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One of Chrisye's earliest recorded songs as a vocalist was "Chopin Larung", based on Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu, in 1976. [11] Fariz RM wrote several of Chrisye's earlier songs. Erwin Gutawa spent more than a decade arranging songs for Chrisye, including a completely new arrangement of Badai Pasti Berlalu and several earlier songs.
Chrisye's final collaboration with Gutawa, Dekade, was a cover album which featured a song written exclusively for the album by Pongky of Jikustik. [21] The singer's last studio album, Senyawa (2004), was a collaboration with other Indonesian artists, which Chrisye arranged.
Konser Tur 2001 was recorded to coincide with Chrisye's 2001 concert tour from 28 April to 22 May. Although it was named Konser Tur 2001, it is not a live recording of a concert; [1] it is a studio album with two original songs and thirteen of his earlier hits, from Sabda Alam to Kala Cinta Menggoda. [2]
Chrisye and Erwin Gutawa, a conductor who had coordinated Chrisye's first solo concert in 1994, began working on what was to become AkustiChrisye in 1995. [1] Realising that Western artists such as Frank Sinatra had found success in rearranging their older songs, the two decided to do the same with Chrisye's older work. [2]
Chrisye was born Christian Rahardi (Lauw Peng Liang) in Jakarta on 16 September 1949 to Laurens Rahadi (Lauw Tek Kang, 1918–2005), a Chinese-Betawi entrepreneur, and Hanna Rahadi (Khoe Hian Eng, 1920–2003), a Chinese-Sundanese housewife from Bogor. [1]
Kala Cinta Menggoda was well-received, leading to Chrisye being voted Indonesia's "Most Wanted Male Singer" of 1998. Chrisye said that he was glad that people still liked his song. [ 4 ] The music video for "Kala Cinta Menggoda" won the Asia Viewer's Choice Award in the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards . [ 6 ]
Chrisye later stated that Hip Hip Hura was the second part of light beat trilogy, after Aku Cinta Dia but before 1986's Nona Lisa. [2] Alex Hasyim, who had previously worked on Aku Cinta Dia, was booked as choreographer for Chrisye. Although initially unsure of the possibilities owing to the singer's well known stiff stage persona, Hasyim later ...
Sendiri was released in 1984 with a cover was designed by Chrisye's childhood friend Gauri Nasution and photography by Tara and Firman. [7] It was well received and spawned three singles: "Kisah Insani", "Sendiri", and "Lestariku" ("My Eternity"). [6]