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Rumah Sakit was an instrumental rock band from San Francisco, California, United States. The group was signed to Temporary Residence Limited. "Rumah sakit" means "hospital" in Indonesian (lit. "sick house").

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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. [1] The group's debut album was self-titled and was issued in 2000; Allmusic described the album as "a heady mix of mathy time signatures and dense musical passages that craftily, oftentimes dreamily, intersect." [2] Rumah Sakit released a contribution to Temporary Residence's Travels in Constants series in 2001, [3] after which time they took a brief hiatus. In 2002, the group released Obscured by Clowns, whose name was inspired by the Pink Floyd album Obscured by Clouds . [4] Pitchfork Media noted that the album drew from "both jazz-based post-rock and math-rock", [5] and Allmusic likened it to Tortoise, Mogwai, Dinosaur Jr., Explosions in the Sky, and Black Dice. [6] After the release of Obscured by Clowns, the group went on another hiatus. [7] A live performance with Sweep the Leg Johnny recorded in December 2000 was also released in 2002. [3] They regrouped for live shows in 2005. [1]

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