Rumah Sakit
Encyclopedia
Rumah Sakit was an instrumental rock
band
from San Francisco, California
. The group was signed to Temporary Residence Limited
. "Rumah sakit" means "hospital" in Indonesian
(lit. "sick house
").
Track: Night Ascends and Descends the Confines of the City
(segment of a joint improvisation featuring members of Rumah Sakit and Dilute from 2000)
Track: MDLFS#4
Instrumental rock
Instrumental rock is a type of rock music which emphasizes musical instruments, and which features very little or no singing.Examples of instrumental rock can be found in practically every subgenre of rock, often from musicians who specialize in the style, most notably Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Link...
band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
from San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. The group was signed to Temporary Residence Limited
Temporary Residence Limited
Temporary Residence Limited is a Brooklyn, New York-based record label. TRL was started in Baltimore, Maryland in late 1995. The label's first release was The Concord Anthology Process/Nero split 7", released April 1, 1996. After moving the operation to Portland, Oregon, owner/operator Jeremy...
. "Rumah sakit" means "hospital" in Indonesian
Indonesian language
Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a normative form of the Riau Islands dialect of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries....
(lit. "sick house
House
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
").
Discography
- Rumah Sakit (2000)
- "Live September 9th, 2000" (2000) - Live split with Sweep the Leg JohnnySweep the Leg JohnnySweep the Leg Johnny was a Chicago-based math rock band in existence from 1996 till 2002. The name is a reference to a line in the film The Karate Kid....
- Obscured by Clowns (2001)
- Looking for the Perfect Glass; U.S. Pop Life Vol. 11 CD; California Post Punk
Track: Night Ascends and Descends the Confines of the City
(segment of a joint improvisation featuring members of Rumah Sakit and Dilute from 2000)
- Howard Hello & GreennessSick Room Records, LTDSick Room Records Ltd. is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois. The label was founded in 2001 by Mitch Cheney and Steve Sostak of the band Sweep the Leg Johnny and Ryan Duncan...
split 2 CD (Released July 3, 2007) (Sickroom Records) (segment of a joint improvisation featuring members of Rumah Sakit and Dilute from 2000)
Track: MDLFS#4