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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.
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.
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.
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'.
The band released one album, Ideologi Sikap Otak, in 1998 [4] and are best remembered for the hit songs "Distorsi" and "Aku Cinta Kau dan Dia". Inactive since 1999, the band reunited in 2021 with Ahmad Dhani and Andra Ramadhan as the original members (also the remaining original members of Dewa 19), among with others.
Devanesan Chokkalingam, also known as Deva, is a tamil film composer and singer who predominantly works in Tamil Cinema.He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam films in a career spanning about 36 years.
Aku Cinta Dia was released in mid-1985. For promotion, Alex Hasyim and Guruh helped Chrisye practice choreography – the singer was known to be very stiff – while Chrisye's wife Yanti and her cousin Rini provided a costume; Chrisye reportedly said he looked like "a key chain" during fitting.
Her fourth album, Matahariku was released in the summer of 1991 and was followed in the spring of 1992 by Biarlah Aku Mengalah, which was featured on Musik Plus. After winning Best Selling Album consecutively at the 1993 BASF Awards, Nike released the greatest hits album, Tinggallah Ku Sendiri (The Best Of) .