Menoizikul; Midweek Musicalisms

You might be tempted to think that today's piece is a departure from the heavy-metal connections that have been driving this year's menoizikul collection. However, this finger-style guitarist from Indonesia mostly covers hard rock and heavy metal numbers. "Alip Ba Ta" is something of a tubular sensation, yet it has been virtually impossible to find out anything about him. Persistence paid off, though, when I finally grubbed out this page with minimal info. The absolute basics are that he is in his mid-30s at the time of this post, his day job is as a forklift operator, and "Alip Ba Ta" is not his real name. Whatever. He can surely caress the strings! 

This is not metal music as such, but when the electric overdub comes in, you get a hint of it. As far as I can ascertain, he wrote this piece in memory of his father. Given that July 1997 was the start of the great Asian Financial Crisis, one wonders if there is a connection - pure conjecture on my part. Whatever the prompt, this is a lovely piece of guitar music.