'Supporting good Indonesian songs is part of Musikimia's concept. 'Kolam Susu' is a cover of a decades-old hit by pop band Koes Plus, while 'Tanah Airku' is a national hymn written by Ibu Soed.įadly said the decision to include the cover songs was an effort to reintroduce these uplifting songs to the younger generation. We felt that we needed to do something to offer some positivity and hope to our fellow Indonesians,' he said.
'They were all bad-news stories, which put our country in a really bad light. Yoyo said the album was inspired by some of the topics that made headlines in 2011-2012. The mini album titled Indonesia Adalah (Indonesia Is) contains five tracks, namely, 'Ini Dadaku' (This Is My Chest), 'Apakah Harus Seperti Ini?' (Does It Have To Be Like This?', 'Kolam Susu' (Milk Pond), 'Merdeka Sampai Mati' (Free Till Dead), and 'Tanah Airku' (My Motherland).
'We had prepared a full album quite some time ago but we felt this strong feeling of love toward our motherland, so we decided to record and release this mini album,' Yoyo told reporters during the album's recent launch at Sony Music Indonesia headquarters in Jakarta. Musikimia is aiming to reach the heights as a band in its own right. They decided to carry on working together while the group's lead guitarist, Satriyo 'Piyu' Yudi Wahono, was busy focusing on his own projects.ĭespite being slightly vague when asked if and when Padi would be resurrected, each of the four members insisted that Padi had not disbanded. Padi's rhythm guitarist, Ari Tri Sosianto, supported his friends by acting as manager for the band. Padi bassist Rindra Risyanto Noor, vocalist Andi Fadly Arifuddin and drummer Surendro 'Yoyo' Prasetyo were joined by renowned sound engineer Stephan Santoso as guitarist when they established Musikimia on Aug. Given award-winning, million-copy-selling pop rock Padi's hiatus for the past five years, four of the band's members decided to continue making music together by forming Musikimia last year. With the re-unification of the Padi Band in 2018, many people, especially the fans are worried about the existence of Musikimia for the future.Where Padi temporarily stopped, Musikimia begins.
Moreover, some people said that Musikimia is a protest of Fadly, Rindra, and Yoyo when Piyu, their friend in Padi band, is still busy with his solo project. Some media or netizens always compare the two bands. Talking about Musikimia Band, it cannot be separated from Padi band. Then in 2016, Musikimia released a second album entitled "Intersisi." The musical works of Musikimia have quite different styles from Padi band, although three of the four personnel have long been working in Padi. From the twitter, they also agreed to use Musikimia as the name of their music project that symbolizes the bonds of inter-personal in music.Īlthough it was formed in 2012, Musikimia launched its debut single entitled "Apakah Harus Seperti Ini" and the album entitled "Indonesia Is. Fadly, Rindra and Yoyo started the Musikimia project with a twitter account to share interesting information about music. The three personnel Fadly, Rindra, and Yoyo have familiar among Indonesian music lovers. Musikimia consists of four personnel, namely Fadly (vocalist), Rindra (bassist), Yoyo (drummer), and Stephan Santoso (guitarist ). Musikimia is a band that was formed exactly on the 67th anniversary of Indonesian Independence Day, on August 17, 2012. The sad song was the first single from Musikimia band. A song “Apakah Harus Seperti Ini” is sung by Musikimia Band. We will present the songs from MUSIKIMIA band.