''Suara Lainnya'' is an

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by Ariel, Uki, Lukman, Reza, David, their first album after they stopped using Peterpan name. The album consists of

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version of their songs from their Peterpan era. It was released on 29 May 2012 on the

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label.

Background

In 2009, Peterpan abandoned their band name to fulfill their agreement with Andika and Indra, who had been dismissed from the band in 2006. Afterwards, they performed using the band member's names:

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, Lukman,

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and

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. Their plan to announce their new band name was delayed because Ariel was arrested in 2010 due to a celebrity sex tape scandal. To regain their popularity, Ariel, Uki, Lukman, Reza and David recorded an instrumental album titled ''Suara Lainnya''. The album was instrumental because they did not want to replace Ariel with another vocalist. Their original idea was to replace the vocals with piano. But because they wanted to expand their musical exploration, they decided to add other instruments.

Recording

According to David, ''Suara Lainnya'' took six months to make. During the recording, the band tried out instruments they had not explored before, such as karinding, violin and piano. So that Ariel can contribute, his bandmates regularly visited him in Kebon Waru prison. In this album, the band collaborated with

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's vocalist Momo, violinists

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and Hendri Lamiri, and karinding band Karinding Attack. Karinding Attack's blog wrote that they recorded their songs in late December 2011.

Songs

''Suara Lainnya'' consists of 10 rearrangement of Peterpan's songs, and one bonus song, "Dara", Ariel's 2011 solo single. According to Uki, the songs in the album have varying genres, such as

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, and

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." Among the rearanged songs, only "Cobalah Mengerti" has vocals, recorded by Momo of Geisha. Momo's vocals was chosen because its "color" was considered to fit the best. The tempo of "Cobalah Mengerti" in this album is slower than the original version's. In this album, "Sahabat", originally a

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song, was recorded with Karinding Attack which gives the song

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feel. "Di Belakangku" which was also recorded with Karinding Attack has the same feel too. For "Taman Langit", the only instruments used were piano and

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Release and promotion

On 14 May 2012, the band announced their plan to release ''Suara Lainnya''. As planned, ''Suara Lainnya'' was released on 29 May 2012 in a concert titled Konser Tanpa Nama (English: Concert Without Name). At the concert, Uki, Lukman, Reza, and David performed the songs from the album without Ariel. The concert also featured musicians who participated in ''Suara Lainnya''.

Tracklist

Personnel

Credits for additional musician and production personnel is adapted from the album's liner notes. Ariel, Uki, Lukman, Reza, David *

– vocals on "Dara" *

– keyboard, piano, string * Lukman – guitar *

– drum, percussion *

– guitar Additional musician * Ihsan Nurrachman – bass guitar * Zein – brass on "Diatas Normal" * Momo of

– vocals on "Cobalah Mengerti" * Robi of Geisha – vocals on "Cobalah Mengerti" * Henry Lamiri – string on "Cobalah Mengerti",

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on "Taman Langit" * Karinding Attack – karinding on "Sahabat" and "Di Belakangku" *

– violin solo and string orchestration on "Taman Langit" Production personnel * Teddy Riadi – a&r * Faisal – vocals recording on "Dara" * Horas – vocals recording on "Cobalah Mengerti" * Mahdi – vocals recording on "Cobalah Mengerti" * Arief R – mixing on "Diatas Normal", "Kota Mati", "Sahabat" and "Bintang di Surga" * Simon – mixing on "Walau Habis Terang", "Di Belakangku" and "Dara" * Deni Lisapali – mixing on "Melawan Dunia" and "Langit Tak Mendengar" * Toni Hawaii – mixing on "Cobalah Mengerti" and "Taman Langit"

Notes

References

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