RHOMA IRAMA – Begadang: Soneta Group Best Songs 1975-1980 (Remastered Audio) – LP – Vinyl [FEB 14]

Description

LP – Black Vinyl. Remastered audio, pressed and printed in Indonesia.

The 13 tracks contained in this compilation Begadang: Soneta Group Best Songs, 1975-1980 are some of the most innovative music that came out of Indonesias music scene in the 1970s, tunes that have cemented Rhoma Iramas status as the king of the genre.

Dang dut is the biggest musical genre in Indonesia. And in this genre of dang dut, the name Rhoma Irama looms large. He is the undisputed king of dang dut and his role as pioneer of the music is already in the history books. In fact, there’s one book documenting the outsized role of Rhoma in establishing dang dut as the father of this music. The book is aptly titled Dangdut Story, written by Pittsburgh University music professor Andrew N. Weintraub.

From a technical point of view, Rhoma not only replaced the acoustic elements from Melayu Music with electric instruments but also created new synthetic sounds that have never been attempted before in Indonesias music industry.

Notice how Rhoma reproduced funk, which was all the rage in early 1970s, in the song Santai (Relax), this albums closer or Credit Title (Instrumentalia) which opens this Darah Muda (Young Blood) soundtrack. The rubbery bass lines that open both songs can easily find home in any Sly and the Family Stones or Isaac Hayes tunes from that era.

Tracklist:

A1. Begadang (All Nighter)
A2. 135,000,000
A3. Joget (Dancing)
A4. Penasaran(Intrigued)
A5. Nyanyian Setan (Devils Song)
A6. Ghibah (Gossiping)

B1. Tung Keripit (Turkey Berry)
B2. Rupiah
B3. Hak Azasi (Human Rights)
B4. Sampai Pagi (Till Dawn)
B5. Kandungan (In the Womb)
B6. Any
B7. Buta (Blind)