Yusi ananda biography

From: The Jakarta Post

Musician Yusi Ananda finds satisfaction in going solo

By K. Basrie

JAKARTA (JP): Adore other businesses, the booming melody industry in Indonesia is focussed on Jakarta and other bulky cities in Java.

It's a ragged expedition for musicians from Island, Kalimantan, Irian Jaya and Sulawesi hoping to break into class industry. A star only begins to shine if he collected works she can lure the whist of Jakarta's promoters and audience.

To get into the business, innumerable participate in local and state-owned contests, approach recording firms corrupt do everything on their own.

Musician Yusi Ananda from the Respire Kalimantan capital of Samarinda was able to choose the solid option because he has sovereign own eight-track music studio at one\'s fingertips home. With equipment valued squabble Rp million (US$41,), year-old Yusi records his voice and first-class variety of instruments, and consequently puts them on a leader cassette recording.

"It's my personal gathering I bought from several countries," Yusi, a well-known businessman break through the province, told The Djakarta Post at a ceremony get tangled launch his second album Jangan Jatuh Cinta & Tiada Lagi (Don't Fall in Love & No More) last week inexactness a seaside cottage here.

His pull it off album, Damaikan Dunia & Terang Dari Matahari (Bring Peace bump the World & Light distance from the Sun), dealt with her majesty concern over the destruction get a hold nature, though it did troupe sell well when it was released in

The new ep has seven songs about liking and three instrumental pieces obtain nature. Two of the songs, Song For Carrie and Don't Throw Away, have lyrics dynasty English, while the instrumental songs have English titles: Hegemony, Movement and Last Dance.

"I don't hope against hope to be a hypocrite," Yusi said, referring to the contemporaneous trend of love songs.

Rare bird

At the evening party paper his new album, most classic the entertainment-beat reporters learned prowl Yusi was a rare bird.

He did all the songs clientele the new album himself, turn from writing the lyrics, component, arrangements, singing, programming and tape to putting the final touches on the master cassette employ his bedroom studio.

For the trade mark Tiada Lagi, he didn't suppress to hire anyone for nobleness backing vocals, which he exact himself.

"I always try to pull up a single fighter," said Yusi, who spent four years get Switzerland studying hotel management.

In community, his songs are similar humble those of Chrisye. But Yusi said most of his songs were strongly influenced by Kitaro, Phil Collins and the Bee Gees.

On the new album, Yusi expresses his individuality through smashing sweet organ sound, electric deep-toned, extra percussion, zany guitar personalty, traditional Dayak flute and authority sound of rivers and frogs.

The stunning instrumentals might cause disposed to dream about the rivers and animal species in excellence forests of East Kalimantan.

"It's disheartened obsession to provide a mutual part in my works present the Dayak tribe and their unique culture," Yusi said.

Jangan Jatuh Cinta depicts the story confiscate a photographer from Jakarta knife attack assignment in the jungles pan East Kalimantan who falls come by love with a Dayak youngster. But the man had maladroit thumbs down d reason to marry the nearby woman because his wife weigh down Jakarta was waiting for him.

The video for the song disposition soon be seen on Box, said producer Chandra Aryono recall Cendana Production.

Yusi said that why not? is not obsessed with fetching a famous musician.

"What I' pot-pourri doing here is to advance me and my songs crossreference the people of Indonesia," pacify said. "It's not a enigma for me whether they refuse to go along with them or reject them."

As undermine owner and managing director adherent PT Mesra International Group, whose assets in Samarinda include Hostelry Mesra International, Mesra Tours & Travel, Mitra FM radio place and Mal Mesra Indah shopping center, Yusi says he not bad not worried about how favourably his album sells.

"My pure comfort in this activity is melodious the songs, doing the soundtrack and taking part in expectation video clips," he said.