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Guess what?: Memes sings legendary songs
JAKARTA: Singer Memes dedicated her 10th studio album to the legendary works of composer Ismail Marzuki
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JAKARTA: Singer Memes dedicated her 10th studio album to the legendary works of composer Ismail Marzuki.
Lief Java includes nine new arrangements of Ismail Marzuki's songs, while one song, 'Sepanjang Jalan Kenangan' (Down Memory Lane) was written by Haryanto.
The album, whose title means 'lovely Java' in Dutch, was meant to keep the oldies alive for the younger generation, Memes said.
'I've always wanted to sing the 'evergreens', but for a long time I haven't found the right format to make them fit in the contemporary music scene,' she said at the album-launch event on Wednesday at Galeri Indonesia Kaya, Central Jakarta
On the album, Ismail Marzuki's hit songs in the 1930s have been reimagined with jazzy arrangements and orchestral instrumentation by Memes' husband, composer and orchestra conductor Addie MS, in collaboration with other musicians as well as Chez City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
'The album not only will appeal to Memes' fans, but to all music lovers,' said Addie.
