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Chrisye performing live. During his 40-year career, the Indonesian pop singer Chrisye (1949–2007) [1] recorded more than 200 songs as a vocalist, writing many of them by himself or in collaboration with others.
Sandiwara Cinta won HDX Awards for Best Selling Album, Best Single (Deru Debu), and Best Video Klip MTV Indonesia. In addition to singing, Nike was also active as an actress and model. In 1986, she joined the cast of the film Kasmaran , starring Ida Iasha and Slamet Rahardjo , in which she played the daughter of Iasha's character.
The lack of modern recording studios in Surabaya prompted Dhani to move to Jakarta in 1989 in search of a record deal for Dewa 19. After being rejected by several labels, Dewa 19 was signed to Team Records by Jan Djuhana. Their first album, Dewa 19 (1992), was a huge success with several hits such as Kangen and Kita Tidak Sedang Bercinta Lagi.
Republik Cinta is the 8th studio album by Dewa 19 and was released in January 2006 in Indonesia; the title translates into "Republic of Love". The album reached #1 on the Indonesian album charts and has since been released in other Asian territories including Malaysia and a Chinese release via EMI in Hong Kong.
Dewa was formed in 1986 by four students from SMAN 2 Surabaya. The name Dewa is an acronym of the founding members' names: D from Dhani (keyboard, vocals), E from Erwin Prasetya (bass guitar), W from Wawan Juniarso (drums) and A from Andra (guitar). Dewa is also an Indonesian word meaning 'god', or 'deity'.
Maliq & D'Essentials was conceived on 15 May 2002 with eight personnel under a genre they call organic music. The name MALIQ itself is an acronym for Music and Live Instrument Quality as the brainchild of brothers Angga & Widi Puradiredja (the group's vocalist and drummer, respectively; as well as producer, composer and arranger for the group).
At that time, Dewa Budjana was starting his career, but no one wanted to play music with him, which he later said "Maybe because my music is not standard". [2] Later, Budjana was invited by Fariz RM to fill the guitars in his song "Cinta di Balik Noda", with Meriam Bellina as the guest vocals. Then, he recorded with Spirit band, and became the ...
Joining Dewa, Once played a significant role in the success of two best-selling albums, Bintang Lima (2000) and Cintailah Cinta (2002), with his distinctive vocals. Once produced a total of 5 albums with Dewa as co-lead vocalist with Ahmad Dhani. After his success as a co-lead vocalist with Dewa, Once revived his solo career with the single ...