At The Beginning Of RAN's Career Often Appears On TV, Asta Often Asked: 'tar' You Really Doesn't Listen?'

JAKARTA - Astono Handoko alias Asta, guitarist RAN, revealed a unique experience when his group started its career in the national music industry. He is considered to have never turned on his guitar when performing.

This was revealed when three RAN personnel, namely Rayi, Asta and Nino, were guests on the Indomusik Talk YouTube program which aired Monday, December 18.

At the beginning of his career, Asta admitted that he had received many questions regarding his guitar playing. The question even came from several musicians.

"There were several questions at that time, such as from journalists or fellow musicians, like 'Gitar you really sound?'," said Asta.

Suddenly the confession made two other personnel and the host of the show laugh.

"The problem is that several times I've seen it only on TV shows," said Rayi trying to give a context on Asta's statement.

Then Asta continued his explanation. At that time, RAN often promoted on television programs. The problem is that they appear with minus one (the background music scene).

"In the past, the promo was really loud on TV shows, and that was minus one," said Asta.

"The new kid wants to ask for all kinds of full bands, it's impossible, I can't get it," he continued.

Hearing Asta's explanation, Nino teased by calling the guitarist playing without any more effort than the two vocalists who had to sing.

"Actually, we are a bit annoyed, because we wake up early, we only work together. He's just pretending," said Nino.

For information, RAN debuted on an album titled RAN For Your Life in 2007. They immediately attracted the attention of music lovers through a hit entitled First View.

Furthermore, RAN still released four other albums, namely Friday (2009), HOP3 (2011), Hari Baru (2013), and RAN (2016).

Towards the end of 2023, RAN celebrated 17 years of work by holding the concert The Sweet Seventeen Show on Wednesday, December 20.