What does Obama's victory mean to you?

Barack Obama was elected as a next U.S. President. His victory evokes many questions for us to reflect, one of them is "What does Obama's victory mean to you?"

Obama has been an inspiration for KEKAL. Not because he was once living in the hometown of Kekal (Jakarta, Indonesia) that many Indonesians connect themselves for the sake of that alone, but his victory is an example of the movement that is inevitable. He sucessfully created a people's movement to bring a fresh air to their beloved country and a hope to overcome its recent economic depression and 8 years of disillusionment, even though he came from a minority background (and being hated and misunderstood just because of his minority background alone). History has proven to us that being a minority does not automatically mean being a loser!

Kekal is another example of minority, in a much much smaller tiny scale. We are the band that has been simply misunderstood everywhere, being feared-of and unwelcomed.

Our upcoming album "Audible Minority" captures what is like as the minority. It captures all the pain and bitterness throughout the 13 years that appear within the process of fighting for recognition, struggling against discriminations, against misunderstandings, and against all the odds. The only thing that motivates us is our passion in keeping to bring a fresh air to the stagnant world of music, and clinging to a hope that our voice will be heard still. There is no reason to keep the band going if we are just like the rest of the world, and there is no reason to keep the band going if we don't belive that there are like-minded people in this world who share the same vision as Kekal and willing to support the band for what we are. With all these support, it is proven that we survived the past 13 years, and we believe we will survive for another 13 or even 30 years to come.

Stay tuned with the latest updates from Kekal by joining our mailing-list. "Audible Minority" will be released in December, and it will have a free-download version available. Also, we just got a face-lifted Website now, with more user-friendly navigation and enhanced accessibility. Come by and visit http://www.kekal.org

Thanks for your support!

Cheers!
KEKAL