''AkustiChrisye'' is a 16th studio album by the Indonesian singer

Chrisye Hajji Chrismansyah Rahadi (; 16 September 1949 – 30 March 2007), born Christian Rahadi (), better known by his stage name Chrisye (), was an Indonesian progressive pop singer and songwriter. In 2011 ''Rolling Stone Indonesia'' declared hi ...

released in 1996 which was produced by

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. It includes acoustic versions of several of his earlier songs, as well as new material.

Production

and

, a conductor who had coordinated Chrisye's first solo concert in 1994, began working on what was to become ''AkustiChrisye'' in 1995. Realising that Western artists such as

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had found success in rearranging their older songs, the two decided to do the same with Chrisye's older work. They chose the songs "Kala Sang Surya Tenggelam" ("When the Sun Set"), "Anak Jalanan" ("Street Child"), and "Smaradhana" ("Passion") from the 1978 album ''

Sabda Alam ''Sabda Alam'' (''Nature's Order'') is a 1978 Indonesian album released by Musica Studios. It is Chrisye's second studio album and his first after signing with Musica. The album was written in collaboration with Guruh Sukarnoputra. It was well ...

'', as well as "Gita Cinta – Puspa Indah" ("Love Song – Beautiful Flower"), a remix of two songs from the 1980 album '' Puspa Indah''. The album also saw several new songs, written by other artists. The album focused on using

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, which Chrisye described as simple but still requiring serious work. At the time the genre had seen a resurgence in Indonesia, with the state broadcaster

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carrying several shows which featured acoustic music. The audio was recorded at

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in Sydney, Australia, with a full orchestra providing backing in a period of three hours. Gutawa had chosen to record in Australia as better equipment was available there, and, although expensive, Aciu Widjaja of

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agreed immediately.

Release and reception

The album was released as a cassette by Musica Studios in 1996 to popular success. "Damai Bersamamu" was the album's only single, while both it and "Kala Sang Surya Tenggelam" received

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s. Chrisye would later emphasise acoustic music on his 1997 album '' Kala Cinta Menggoda'' (''When Love Tempts''), and continue his collaboration with Gutawa until 2002's ''

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'' (''Decade''). ''AkustiChrisye'' has been

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d twice, once as a CD in 2004 and once as part of the

Chrisye Masterpiece Trilogy Limited Edition ''Masterpiece Trilogy Limited Edition'' is a series of three box sets from singer Chrisye which is a collection of all of Chrisye's albums issued between 1978–2004. Each box set contains 7 CDs and a booklet. In the 26-year span, Chrisye release ...

in 2007.

Track listing

References

Footnotes Bibliography * * * * * * * {{Authority control 1996 albums Chrisye albums Indonesian-language albums