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The Indonesian music industry in the 1970s was quite advanced where the pop music genre became very popular, presenting works from musicians from Chrisye, Ade and Puspa. Prambors (LCLR) songwriting competition in 1977 was a breaker of stagnation in the pop music industry at that time.
Between the 1970s and 1990s, recorded Indonesian popular music grew to include, like most popular music elsewhere in the world, the use of at least some Western instruments and Western harmony. It was increasingly disseminated through the mass media, performed by recognized stars, and became essentially a "commercial" genre. [ 7 ]
Indonesian rock is rock music from Indonesia, a product of the culture and globalizing outlook of the country, similar to this genre's music globally. [1] Indonesian-specific ideas about individualism , interdependency , modernism , and the supernatural have also been observed in the rock videos and music of the nation.
Rini Wulandari – Indonesian pop/R&B singer, winner of Indonesian Idol season 4; Rizky Febian – male pop, R&B, soul & jazz singer, songwriter, son of the comedian Sule; Rossa – Indonesian pop/R&B/soul female singer and the most popular regional (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia) artist; Ruth Sahanaya – pop/R&B/classic female singer
The competition and the song are often credited as the turning point of the pop era in the Indonesian music industry. "Lilin-lilin Kecil" was on top of the Indonesian charts for more than one year and sent Chrisye to prominence. In the late 1970s, Sundah collaborated with Yockie Soerjoprajogo on Jurang Pemisah (The Severing Abyss). The album is ...
Orkes Melayu singer Ellya Khadam switched to dangdut in the 1970s, and by 1972, she was the number-one artist in Indonesia. Her success, along with that of Rhoma Irama, meant that by 1975, 75 per cent of all recorded music in Indonesia was of the dangdut genre, with pop bands such as Koes Plus adopting the style.
Since the 1970s, reggae is one of the most influential music in Indonesia, including a phenomena of its fusion with dangdut, regional pop and other popular genres. It involves such bands as Steven & Coconut Treez, Shaggydog, and Souljah, and singers Mbah Surip , Amtenar, Dhyo Haw, Imanez, Nonk'Q Nongkray, and Tony Q Rastafara.
Orkes Gumarang (English: Gumarang Band) was a pioneering group in the Indonesian music industry active from the 1950s until the 1970s. The musicians were Minangkabau people, from West Sumatra, but recorded their music in Jakarta, far from their cultural heartland.