Sriwedari is the fifth studio album by the Indonesian pop group Maliq & D'Essentials. The album was released on 25 January 2013 by their own independent company, Organic Records, and was produced by Eki Puradiredja. It is their first album with keyboardist Ilman Ibrahim, who joined the band in 2011.[1] Two editions were released: a standard edition and a limited edition of 2000 copies sold through Blibli.com.[2]

Sriwedari
Studio album by
Released25 January 2013
Recorded2012
Genre
Length32:45
LabelOrganic Records
ProducerEki Puradiredja
Maliq & D'Essentials chronology
The Beginning of a Beautiful Life
(2010)
Sriwedari
(2013)
Musik Pop
(2014)

The album was nominated for "Album of the Year" at the 1st Indonesian Choice Awards, but lost to Raisa's Heart to Heart.

Background

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After releasing their compilation album Radio Killed The TV Star in 2012, the group planned to make a greatest hits album with an additional three new songs.[3] In the end they wrote 10 new songs, and decided to create a new album.[4]

Track listing

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Music and lyrics by Maliq & D'Essentials unless otherwise stated.[5]

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Sing! Make It Last Forever"Widi Puradiredja04:24
2."Setapak Sriwedari"W. Puradiredja04:10
3."Drama Romantika" 05:14
4."Menghilang" 04:25
5."Dunia Sekitar" 03:25
6."Beautiful Disaster" 04:16
7."Janji"W. Puradiredja03:31
8."Inilah Kita" 04:00
Total length:32:45

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Result
2014 Indonesian Choice Awards Album of the Year Nominated

Personnel

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Maliq & D'Essentials[5]
  • Angga Puradiredja - vocals
  • Indah Wisnuwardhana - vocals
  • Widi Puradiredja - drums
  • Dendy "Javafinger" Sukarno - bass
  • Arya "Lale" Aditya - guitar
  • Ilman Ibrahim - keyboards
Additional musicians
  • Reza Jozef "Rejoz" Patty - percussion
  • Amar Ibrahim - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Henricus - tabla
  • Hary Wisnu Yuniarta - flute, oboe
Production
  • Eki "EQ" Puradiredja - producer
  • Widi Puradiredja - producer, mixing, engineer
  • Dendy "Javafinger" Sukarno - mixing, engineer
  • Geoff Pesche - mastering

References

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  1. ^ Nurfahraeni, Iin (30 May 2011). "Maliq & D'Essentials Perkenalkan Keyboardist Baru" (in Indonesian). Tribun News. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  2. ^ Essentials. Sriwedari blibli.com [dead link]
  3. ^ @MaliqMusic (3 January 2013). "Twitter post" (Tweet) – via Twitter. [dead link]
  4. ^ @MaliqMusic (3 January 2013). "Twitter post" (Tweet) – via Twitter. [dead link]
  5. ^ a b Adapted from album liner notes.