Suara Lainnya is an album by Ariel, Uki, Lukman, Reza, David,[a] their first album after they stopped using Peterpan name. The album consists of instrumental version of their songs from their Peterpan era. It was released on 29 May 2012 on the Musica Studio's 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: Ariel, Uki, Lukman, Reza and David.[3] Their plan to announce their new band name was delayed because Ariel was arrested in 2010 due to a celebrity sex tape scandal.[4][5]
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.[6] 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.[7]
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 Geisha's vocalist Momo, violinists Idris Sardi and Hendri Lamiri, and karinding band Karinding Attack.[8] Karinding Attack's blog wrote that they recorded their songs in late December 2011.[9]
Songs
Suara Lainnya consists of 10 rearrangement of Peterpan's songs, and one bonus song, "Dara", Ariel's 2011 solo single.[10] According to Uki, the songs in the album have varying genres, such as jazz, fusion, orchestra, and traditional music."[1]
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.[6] The tempo of "Cobalah Mengerti" in this album is slower than the original version's.[1]
In this album, "Sahabat", originally a pop rock song, was recorded with Karinding Attack which gives the song Sundanese music feel. "Di Belakangku" which was also recorded with Karinding Attack has the same feel too.[1][7]
For "Taman Langit", the only instruments used were piano and violin family.[1]
Release and promotion
On 14 May 2012, the band announced their plan to release Suara Lainnya.[8] 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.[11]
^Johan Sompotan (16 December 2009). "Ariel Umumkan Nama Baru Peterpan Awal 2010" [Ariel will announce Peterpan's new name in early 2010]. Okezone (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^"Peterpan Ganti Nama Jadi Noah" [Peterpan change their name to Noah]. JPNN.com (in Indonesian). 12 August 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^B1 (12 August 2012). "Noah, Nama Baru Peterpan" [Noah, Peterpan's new name]. Beritasatu.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 February 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ abKompas.com (27 May 2012). "Album Eks Peterpan Tanpa Ariel" [Ex-Peterpan's album without Ariel]. Kompas.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^Kompas.com (15 May 2012). "Karinding Attack Garap Lagu Peterpan" [Karinding Attack records Peterpan's song]. Kompas.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
