's latest concert (JakJazz 2008)

Daniel Sahuleka is truly immortal. Many fans were trying to take picture with him and followed him wherever he went around the venue. The performance itself was truly a memorable. It was a dream come true to see Daniel Sahuleka live on stage. Sweet, sentimental and beautiful compositions were all around just like The winner of Edison Award, Daniel Sahuleka, with his beautiful voice, brings the audience into a place where harmony and peace fills their senses.

by Riandy K

Pictures by Praditya Nova

Watch video's of Daniel Sahuleka on YouTube:
	Daniel Sahuleka's Live performance of If I Didn't at the Java Jazz Festival in 2006. The Java Jazz Festival is one of the largest Jazz festivals in the world with artists like Angie Stone, Eric Benet, Incognito and ofcourse Daniel Sahuleka. Watch video >>
	Daniel's classic, You make my world so colorful' performed live on Trans TV. Unfortunately the sound and image are not perfectly syncronised, but still a good video. Watch video >>
	On Youtube there are two movie clips with a compilation of Daniel's DVD If I Didn't. You can order the DVD If I Didn't by sending an email to Sahuleka's management: info@sahuleka.com Watch video >>

Audiences don't sleep away Daniel Sahuleka show

Looking at the man onstage sporting a black tank-top and a pair of washed denims revealing his bare feet, one needs a constant reminder that this musician will turn 57 this year.

But for Indonesian-born Dutch singer Daniel Sahuleka, the passage of years has left no mark on him, except a deeper and more soulful voice.

Apparently, his vocal cords are the key to the longevity of his gigs -- otherwise, he might not have gone beyond his two timeless hits: 1977's You Make My World So Colorful and 1978's Don't Sleep Away the Night.

Yes, as much as we might hate admitting it, Sahuleka has been silently acknowledged as a two-hit wonder. The subsequent silence has largely been filled by a kind of unanimous pride at seeing someone with Indonesian heritage making a name overseas. Whether this achievement was made in the past or present does not seem important.

What matters most for Sahuleka's fervent fans is his inimitable presence as seen in his trademark long curly hair -- something to cherish while it lasts.

And if anything, his brief gigs on May 5 and May 7 at the Erasmus Huis in South Jakarta showed that Sahuleka chose the right way to be a stage star -- by simply letting his vocal skills do the talking.

No doubt that most of the audience in the hall had no idea of Sahuleka's other works aside from the aforementioned two.

The musician also did not bother to reveal much about his other repertoire, ranging from the lesser known to the unknown -- perhaps because he knew that his fans had come for the sake of seeing him reclaim the youth of his 30s, when the two songs became hits throughout Europe and Asia. Back then, Sahuleka still wore his hair in an undistinguished short cut a la Eddy Silitonga, an Indonesian crooner of the 1970s.

Sahuleka seemed content to play for himself, letting out his emotions freely without being afraid of not getting any applause. Of course, he need not have worried about this, since the audience of mostly 30- to 40-somethings were almost sure to be polite and appreciative, albeit somewhat predictably.

Light applause followed the opening song, If I Didn't, taken from his latest album, released in 2006. Without any other musical accompaniment other than his guitar, Sahuleka was able to bring out the natural, upbeat tone of the song to lift the mood in the hall.

Other songs followed, and while these would be interesting to listen to as recordings they felt like fillers until the singer reached another emotional pinnacle: Must You Go Away. It would have been another passable song had Sahuleka not revealed that the song reflected "how I felt when my mother passed away".

Some audiences went "ooh", while others seemed to go numb. But the awkwardness was evident when Sahuleka, obviously trying to hold up, asked if anyone had ever felt the same loss as he had.

It was, indeed, a weird conversation starter. But it was more than obvious that Sahuleka was no great talker on stage by any means. This was partly due to his juggling English and Bahasa Indonesia, and partly because he did not bother with small talk. Or maybe both.

And when some of the audience began requesting Don't Sleep Away the Night, he "confronted" them in Indonesian: "I'm so tired of being asked to sing that song everywhere! And I certainly don't want to put you to sleep away!"

Hilarious laughter followed, and his fans were willing to wait just a little longer until he finally started belting out You Make My World So Colorful. The infectious melody and spot-on lyrics prompted the audience to clap during the chorus and sing every word of it while swaying slightly.

It suddenly felt like one was on the nostalgic TV show Tembang Kenangan (Melody memory), rather than at an acoustic guitar concert.

This jovial, old-fashioned style of watching a concert continued with the long-waited Don't Sleep Away, played in a finale in which Sahuleka was willingly relegated as a mere guitar accompanist to the singing audience. The result was exactly like state station TVRI's music shows in the 1980s, with standing ovation and no one yelling "Encore".

Yet, as the song lingered in the mind long after the last notes had faded, it was hard not to appreciate what Daniel Sahuleka and his contemporaries had given us: pure music that seemed to come from the heart.

Their music was created without any electronic arrangements, and it is a music we listened when our attention wasn't divided by beeping sms's and other electronic messages.

While the less than 90-minute gig was hardly outstanding when compared to today's glamorized shows, for one rare night Sahuleka brought back the good old times of good old music with his deep vocals, and nothing else seemed to matter.

Nauval Yazid, Contributor, Jakarta Post