Pip Smith

Now moved to Jakarta and I can confirm that my hunch in September was correct. The Northern Soul film has sparked great interest in northern soul amongst young and largely middle class urban Indonesians. I say middle class, but there are often references to the working class credentials of the scene. I am only partially aware of what's happening in Jakarta, but believe there is also something going on in Bali and would bet that Bandung and Surabaya are following suit. Café Mondo in Kemang has now closed and moved to within walking distance of my home on Jalan Fatmawati. Unfortunately

I am in the process of moving to Jakarta, where I have spent around 5 months each year for the last 6 years. I would be very suprised if these were ex-pats. There could be a handful of ex-soulies in Jakarta and possibly Bali (which of course, isn't in Java), but I've never met one and certainly I don't believe there are any nights arranged by ex-pats. Of course there could be some Aussies, or Japanese, soulies that I am unaware of (some Japanese own Café Mondo in Kemang, that has hosted Mod nights). Certainly the huge warehouse sounds like an urban myth, but the sort of urban myth that come