Raissa Faranda Presents Debut Album for Moniker GUNGS

Raissa Faranda, a figure who previously had a checkered past as a guitarist and vocalist in various music units such as ZIRAH and Noon Radar, to collaborations with The Jansen and Morgensoll, is now trying to take a step on his own with his moniker, GUNGS.

Through her solo project this time, Raissa presents her debut album titled "Awal Masa", containing nine tracks that are arranged linearly as a complete emotional journey.

"Early Days" departs from an existential fear of oblivion or oblivion. In this context, oblivion becomes a concern that everything that has ever been felt - love, pain, anger, sacrifice - will eventually lose its weight and no longer interfere with daily life.

"I'm afraid of my ability to forget, my ability to forgive everything that has passed, until that situation does not interfere with anything in my life," said Raissa in her statement, Thursday, February 5.

Psychologically, the depth of the lyrics is rooted in Raissa's trauma of attachment, ranging from the loss of her father at a young age to the fluctuating dynamics of adult relationships.

This fear he transformed into an impulse to prove his toughness through works that were done almost entirely independently in his small studio, Kebon Lamtoro.

In the production process, he partnered with Raveliza, a drummer from Monkey to Millionaire and The SIGIT, who also served as co-producer. Raveliza's presence was crucial in helping Raissa dissect her vision without having to sacrifice artistic honesty.

"Ravel helped me to unite with his song, how do I get to the emotion through the song - from the way I emphasize the vocals, the way I strum the guitar, even to the way I imagine the vision in each song," he said.

The extreme personal touch is also felt in the closing song, "Gila (Jalani Saja)", where Raissa recorded it using only a mobile phone to capture the essence of raw honesty.

The same thing was done on "Damai Mimpi", the oldest song he wrote about his parents' divorce, which was left with the original mixing character as a form of time travel archive.

Through GUNGS, Raissa Faranda not only released an album, but also opened a space for herself - and her listeners - to accept that the past, no matter how painful, is an integral part of the current human identity.