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Denpasar
Seal
Denpasar Location in Bali
Denpasar Location in Indonesia
Coordinates: 8°39′S 115°13′E / 8.65°S 115.217°E / -8.65; 115.217Coordinates: 8°39′S 115°13′E / 8.65°S 115.217°E / -8.65; 115.217
Country	Indonesia
Province	Bali
Area
• Total	123.98 km2 (47.87 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	788,445
• Density	6,400/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Time zone	WITA (UTC+8)
Website	www.denpasar.go.id

Denpasar (pronounced [dənˈpasar]) (Indonesian: Kota Denpasar) is the capital city of the province of Bali, Indonesia.^[1] It has a rapidly expanding population of 788,445 in 2010, up from 533,252 in the previous decade, and the surrounding metropolitan area has roughly 2 million residents. It is located at 8°39′S 115°13′E / 8.65°S 115.217°E / -8.65; 115.217.

History[link]

Denpasar was the capital of the kingdom of Badung.^{[citation needed]} It was conquered by the Dutch during the Dutch intervention in Bali (1906). The royal palace was looted and razed by the Dutch, leaving today's central square "Taman Puputan" in which a statue to the 1906 Puputan can be seen.

Denpasar in 1949

Tourism[link]

Denpasar has various attractions. The white sandy beaches are well-known all over the island.^{[citation needed]} Some of the surfing beaches are Kuta Beach, Legian Beach and Canggu Beach. Sanur beach has calmer waters and is excellent for sunbathing.

Ten minutes from the Ngurah Rai International Airport lies the town of Kuta. Kuta is where most of the hotels, restaurants, malls, cafes, marketplaces, and spas that cater to tourists are located. In the Denpasar area, all kinds of Balinese handicrafts are represented in local shops.^{[citation needed]} These include artwork, pottery, textiles, and silver.

Batik cloth is sold all over Denpasar.^{[citation needed]} These bright sheets of cloth are as beautiful as they are cheap. Made of pure cotton with glorious patterns, Balinese batik is definitely a good buy. Sometimes batik cloth is made into wearable clothing such as a sarong or men's shirts. The jewelry district is in a town called Celuk, Gianyar Regency which is 30 minutes away (depending on traffic congestion) from Kuta. Here there are silversmiths' and goldsmiths' shops selling jewellery cheaply.^{[citation needed]}

Its time zone is UTC+8.

Environment[link]

June 2011: A resident of Serangan, Denpasar has got the prestigious Kalpataru environmental award for preserve and conserve the environment in Serangan by transplantation coral reef since 2003.^[2]

Greater Denpasar[link]

Greater Denpasar spills out into the tourist regions, including Kuta and Ubud. The continuous built-up area includes nearly all of Badung Regency (except Petang District), all but one of Gianyar Regency (Payangan District). Indonesia defined Metropolitan Denpasar as Sarbagita an acronym for Denpa"Sar"+"BA"dung+"GI"anyar+"TA"banan, with Presidential Regulation Number 45 Year 2011^[3], despite Tabanan just beginning to succumb to urban sprawl as of yet. See also List of metropolitan areas in Indonesia.

From rice fields to building fields[link]

Rice fields were 5,343 hectares or 41 percent of the city's area in 1992 and dropped to 2,717 hectares of rice fields or 20 percent of the city's area in 2010.^[4] It has violated the city building requirement of providing 30 percent of land for open space. Now, Denpasar grows like Jakarta with building fields.^[4]

Sister cities[link]

In popular culture[link]

Denpasar is mentioned in "I've Been To Bali Too", the single by Australian folk-rock band Redgum from their 1984 album Frontline.

See also[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Denpasar

• Waterbom Park and Spa
• Bali Museum
• Denpasar International Airport

References[link]

External links[link]

• Denpasar travel guide from Wikitravel

v t e Regencies and cities of Bali Capital: Denpasar Regencies Badung Bangli Buleleng Gianyar Jembrana Karangasem Klungkung Tabanan Cities Denpasar See also: List of regencies and cities of Indonesia

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Colin Bass
Background information
Born	(1951-05-04) 4 May 1951 (age 61) London, England
Genres	Progressive rock, rock, pop rock, pop, World Music
Instruments	Vocals, bass, piano, keyboards, guitar
Labels	Kartini-Music
Associated acts	Camel 3 Mustaphas 3
Website	www.colinbass.com

Colin Bass (born 4 May 1951, London, England), is an English musician, award-winning record producer and songwriter. Between 1979 and 2003 he was a member of the British progressive-rock band Camel. From 1984 to 1992 he was also a core figre in the pioneering World Music group 3 Mustaphas 3. He has also made two solo albums under his own name and three albums recorded in Indonesia under the name Sabah Habas Mustapha. The title track of the first, "Denpasar Moon", became a hugely popular song in Indonesia in the mid-90s and has been covered by over 50 Indonesian, Malaysian, Japanese and Phillipines artists. As a record producer he has worked with a diverse range of international artists including: The Klezmatics (USA), Sambasunda (Indonesia), Etran Finatawa (Niger), Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird (USA) and the Krar Collective (Ethiopia) amongst others. As a guest artist he has appeared on albums by a number of internationally acclaimed artists including top Malian singing star Oumou Sangare, playing on all tracks of her 1993 "Ko Sira" album.

History[link]

First started playing professionally in 1968 as guitarist with a band called The Krisis, playing the UK club and ballroom circuit, after which he switched to bass guitar and joined Velvet Opera in 1970 with whom he made his first recordings for Spark Records.^[1]

In 1971 he joined an incarnation of the 60’s chart-topping group The Foundations and spent a year playing the cabaret clubs mostly in northern England.

In 1971 he met Ernie Graham, formerly of Eire Apparent and, together with guitarist Jonathan Glemser, they formed the band Clancy. The band became part of London’s growing Pub-Rock scene and briefly signed with Island Records but were dropped after differences with producer Muff Winwood.

Shortly afterwards the band signed with Warner Brothers and recorded two albums: “Seriously Speaking” (1974) and “Every Day” (1975). The line-up on both was: Bass (bass, vocals), Ernie Graham (guitar, vocals), Gasper Lawal (percussion), Dave Vasco (guitar), Dave Skinner (keyboards, vocals) and Barry Ford (drums, vocals).

Clancy split in 1976 and Colin joined Steve Hillage, who was putting together a band to promote the album “L” on a six-month tour of Europe and the USA. The line-up included ex-Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker.

In 1977 Colin was invited by American saxophonist and composer Jim Cuomo, who had occasionally played with Clancy, to participate in his musical “Woe Babylon” at the Edinburgh Festival. The band from the show included pianist Ollie Marland and drummer Miguel Olivares and this quartet became a project known as the Casual Band. Olivares was later replaced by ex-Back Door drummer Tony Hicks. Recordings were made with producer Tom Newman but were never released.

In 1979, Steve Hillage tour manager Laurie Small introduced Colin to British progressive-rock band Camel. The line-up at the time was Andrew Latimer (guitar, vocals), Andy Ward (drums) and Kit Watkins and Jan Schelhaas (keyboards).^[2] There followed two albums “I Can See Your House From Here” (1979) and “Nude” (1980) and respective international tours.

In 1981 at the end of the “Nude” tour, Andy Ward’s health problems led to Andrew Latimer’s dissolving of the band. Colin relocated to Paris where he recorded an album and performed live with old colleague Jim Cuomo.

Returning to the UK in 1983 he took up a teaching post, played sessions and club and pub gigs with various line-ups until Andrew Latimer invited him to rejoin Camel for the 1984 “Stationary Traveller” tour. In the same year he started to play with the Anglo-Ghanaian band Orchestra Jazira, which led to his induction in the pioneer world-music group 3 Mustaphas 3, who renamed him as Sabah Habas Mustapha.^[2]

Between 1985 and 1991 the 3 Mustaphas 3 recorded four full albums and sundry singles and EPs and established a cult following for their live performances, touring in the USA, Europe, Japan and also in the then Soviet-bloc countries of East Germany, Hungary and Bulgaria.

As Sabah Habas Mustapha[link]

When the 3 Mustaphas 3 stopped activities in 1991 Colin went to Indonesia where, over the next ten years he recorded three solo albums with Indonesian musicians under the name of Sabah Habas Mustapha. The first, “Denpasar Moon” (1994), was recorded in Jakarta and explored the sounds of the popular music style Dangdut.^[1]

The title song became a major hit in Indonesia in the form of a cover-version by a singer from the Philippines called Maribeth and was subsequently recorded by over 50 different Indonesian artists and also artists from Malaysia and Japan.

In 1997 Colin founded the Kartini Music record label whose first release was another Sabah Habas Mustapha record, Jalan Kopo, recorded in Bandung and this time influenced by the sounds of the west Javanese province of Sunda. The title cut from that record is played as pre-show music for the nighttime fireworks/water spectacular IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth at Epcot, located in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

At the same time, the 90’s saw a rejuvenated Camel back on the scene after a long period of inactivity due to a protracted legal dispute with previous management. In 1991 Andrew Latimer, now relocated to California, invited Colin to participate in the recording of “Dust and Dreams”, the first release by his own label Camel Productions, which was followed by a world tour in 1992 with the line-up of Latimer, Bass and Mickey Simmonds (keyboards) and Paul Burgess (drums).

Between then and 2003 Camel released another three studio albums and undertook subsequent tours all documented with live albums and DVDs.

In 1998, Kartini Music released Colin’s first album under the name Colin Bass: “An Outcast of the Islands”. Recorded in Poland and California and featuring Andrew Latimer on guitar, the then Camel drummer Dave Stewart and a number of Polish musicians, the album gathered critical praise and helped establish his reputation in Poland. Subsequent tours produced two live albums: “Live at Polskie Radio 3” (1999) and “Live Vol.2: Acoustic Songs” (2000).

2000 also saw the release of another Sabah Habas Mustapha album recorded in Bandung, Indonesia : “So La Li”. It further explored the sounds of the Sundanese region and featured again the multi-instrumentalist Ismet Ruchimat and several musicians from his group Sambasunda. “So La Li” won wide critical acclaim and was nominated for a BBC Radio 3 World Music Award.

He has been a resident of Berlin, Germany since 1988. From 1994 until end of 2008 he wrote and presented a weekly radio show for RBB Radio Multikulti and WDR Funkhaus Europa in Germany: "Sabah am Sonntag", presenting musical rarities and curiosities from around the world.

He is also a recognized expert on Indonesian Pop music, giving talks and contributing articles on the subject to "The Rough Guide to World Music" (Penguin Books), "Auge & Ohr : Ear & Eye" (neue zeitschrift für musik), "Anders Reisen: Indonesien" (Rowohlt) and the magazines Froots and Songlines.

Discography[link]

As Colin Bass[link]

• 1998 - An Outcast Of The Islands
• 1998 - As Far As I Can See EP
• 1999 - Denpasar Moon EP
• 1999 - Live At Polskie Radio 3 2 CD
• 1999 - Poznań Pie – Live In Concert VHS
• 2000 - Live Vol. 2 - Acoustic Songs
• 2002 - Gently Kindly
• 2003 - In The Meantime
• 2003 - An Outcast Of The Islands – Remastered + 3 bonus tracks
• 2005 - Planetarium - With Józef Skrzek
• 2006 - In The Meantime - Remastered + 5 bonus tracks

As Sabah Habas Mustapha[link]

• 1994 - Denpasar Moon
• 1998 - Jalan Kopo
• 1999 - So La Li
• 2004 - Denpasar Moon 2004 – remastered + bonus

[edit] With Camel

• 1979 - I Can See Your House From Here
• 1981 - Nude
• 1984 - Pressure Points – Live In Concert
• 1991 - Dust and Dreams
• 1993 - Never Let Go – Live 2 CD
• 1996 - Harbour Of Tears
• 1997 - On The Road 1981
• 1998 - Coming Of Age - Live CD and DVD
• 1999 - Rajaz
• 2001 - The Paris Collection – Live
• 2002 - A Nod And A Wink

[edit] With 3 Mustaphas 3

• 1986 - Local Music
• 1987 - Shopping
• 1990 - Soup of the Century
• 1991 - Friends, Fiends & Fronds
• 2001 - Play Musty For Me

References[link]

External links[link]

• Colin Bass official website
• Kartini Music record label