Santamonica has been played on NTS in shows including Cosmic Peekaboo, featured first on 13 June 2024. Songs played include Anais Lullaby.

In 2001, when Joseph Saryuf returning home to Jakarta after studying in Hamburg, Germany, he decided to become a full-time musician and starting to compose songs for his own music project. Not long after that, Joseph met Anindita, a fashion editor and freelance illustrator, and decided to form a duo based on their similar taste in music and their love for analog sounds.

In September 2005, Santamonica finally released their first EP titled ‘189’ to stamp their name in the local music scene and…