The Story Behind NadaTop.com
Those who have tried to purchase JKT48’s Heavy Rotation album online will have seen the website NadaTop.com, which is currently the only alternative to Rakuten–MNC’s JKT48 Official Online Shop. Buyers may also have noticed the relatively shoddy design of the site. It should be no surprise then to find out that NadaTop is indeed a last-minute creation of the Media Nusantara Citra network.
Publicly available WHOIS records reveal that the NadaTop.com domain name was registered on 10 January 2013, just over one month prior to the release of JKT48’s album. While one month may be enough time for some startups to develop a decent web infrastructure, NadaTop’s crude design indicates that it was a rushed attempt to quickly establish a web presence in preparation for the album launch.
Furthermore, the domain name TopNada.com was also registered on the same day. That site currently serves as a mask for NadaTop.com.
WHOIS records for both domains indicate that they are registered to PT. Impact Makmur Sejahtera, which also operates under the trading name Impact Music. The company currently owns TokoRohani.com, a distributor of Christian praise music. Note that its website design is a near mirror of NadaTop.com, which confirms the link between the two websites.
Indonesian music retailer DiscTarra also lists the company as one of its partner distributors, which suggests that DiscTarra could be JKT48’s retailer of choice for future releases.
Both WHOIS records also reveal Alberd Tonani as the registrant contact. Tonani appears in the first few seconds of the Heavy Rotation launch press conference YouTube video on the JKT48 Official Channel as the spokesperson for NadaTop.com. (It is also interesting to note that Tonani has released a Christian music album on iTunes, and Impact Makmur Sejahtera is attributed as the album’s distributor.)
Further investigation of Tonani’s connection reveals that he is the chief executive of both Impact Makmur Sejahtera (as album distributor) and Hits Records (as album producer). Because Hits Records is a subsidiary of RCTI as mentioned in my previous article, the link between NadaTop.com and the MNC Group is quite clear.
Since a link between NadaTop.com and Hits Records has been established, one might also be able to speculate that the production issues which delayed Heavy Rotation‘s release originated from one of these two companies. NadaTop.com began its operation one week before heavy rains arrived in Jakarta, which should indicate that plans to release the album were on schedule up to that time period.
It is likely that the subsequent flooding hampered production at Hits Records or distribution by Impact Makmur Sejahtera, or a combination of the two.
I would also like to add that currently NadaTop is using a shared hosting service with another more than 100 websites sharing the server. Thus, the reason why they have trouble with their email sending. It is limited to a few hundreds if not less mail/hour per account via lfd and the csf config as well as the hoster policy.
They chose San Jose for their location (The IP is registered as Los Angeles, but with the server Energy Groups Network routing/blend, it would be San Jose nonetheless) which somehow indicated that hopefully one day, they will received international orders. Hopefully.
simply saying… now JKT48 Album can bought online at nadatop.com and rakuten.co.id
Which both are parts of MNC. An endless loop!
-and somehow indicated the cold war between MNC and EMTEK- which then could have play a part in JKT48 future
not to understand it..
is it still related with Harichan graduation from NDM48??
I don’t think so
It’s a behind the scene of Nadatop. The same attire as an old article here
is it still related with Harichan graduation from NDM48?? —> i hate you, man. I started imagine him in seifuku outfit after reading this hahahaha xDDD
not long from now, there will be a meme about this
and yes, Harichan with iwake seifuku seems… a bit extreme?
一つ前の前のラジオ全訳ご苦労様ですm(_ _)m
悲しいお知らせですがJKTCD買うの一旦諦めました。日本からでは楽天が無理だったので諦めるしか(´;ω;`)
オリジナル曲がない記事面白かったですね(笑)
個人的にはまだ(どれだけ売れるか分からない)JKTにお金かけてオリジナル曲作るのはどうかと思うのですが、
確かに全部が全部日本パクリでは嫌になる人の気持ちもわかります。
海外公演とかインドネシア全国ツアーとかもして、真に実力が伴った時にはオリジナル曲やMusicVideoその他もろもろと活躍して欲しいですね
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握手券だけ抜いてCDいらないインドネシア人がいたら、そのいらないCDをヤフオクで売るようお願いしてくれませんか?
そう簡単には出来ないでしょうけどJKT応援2ちゃんスレはCDやDVD買えない事で悲しみに包まれています(;_;)
Dou itashimashite totoro-san . Glad our translation could help
Can someone help Totoro-san for CD ordering?
Totoro-san, Eigo dekiru?