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Erwin Gutawa is the man behind the scene. His spectacular work as musician, composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and producer has been known for many years now. He is simply one of the most respected Indonesian artists.
After successfully kicking ass with two tribute albums last year to male singing legend Chrisye and rock guitarist Ian Antono, this year Erwin Gutawa produced yet another astonishing tribute album released by Sony Music Indonesia. The tribute album was dedicated to Indonesia’s very own 70’s legend The Koes Plus brothers. The project was inspired by Erwin Gutawa’s admiration for Koes Plus’s long history, who gave birth to rock n’ roll music scene back in the 70’s when the flower generation was just blooming here in Indonesia. Koes Plus brothers had produced so many hit songs for so many years. The album features all the hits of Koes Plus, remade and reloaded with orchestra sounds, Erwin’s specialty and ideal. As many as 177 back up musicians, 7 sound engineers and 17 of Sony Music’s top singers such as Ruth Sahanaya, The Groove, Sheila On 7, Glenn Fredly and Indra Lesmana brought Koes Plus’s songs back to life.. Check out the orchestra versions of Koes Plus in songs like “Bilakah kau Pulang” featuring Audy, “Kisah Sedih di Hari Minggu” featuring acapella choir Impromptu, Manis dan Sayang features Eet Sharani, Edi Kemput with vocal by Andy Rif, Andaikan Kau Datang featuring Ruth Sahanaya and many more. This album also features The Australian Concert Orchestra. So indulge yourself with this hot Salute to Koes Bersaudara, A Tribute Album to Koes Plus by Erwin Gutawa.

FLY WITH TEN2FIVE
Everybody’s talking about Ten2Five, whispering and gossiping about it with great enthusiasm. I didn’t know what it was all about, but it turned out to be simple. Ten to Five is a new band. It all started in Perth – Australia in 1998 where two Indo boys, Robin and Poltak, met and share their passion of jazz by doing guitar jams, creating new sound together. Later on they met fellow Indo musicians Arief and Lea and a band is born. Back to Indonesia, they need a new singer since Lea is gone back down under. In August 2001, the foursome hooked up with a secretary with a voice of gold, named Imel. Her beautiful R’nB voice blend with their easy listening jazz music so well, and with the additional of Imel’s brother Didit, Ten2Five is born. Ten2Five’s unique debut album entitled “I Will Fly” was released under EMI Music Indonesia, featuring 5 songs in English and 5 songs in Bahasa. Their music is calming, soft, cozy and easy to connect with. Check out Imel’s beautiful voice and Robin’s acoustic guitar on their first single “I Will Fly”, which will surely send you to t 7th heaven, or a duet between Imel and Adit in the song “I Do”. This album, I Will Fly from Ten2Five is a must have.