Rumah Sakit was an

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band from

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, United States. The group was signed to

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. "Rumah sakit" means "

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" in

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(lit. "sick house"). Rumah Sakit was founded in either late 1997 or early 1998 by Kenseth Thibideau (who played in Redlands and Tarentel) and other members of the group Redlands.Interview: Kenseth Thibideau
''San Diego'', February 22, 2011. The group's debut album was self-titled and was issued in 2000;

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described the album as "a heady mix of mathy time signatures and dense musical passages that craftily, oftentimes dreamily, intersect." Rumah Sakit released a contribution to Temporary Residence's ''

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'' series in 2001, after which time they took a brief hiatus. In 2002, the group released ''Obscured by Clowns'', whose name was inspired by the

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album ''

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''.

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noted that the album drew from "both jazz-based post-rock and math-rock", and Allmusic likened it to

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, and

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. After the release of ''Obscured by Clowns'', the group went on another hiatus.Obscured by Clowns review

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, November 30, 2002. A live performance with

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recorded in December 2000 was also released in 2002.Rumah Sakit biography

They regrouped for live shows in 2005.

Members

*John Baez (guitar) *Jeff Shannon (drums) *Mitch Cheney (guitar) *Kenseth Thibideau (bass)

Discography

;Albums * ''Rumah Sakit'' (

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, 2000) * ''

'' (Temporary Residence, 2001) * ''Obscured by Clowns'' (Temporary Residence, 2002) * ''Live September 9th, 2000'' (Sickroom, 2002) - live split with

* ''Live at the Bottom of the Hill'' (Errol Records, 2002) ;Appearances * ''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) *''

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'' & '' Greenness'', 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"

References

External links

Temporary Residence Page
{{Authority control Rock music groups from California American instrumental musical groups Musical groups from San Francisco Temporary Residence Limited artists