Membuat
album yang ringan dan menggigit. Singalong, namun
menawarkan lirik dan musik yang berkualitas. Sehingga pendengar bisa dengan
mudah mencerna dan lantas menerima musik mereka.
Begitulah
kira-kira tujuan HiVi, kuartet asal Jakarta yang terdiri dari Dea (vokal),
Ilham (vokal), Febri (vokal/gitar), dan Ezra (vokal/gitar), saat meramu musik
yang dimuat dalam album perdana mereka yang bertajuk Say Hi! to HiVi!.
Delapan lagu plus satu intro mereka siapkan dengan formula yang mereka anggap
pas untuk mencapai tujuan mereka. Memadukan pop dengan dibumbui sentuhan genre
musik lain, dengan tujuan menghasilkan lagu-lagu easy listening dengan kualitas
maksimal.
Setelah
sukses dengan single pertama mereka “Indahnya
Dirimu”, HiVi kembali meramaikan belantika musik tanah air dengan single
ke-2 mereka yang berjudul “Orang Ke-3”.
Lagu ini diciptakan oleh para pesonil HiVi sendiri. Mengusung irama pop
akustik, dalam lagu “Orang Ke-3”
HiVi mencoba menceritakan tentang seseorang yang jatuh cinta kepada orang lain
yang sudah mempunyai pasangan.
Dalam
single kedua ini, HiVi mengusung tema yang berbeda dari single pertamanya yang
bertema cheerful, young, and fun menjadi
mature, dark-ish, and loneliness. Perubahan
image yang ditampilkan tidak hanya
dari segi lagu, namun juga dari konsep di setuap penampilan. Dengan perubahan
ini, diharapkan pendengar lagu “Orang Ke-3” dapat ikut merasakan ambience yang ditawarkan lagu tersebut.
HiVi pun
baru saja merampungkan shooting video klip “Orang Ke-3” pada tanggal 20-22 Juli kemarin, yag dilakukan di
Parangtritis, Yogyakarta. “Kali ini, kita ingin mengambil tema loneliness,
yang menunjukkan kesendirian. Jauh berbeda dengan videoklip sebelumnya yang
ramai & cheerful.” Ujar Febri.
“Selain
itu, video klip Orang Ke-3 ini
hanya berempat dengan mengambil lokasi luas yang sepi, kayak padang
rumput, pasir, dan dataran tinggi. Kalau dari segi warna, kita main di warna
yang gelap, yang dark lah.” tambah Febri.
“Ceritanya,
sengaja ga nampilin cerita, tapi lebih menampilkan dari suasana,
background tempat, warna, dan dari acting dari kita sendiri. Semuanya mengenai
ilustrasi, dari property, body language”
Shooting
video klip Orang Ke-3 dilakukan
ketika bulan puasa/ramadhan. “Merupakan tantangan sendiri, karna di bulan puasa
dan tempat yang dipilih panas tapi anginnya juga kencang, suhu nya ga
stabil. Merupakan tantangan dan tanggung jawab yang besar utk kita utk
menampilkan yang terbaik.”
“Semoga
video ini bisa diterima dan banyak yang suka dan menginspirasi. Dan awal
september bisa dinikmati, ohya sebelumnya kita akan memberikan behind the scene
dan juga teaser-teaser mengenai shooting video klip. Pokoknya video clip ini
akan menampilkan sisi yang berbeda dari HiVi” tutup Febri.
Penasaran
dengan video klip Orang Ke-3 dari
HiVi? Make sure you keep an eye on them!
Say Hi! to
HiVi!
sudah bisa didapatkan di toko-toko CD seluruh Indonesia sejak 15 Februari 2012.
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California.[1][2][3] The group formed in 1994 as Kara's Flowers while its members were still in high school. With a line-up of Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick, they signed to Reprise Records and released an album, The Fourth World,
in 1997. After a tepid response to the album, the band parted ways with
its record label, and its members attended college. In 2001, the band
regrouped, adding James Valentine to the lineup, and pursued a new direction under the name Maroon 5.[4]
Maroon 5 signed with Octone Records and released their debut under the title Songs About Jane in June 2002. The album's lead single - "Harder to Breathe" - received heavy airplay, which helped the album to debut at number six on the US Billboard 200 chart. The album's second and third singles, "This Love" and "She Will Be Loved", became worldwide hits reaching the Top Five on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The band won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005. For the next few years, the band toured extensively worldwide in support of Songs About Jane and produced two live recordings: 2004's 1.22.03.Acoustic and 2005's Live – Friday the 13th.[5] In 2006, drummer, percussionist and backing vocalist Ryan Dusick left the band and was replaced by Matt Flynn. The band recorded their second album It Won't Be Soon Before Long in early 2007[6] and released it a few months later. The album reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, and its lead single, "Makes Me Wonder", became the band's first number-one song on the US Billboard Hot 100. Hands All Over, the band's third studio album, was released in September 2010 and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2011, the album was reissued and supported by their single "Moves like Jagger" which features American singer Christina Aguilera.
The song became the band's second single to reach number one on the Hot
100 chart; it has sold over 13.9 million copies worldwide, making it
one of the best-selling singles worldwide.[7] Maroon 5 released their fourth studio album Overexposed in June 2012. The album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 chart. Its first two singles, "Payphone" and "One More Night", were both international hits and peaked at two and one on the Hot 100 chart respectively.
Since its debut in 2002, the band has sold more than 10 million
albums and more than 15 million digital singles in the United States,
and more than 27 million albums worldwide.[8] and more than 37 million singles worldwide.
The four original members of Maroon 5 met while attending Brentwood School in Los Angeles.[9][10] While attending Shooting Stars School, Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael joined up with Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick to form Kara's Flowers,[11] a pop band. The name was taken from a groupie that the band had a "collective crush" on.[10] The band played its first gig at Whisky a Go Go
on September 16, 1995. While they were playing a beach party in Malibu,
indie producer Tommy Allen heard them play and offered to manage them
and record a complete record with his partner, songwriter John De
Nicola (Dirty Dancing).
While shopping for a deal for the band, Rob Cavallo's management team
heard the record Allen and DeNicola produced, which eventually led to
their deal with Reprise Records and producer Rob Cavallo.[12] Very early on, their sound was what Carmichael called "Fugazi [the sound] meets Sesame Street [the lyrics]". However, by the release of The Fourth World in 1997, they had morphed into band with a style reminiscent of 1960s Britpop.[10] Despite high expectations from the band and record company, the album failed to catch on and their lead single, "Soap Disco", was a failure.[13] According to Levine, the failure of the album was "a huge disappointment" that nearly led them to break up in 1998.[10][14] The album sold around 5,000 copies and they were dropped after only one month.[15]
When they returned in 2000, they brought those influences with them.[14]Sam Farrar (bassist of the band Phantom Planet and - since 2012 - a touring member of Maroon 5) says that the Aaliyah song "Are You That Somebody?" affected the band and influenced the song "Not Coming Home."[10] Producer Tim Sommer
signed them to a demo deal with MCA records and produced three tracks
with them in Los Angeles in the middle of 2000 with Mark Dearnley
engineering. Against Sommer's advice, MCA declined to pick up the band,
and these tracks were never released. Jordan Feldstein, a friend of
Levine's family and a junior agent at ICM, stopped by one of the band's
rehearsals and was so surprised by what he heard that he quit his job
in order to manage the band full-time.[14] The band put together a demo that was rejected by several labels, before falling into the hands of Octone Records executives James Diener, Ben Berkman and David Boxenbaum.[14]
While looking for talent for the new Octone label, Berkman was given a
bunch of demos by the brother of a former colleague at Columbia Records
and the song that caught his attention was "a genius song called
'Sunday Morning'".[15]
Berkman was surprised the song was credited to Kara's Flowers because
they sounded completely different from the band he had heard while at
Warner Brothers.
Berkman encouraged Diener and Boxenbaum to fly out to Los Angeles to watch a showcase gig at The Viper Room for the four-piece Kara's Flowers.[15] After watching Levine onstage, they were convinced. Berkman told HitQuarters
he believed what the band needed was a "fifth member to play the guitar
and free up the singer, so he could be the star I perceived him to be."[15] Octone immediately insisted that the band change its name to break with its pop past.[15]
Also, the label began looking for a full-time guitarist to enable
Levine to focus on performing as the frontman. James Valentine (from
the L.A. band Square) was recruited for the job.[14]
On his joining the band, Valentine commented: "I became friends with
them and we sort of started jamming together, it was very much like I
was cheating on my band, we were having sort of an affair and I
eventually quit my other band to join up with them."[14]
Even still, the only songs of their repertoire that showcased the
band's new direction were "Sunday Morning" and the soon-to-be-written
"She Will Be Loved"—neither of which the label approved of as a first
single. The band toured for a full year before entering the studio with
producer Matt Wallace. Levine's frustration with Berkman's demands for
a lead single inspired him to write just that—a song called "Harder to
Breathe".
2002–2006: Songs About Jane and Dusick's departure[edit]
"Between the time that we started making the album [Songs About Jane]
in 2001 and the time the album reached the crest of its success in
2004, we went from being starving musicians wondering what the future
held to riding a wave of success beyond our wildest expectations."
—Ryan Dusick, Maroon 5's original drummer, who officially left the band in 2006 due to injuries sustained from constant touring[16]
Maroon 5 in concert in 2004
James Valentine attended Berklee College of Music with John Mayer
in 1996, where they developed a rapport. In 2002, the two reconnected
at a Mayer radio appearance. After Mayer heard their album, he was so
impressed (particularly by "This Love", which became the most
successful release off the album and propelled the band to
superstardom) that he invited them to open for him during his early
2003 tour.[10] The first single "Harder to Breathe" slowly started to pick up airplay which helped spur sales of the album. By March 2004, Songs About Jane had reached the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 and "Harder to Breathe" had made the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts. The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 in September 2004,[17] 26 months after its release; this was the longest period between an album's release and its initial Top 10 appearance since SoundScan results were included in the Billboard 200 in 1991.[18] Mayer invited the band to open for him again in 2004.[19]
Over the next three years, the band toured virtually non-stop,
including visits to seventeen countries. During this time, the band
toured with Michelle Branch, Nikka Costa, Vanessa Carlton, Graham Colton, and The Rolling Stones.[20] Others they have toured alongside include Cowboy Mouth, Gavin DeGraw, Matchbox Twenty, Sugar Ray, Counting Crows, Phantom Planet, The Hives, Dashboard Confessional, Big City Rock, The Like, Simon Dawes, Jason Mraz, The Thrills, Thirsty Merc, Marc Broussard, The Donnas, The RedWest, Michael Tolcher and Guster. Songs About Jane eventually reached No. 2 on the Australian albums charts,[21] while "Harder to Breathe" made the Top 20 singles charts in the US[22] and UK,[21] and Top 40 in Australia and New Zealand.[21] The album also eventually climbed to No. 1 in the UK.[21] The second single, "This Love", reached No. 5 in the US,[22] No. 3 in the UK, and No. 8 in Australia.[21] The third single, "She Will Be Loved," reached the Top 5 in both the US[22] and the UK, and went to No. 1 in Australia.[21] The fourth single, "Sunday Morning," reached the Top 40 in the US,[22] UK, and Australia.[21] Maroon 5 also played Live 8, in Philadelphia in 2005. Their set included a cover of Neil Young's "Rockin' In The Free World" and frontman Levine performed with one of his heroes, and the closing act, Stevie Wonder.[23] On May 13, 2005, in Santa Barbara, California, the band wrapped up the Honda Civic Tour, which they headlined.[24] On June 9, 2005, the band performed at the American Film Institute's tribute to filmmaker George Lucas. Lucas himself had selected Maroon 5 for the event, as they were his children's favorite band at the time.[25]
Over the years of touring with the band their drummer, percussionist
and backing vocalist Ryan Dusick had been suffering from the touring
life.[26] The strains of non-stop touring aggravated an old sports injury.[9] After several absences from the tour with Ryland Steen (drummer of James Valentine's former band, Square - Ryland is currently a member of the California-USA-based ska punk band, Reel Big Fish) and Josh Day taking his place, Dusick officially left Maroon 5 in September 2006. Matt Flynn, the former drummer of Gavin DeGraw and The B-52's, joined the band as Dusick's replacement.[27]
After recording for most of 2006, Maroon 5's second album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long, was released worldwide in May 2007 by A&M/Octone Records.[28] According to Levine, the follow-up to Songs About Jane is "sexier and stronger",[29] gaining inspiration from iconic 80s artists such as Prince, Shabba Ranks, Michael Jackson and Talking Heads.[30] Before its release, "Makes Me Wonder" was the No. 1 selling single and video on iTunes.[29] It was also the No. 1 selling album, with more than 50,000 digital pre-sales.[29] After its release, the album broke iTunes sales records its week of release, selling over 101,000 albums.[31]
The first single, "Makes Me Wonder," was released to radio March 27,
2007. The making of the music video was previewed on MTV's Total Request Live, and premiered on the show March 29. The song debuted at number 84 on the Billboard
Hot 100, the lowest debuting single of the group's five chart entries.
In the first week of May, the single skyrocketed from a lowly position
of No. 64 to No. 1, the biggest jump in Billboard history at the time.[32] "Makes Me Wonder" has also achieved No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs, Pop 100, and Hot Dance Club Play charts.[33]
To support the album, the band performed on a "six-date club tour"
in which they visited small venues in Boston, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Minneapolis, Miami, and New York City in early June 2007.[34] They followed with a concert that streamed live via MSN Music in mid-June.[35] On July 10, they opened for The Police, in Miami,[36] and followed with an acoustic performance at the Miami club, Studio A, the next day.[37] Their 2007 It Won't Be Soon Before Long world tour began September 29 in Detroit and concluded November 10 in Las Vegas.[38]The Hives, as the tour's special guest, performed on all of the dates while Sara Bareilles, Kevin Michael, and Phantom Planet each performed in a portion of the tour.[39] They toured with Dashboard Confessional in their world tour and on March 28, 2008, they began touring with OneRepublic, Brandi Carlile, and Ry Cuming. They have also performed "Makes Me Wonder" on season 6 of American Idol and "If I Never See Your Face Again" on season 7 of American Idol. The re-release of the album featured a new duet version of "If I Never See Your Face Again" with Rihanna; the new version of the song also appeared on the re-release of Rihanna's album Good Girl Gone Bad. They also released as the album's 5th single "Goodnight Goodnight", which appeared in the opening of "CSI:NY" episode "Page Turner."
Levine has stated that he believes the band is reaching its peak and may make one more album before disbanding.[40]
He explained: "Eventually I want to focus on being a completely
different person because I don’t know if I want to do this into my 40s
and 50s and beyond, like the Rolling Stones."[41] Maroon 5's third studio album was recorded in 2009 in Switzerland, where the band were joined by record producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange.[42] The album, titled Hands All Over, was released on September 21, 2010. The album's first single, "Misery", was released on June 22, 2010. Maroon 5 toured with Train for the summer of 2011, from July 22 to September 24.[43]Christina Aguilera is featured on Maroon 5's single "Moves like Jagger". It premiered live on The Voice June 21, 2011 and reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 2011. Adam Levine was also featured in Gym Class Heroes' song "Stereo Hearts", which peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. On September 8, 2011, Jesse stated that the band is likely to begin recording their next album within the year.[44] On October 1, the band performed live at the Rock in Rio concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[45] Maroon 5 was a last hour addition, chosen to fill the vacant spot left by Jay-Z
after he cancelled his appearance for personal reasons believed to be a
diary clash, but rumored to be a performance in a poll for bands the
audiences wanted to see in the festival.[46] The band launched a Snapple flavor named "Tea Will Be Loved" in support of Feeding America.
Maroon 5 performed "Moves Like Jagger" and "Stereo Hearts" with Travie McCoy on November 5, 2011 on Saturday Night Live. They also performed "Moves Like Jagger" and "Stereo Hearts" with Christina Aguilera and Gym Class Heroes on November 20, 2011 on the American Music Awards, where they won their first AMA for Favorite Pop Band/Duo/Group. The band also performed "Moves Like Jagger" at the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.[47]
During a promotion by Coca-Cola in the March of 2011, the band
participated in a 24–hour session during which, with the help of
musician (keyboardist and background vocalist) PJ Morton,
they had 24 hours to write a completely original song. After their time
was up, the song "Is Anybody Out There" was released on the Coca-Cola
website for free download. Morton, who has played with the band in
concerts and other live performances since 2010, is now temporarily
replacing Jesse Carmichael,
who has currently taken a longer break from performing with the band –
that was officially confirmed by the group in March 2012. In 2011,
Maroon 5 also recorded a song for The Hunger Games soundtrack (The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond),
called "Come Away To The Water" (feat. Rozzi Crane). The soundtrack was
released on March 20, 2012 (March 19 in the UK). At the 54th Grammy Awards, on February 12, 2012, the group performed alongside Foster the People and The Beach Boys in a medley of Beach Boys songs to celebrate their 50th anniversary.
On March 8, 2012, it was announced that Jesse Carmichael
would take a break from playing in the band for an undetermined amount
of time to focus more on his studies of "music and the healing arts"
(spiritual healing). The band continued to work on their fourth studio
album with the help of their touring member, PJ Morton.[48]
Maroon 5 announced on March 26, 2012 – through their official website
and a Rolling Stone article – that their fourth album, titled Overexposed, will be released on June 26, 2012.[49][50] Levine stated the album is their "most diverse and poppiest album yet."[49] On April 16, 2012, Maroon 5 premiered their new song, "Payphone", as the first single from Overexposed on the hit television show, The Voice, in which Adam Levine is one of the judges and coaches. The song debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and features rapper Wiz Khalifa. The second single, "One More Night", was released on June 19, 2012. It soon topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, beating out Psy's "Gangnam Style", and stayed there for nine weeks consecutively, tying up with Carly Rae Jepsen's hit single "Call Me Maybe".
At the start of their Overexposed World Tour in South America, Maroon 5 introduced the newest addition in the band to the audience: their old and close friend Sam Farrar – who is also the bassist of the band Phantom Planet
– on guitars, occasionally on the bass guitar, backing vocals,
turntables and providing samples and other special effects (using the MPC).
Sam also co-wrote and co-produced a few of the band's songs on all of
their studio albums and remixed one of their songs, which is called
"Woman", on Call and Response: The Remix Album, released in 2008. On August 31, 2012 – during a show in Argentina – Farrar filled-in for Mickey Madden on the bass guitar for the very first time – he subsequently filled-in for Mickey on the next few shows of the tour.
Maroon 5 has announced that the third single from Overexposed is going to be "Daylight"
and to promote that song, the band has launched a video project called
"The Daylight Project". The project encouraged fans to film their own
segments for inclusion in the official music video for "Daylight",
directed by Jonas Åkerlund.
Uploads were officially closed on October 8, 2012. "Daylight" was
performed for the first time as a single on November 8, 2012, during an
episode of the U.S. Version of The Voice and the official video had its premiere on December 10, 2012.
On July 5, 2012, Maroon 5 announced that they had begun work on their fifth studio album, a close follow-up to Overexposed,[51] and on October 10, 2012, Jesse Carmichael confirmed that he would be returning to the band after they complete their Overexposed
World Tour (just 3 days later, the first part of the tour ended on
October 13, 2012 in Sydney, Australia). He will rejoin in time for the
band to record their fifth studio album and to tour in support of it.
On April 1, 2013, it was announced that Maroon 5 will headline the 12th Annual Honda Civic Tour with special guest, Kelly Clarkson. The tour began on August 1, 2013, at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, Missouri[52] and ended on October 6, 2013, with a concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
Maroon 5 released the fourth single from Overexposed – "Love Somebody" – on May 14, 2013. The official music video for the song was directed by Rich Lee
on January 16, 2013 and it unexpectedly leaked online on May 19, 2013.
It had its television premiere the following day during an episode of
the fourth season of The Voice (the U.S. Version), where the band also performed this song live (for the very first time as a single).
Adam Levine and Mickey Madden performing in Maryland Heights, St.
Louis, Missouri (MO), on the opening night of the 2013 Honda Civic Tour
In an interview with MTV News,
James Valentine stated that the band is currently in the studio
recording songs for their upcoming fifth studio album: "The stuff we're
working on now, it definitely has gone maybe a little darker in its
sound, maybe back a little bit more to what we kind of did on Songs About Jane, but at this point we do have all kinds of different songs and it is early."[53]
"I think the classic Maroon 5 song is minor, and it has some funk,
Nile Rodgers-style guitar and the lyrics are probably about getting
your heart broken. So minor, funk and heartbreak -- that’s the Maroon 5
formula."
—James Valentine on what he felt was the typical Maroon 5 sound[54]
Adam Levine has stated: "[E]verything that's written and performed
and put together pretty much comes from us. I just think people would
be surprised to know that we’re a self-contained unit. We’re a band
that does their own thing. There’s no puppet master."[55]
However, in an article about the songwriter and producer Benny Blanco,
subtitled "Benny Blanco, Hit Maker for Rihanna and Maroon 5," it is
revealed that at least some of Maroon 5's songs, such as "Moves Like
Jagger," are the product of efforts by, or collaborations with,
professional songwriters and producers.[56]
In the same article, Adam Levine is quoted as saying: “It’s almost as
if [Benny Blanco] has the Midas touch in putting the right people
together at the right time to create a musical moment. He’s about the
collaboration. And he’s so good at nailing down who does everything
best.”
Maroon 5 has cited Michael Jackson, The Police, Talking Heads, Aaliyah, Oasis, Shabba Ranks, and Prince as influences.[57]Adam Levine has also cited Stevie Wonder as one of his heroes.[58] Further, guitarist James Valentine said he was influenced by guitarists like Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell and John Scofield as well as the rock band, Queens of the Stone Age.[14]
Maroon 5's songs tend to be very guitar-heavy, often accompanied by
piano or synthesizer. The theme in all of their songs is love,
frequently lost love; songs like "This Love", "Makes Me Wonder" and "Misery"
have a very cynical tone, often expressing dissatisfaction with a
relationship, while their more heartfelt and emotional songs such as "She Will Be Loved", "Never Gonna Leave This Bed" express a longing for a romantic relationship. "Makes Me Wonder"
has a secondary theme, in which Levine expresses his disillusionment
and frustration with the state of American politics and the Iraq War.[59]
Maroon 5's sound changes from album to album. Songs About Jane consists of songs about Levine's ex-girlfriend Jane. On It Won't Be Soon Before Long, however, the songs are less personal, and are more electric with more use of synthesizers, creating a retro feel.[57]Hands All Over continues the band's lost love theme, along with songs about infatuation, and was re-released in 2011, with the hit single "Moves like Jagger", an electropop song featuring Christina Aguilera (who, along with Levine, is one of the judges and coaches on the U.S. Version of The Voice),
which represents a drastic change in the band's sound, with more of a
dance feel to it. "It was one of those songs that was definitely a
risk," Levine said. "It's a bold statement. We've never really released
a song like that. But it's exciting to do something different, do
something new. I'm just glad that everyone likes it."[60] When announcing their fourth album, Overexposed, James Valentine called the album "our most 'pop' record ever and we weren’t shy about really going for it."[49]
In a separate interview about Maroon 5's fifth album, which is still
being written, Valentine said: "The stuff we're working on now, it
definitely has gone maybe a little darker in its sound, maybe back a
little bit more to what we kind of did on Songs About Jane."
Maliq
& D'Essentials adalah suatu band berbasiskan jazz yang berasal dari
Jakarta, Indonesia. Maliq adalah kepanjangan dari Music And Live
Instrument Quality. Sejak penampilannya yang menawan pada pergelaran
Jakarta Jazz Festival 2005, popularitasnya semakin meningkat terutama di
kalangan anak muda Jakarta.
Perpaduan bahasa Indonesia dan
bahasa Inggris dalam lagu-lagunya menjadi salah satu andalannya yang
khas. Musik yang dimainkannya khas dan terkadang tidak terkesan seperti
halnya lagu Indonesia yang umumnya terdengar melankolis.
Maliq
& D'Essentials sudah mengeluarkan dua album yaitu 1st dan Free Your
Mind dengan masing-masing album dibuat versi repackagenya. Jadi total
sudah mengeluarkan 4 buah album.
PROFIL :
Maliq&d'essentials
di bentuk pada 15 mei 2002 terdiri dari 8 orang pesonil yang mengusung
musik yang di sebut soulful. Nama Maliq adalah kepanjangan dari music
and live instrument quality yang di buat konsepnya oleh Angga dan Widi
(producer, composer, arranger & song writer) dan Indra Sulisto yang
pada saat itu menjadi executive producer sekaligus manager dari band
Maliq&d'essentials saat itu. D'essentials adalah sebuatan untuk
personil lainnya yaitu : Indah & Dimi (vocal), Satrio (gitar), Ifa
(piano), Jawa (bass) serta Amar (terompet) yang telah menjadi kesatuan
dan takdapat dipisahkan.
Maliq&d'essentials pada awalnya
selama kurang lebih dua tahun adalah sebuah band yang memulai kariernya
dengan tampil di berbagai macam café dan lounge seperti Jamz, Mana
Lounge, The Bar Four Seasons Hotel, dll. Penampilan mereka mempunyai
tujuan untuk mempersolid band Maliq&d'essentials itu sendiri serta
membiasakan pendengar musik untuk mendengar lagu-lagu black music
khususnya soul music. [sunting] Keretakan
Pada saat yang
bersamaan dengan keluarnya album repackaged 1st Maliq &
d'essentials, salah satu vocalist yang bernama Dimi juga mengundurkan
diri untuk memulai pengerjakan album solonya yang pertama. Semenjak
tahun 2006 Maliq & d'essentials melanjutkan perjalan dengan ketujuh
personilnya. Penawaran yang sangat menyenangkan untuk Maliq &
d'essentials datang di bulan September, yaitu kesempatan membuat
soundtrack film Claudia/Jasmine. Maliq & d'essentials memutuskan
untuk membuat lagu-lagu yang di masukkan ke dalam soundtrack tersebut
menjadi album repackaged "FREE YOUR MIND" dengan single yang berjudul
"Dia".
Sekali lagi terjadi pengantian personil didalam band Maliq
& d'essentials bersamaan dengan pengantian tahun dari 2007 ke 2008.
Gitaris Maliq & d'essentials "Satrio" mengundurkan diri (yang kini
telah membentuk band Alexa) dan kemudian digantikan oleh "Lale" tentu
saja dengan khas warna nya yang berbeda sehingga bisa menambah warna
baru di band Maliq & d'essentials.
PERSONIL :
Angga
Nama Panjang: Angga Puradiredja
Tempat/Tanggal Lahir: Jakarta 29 Februari 1980 (umur 30)
Posisi: Vokal
Agama: Islam
Makanan Favorit: Steak, Sate Ayam, Bakmi
Minuman Favorit: Teh Manis, Es Cendol
Buku Favorit: Sport Book
Film Favorit: Gladiator
Angga
bersama Widi membuat konsep Maliq and D'Essentials sekaligus menjadi
produser, composer, arranger & song writer. Proyek impiannya adalah
memiliki album kedua. Angga adalah anak pertama dari dua bersaudara. Indah
Nama Panjang: Rivani Indriya Suwendi
Tempat/Tanggal Lahir: Jakarta 26 Maret 1980 (umur 30)
Posisi: Vokal
Agama: Islam
Makanan Favorit: Sambal
Minuman Favorit: Air putih hangat
Buku Favorit: komik “Nina”
Film Favorit: Pretty Woman
Proyek impiannya adalah memiliki album ketiga dan seterusnya. Indah adalah anak kedua dari tiga bersaudara. Widi
* Nama Panjang: Widi Puradiredja
* Tempat/Tanggal Lahir: Jakarta 10 Januari 1980 (umur 30)
* Posisi: Drum
* Agama: Islam
* Makanan Favorit: Makanan Sunda, Jepang
* Minuman Favorit: Jus Jambu, Es Teh manis
* Buku Favorit: Komik Donal Bebek
* Film Favorit: Shrek
Widi
bersama Angga membuat konsep Maliq and D'Essentials sekaligus menjadi
produser, composer, arranger & song writer. Widi adalah personil
tertua. Proyek impiannya adalah memiliki album ketiga dan seterusnya.
Angga adalah anak kedua dari dua bersaudara.
Amar
* Nama Panjang: Amar Ibrahim
* Tempat/Tanggal Lahir: Jakarta 6 Februari 1981 (umur 29)
* Posisi: Terompet
* Agama: Islam
* Makanan Favorit: Makanan Jepang
* Minuman Favorit: Kopi
* Buku Favorit: Psyhology
* Film Favorit: Star Wars
Proyek impiannya adalah membuat perusahaan sendiri. Amar adalah anak kedua dari dua bersaudara.
Ifa
* Nama Panjang: Rif’at S. Fachir
* Tempat/Tanggal Lahir: Jakarta 21 Oktober 1983 (umur 26)
* Posisi: Piano
* Agama: Islam
* Minuman Favorit: banana Blu-nya DIXIE dan air putih
* Buku Favorit: The Catcher in the Rye, Shakespearean plays
* Film Favorit: Amadeus, The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, The Lion King, Sleepless in Seatlle, Cinema Paradiso
Proyek impiannya adalah membuat banyak lagu untuk penyanyi-penyanyi. Ifa adalah anak pertama dari tiga bersaudara.
Jawa
* Nama Panjang: Dendy Sukarno
* Tempat/Tanggal Lahir: Jakarta 13 April 1981 (umur 29)
* Posisi: Bass
* Agama: Islam
* Makanan Favorit: Nasi Padang
* Minuman Favorit: Kopi & Teh Manis
* Buku Favorit: Sastra & Sejarah
* Film Favorit: Kolosal
Proyek impiannya adalah memiliki album solo bass. Jawa adalah anak keempat dari lima bersaudara.
Lale
* Nama Panjang: Arya Aditya Ramadhya
* Tempat/Tanggal Lahir: Jakarta 29 April 1987 (umur 23)
* Posisi: Gitar
* Agama: Islam
* Makanan Favorit: Junk Food
* Minuman Favorit: Air Mineral
* Buku Favorit: Komik “Master Q”
* Film Favorit: Star Wars
Lale
adalah personil termuda. Dia menggantikan posisi Satrio. Proyek
impiannya adalah membuat restoran. Lale adalah anak pertama dari dua
bersaudara.
soulvibe
Soulvibe adalah group band yang beraliran R&B yang di motori oleh:
Rizqi Rizaldi (vokal)
Bayu Adiputra (vokal)
Ramadhan Handy (bass)
Frans Martatko (keyboard)
Andika Winasis (gitar)
Caesar Rizal (drums)
dan Ario Seto (synthesizer)
Band ini berawal ketika mereka berteman satu SMA pada tahun 2003.
mereka yang merasa satu visi dan misi membentuk grup ini. Awalnya Bayu
mengonsep bersama Handy, dan soal lirik dan musik dikerjakan
bersama-sama.
Album perdana mereka yang dirilis Gowa Music berisi 11 lagu dengan
single andalan Arti Hadirmu. Sementara single mereka yang lain Terang
Jiwa juga telah diudarakan di sejumlah stasiun radio di pertengahan
September 2007 sebagai lagu berlirik religius.
Sedangkan untuk konser, Soulvibe cukup punya banyak pengalaman. Ajang
Java Jazz bukan hal baru untuk mereka. Pada 2006 mereka beraksi di atas
panggung festival jazz terbesar di dunia tersebut. Setelah itu tampil
lagi di Jazz Goes to Campus FE UI pada 2006, dan di Java Jazz 2007.
Keinginan untuk melangkah maju dijalani dengan mantap. Soulvibe berniat
go international. Dan pada 5 Maret 2010, keinginan itu sudah terwujud.
Walaupun main di tanah air, tapi kans Java Jazz sudah melambung di manca
negara.
Dibentuk pada tanggal 18 November 2006, RAN
adalah singkatan dari 3 anggota mereka, yaitu : Rayi (vokal / rap), Asta
(gitar) dan Nino (vokal). Mereka belajar di sekolah tinggi yang sama.
Rayi dan Asta, yang berada di angkatan yang sama membuat sebuah band
dengan teman sekolah mereka bernama FRD, yang telah memenangkan festival
band, dan sekali bermain di Malaysia juga. Ketika mereka lulus, mereka
memutuskan untuk membubarkan band. Jadi pada waktu itu, Rayi dan Asta
hanya membuat dan mengaransemen lagu di kamar Asta.
Nino, adik kelas mereka juga sering bergabung
di kamar Asta untuk membuat lagu. Kemudian ketika mereka mengikuti Insof
(Indonesia Song Festival) di Jakarta, mereka mendapat tempat kedua.
Jadi mereka memutuskan untuk membuat grup, karena mereka merasa bahwa
mereka memiliki kongruensi dalam membuat lagu dan mereka menamai grup
RAN.
Seorang produser dari KEP Media dan Universal
Music Indonesia segera menawarkan mereka untuk membuat album setelah
itu. Mereka merekam album pertama mereka yang berjudul “RAN For Your
Life“, dan dirilis pada bulan Desember 2007. RAN menidefinisikan musik
mereka fun, fresh dan friendly. Pop kratif RAN menawarkan pada para
pecinta musik berbagai genre, seperti R & B, soul, hip hop, jazz,
reggae, tari, dll. Single pertama mereka “Pandangan Pertama” mendapat
tempat pertama di beberapa chart TV & radio.
Didukung oleh pemain berbakat musik tambahan,
mereka membuat pengaturan dinamis pada pertunjukan live mereka. media
lokal memberikan baik memuji untuk musik RAN dan dapat dilihat di banyak review album yang baik mereka menulis.
Penampilan RAN di Java Jazz 2008 disaksikan
oleh lebih dari 3.000 orang, dan mereka mendokumentasikannya dan dirilis
dalam versi DVD, “RAN Live at Java Jazz Festival 2008“.
RAN juga terpilih sebagai duta merek untuk
Wall’s Conello. Mereka mendapat “Rookie of the Year” di Choice Award
Rolling Stone Editor 2009 dan juga “Best Group / Duo” di Kids Choice
Awards 2009 yang diselenggarakan oleh Nickelodeon.
Ini adalah album-album dari RAN:
For Your Life
For Your Life adalah album musik pertama karya RAN. Dirilis pada tahun
2008. Lagu utamanya ialah Pandangan Pertama. Lagu-lagu lainnya yang
dijadikan andalan adalah Hanya Untukmu, Nothing Lasts Forever, Warnai
Malam Ini, dan Selamat Pagi.
Daftar lagu
1. Warna Warni Dunia
2. Pandangan Pertama
3. Hanya Untukmu 4. D' Inspiration
5. Kembali
6. Selamat Pagi 7. Auramu
8. Let Me Be
9.Warnai Malam Ini
10. Nothing Lasts Forever
11. Lagu Untuk Riri
FRIDAY Friday adalah album musik kedua karya RAN yang dirilis pada tahun
2009. Berisi 10 buah lagu dengan hits singel lagu yang berjudul Jadi
Gila dan Bosan. Lagu T.G.I. Friday menjadi hits di stasiun radio di
Indonesia. Lagu Tunjukkan Cintamu juga menjadi hits karena sempat
digunakan dalam iklan salah satu produk makanan di Indonesia. Sementara
itu, lagu Ratu Lebah dijadikan lagu tema untuk film Queen Bee, yang
dibintangi oleh Tika Putri. Daftar lagu
1. T.G.I. Friday
2. Karena Kusuka Dirimu 3. Tunjukkan Cintamu
4. Jadi Gila
5. Bosan 6. God 7. Budak Cinta 8. Ratu Lebah 9. P.S.K 10. Piano
HOP3 HOP3 merupakan sebuah album musik utama karya Ran. Dirilis pada tahun
2011 dengan lagu utamanya yang berjudul Mencuri Hati. Selain itu
terdapat pula lagu era 90-an yang sebelumnya dinyanyikan oleh Fatur dan
Nadila, Kulakukan Semua Untukmu yang dinyanyikan oleh RAN dengan versi
R&B.
Daftar lagu
1. Mencuri Hati
2. Sepeda
3. Salah Tingkah
4. Singgasana Hati
5. Kulakukan Semua Untukmu
6. Fresh
7. Telepon
8. Dance With Me
