Prominent Bandung-based jazz group Krakatau is scheduled to make a comeback performance after a 25-year hiatus this Friday at Motion Blue Jakarta.
span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Prominent Bandung-based jazz group Krakatau is scheduled to make a comeback performance after a 25-year hiatus this Friday at Motion Blue Jakarta.
The event is part of a monthly MLDSPOT Jazzphoria in which top Jazz musicians perform at the venue.
At a media gathering on Tuesday attended by two of the members of the band, Dwiki Dharmawan and Trie Utami, Krakatau talked about what the group had been doing for the past 25 years.
“After the release of Let There Be Life in 1992, we shifted focus to an ethnic-based music for quite a while. We did international tours almost every year and prior to this upcoming performance, we did test concerts in cities like Medan and Bandung. Now we’re also in the process of finishing a new album,” said Dwiki.
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“For this upcoming show, we’re going to perform 17 to 18 songs, with three songs taken from our upcoming album,” told Trie Utami.
“On this album, we’re exploring the humaniora [humanities] side,” she added.
Krakatau was first formed in Bandung 1985 with Pra Budidharma, Donny Soehendra and Dwiki Dharmawan as the original members. Additional players were later added including Indra Lesmana, Trie Utami and Gilang Ramadhan, who replaced Budhy Haryono.
Some of their most popular hits include “Kau Datang”, “Gemilang” and “La Samba Primadona.” (kes)
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