Glenn Fredly's Accompaniment Band, The Bakuucakar Releases Reformula: An Album Worth Enjoying Anywhere

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JAKARTA - The Bakuucakar released a song titled Merindu as well as a sign of the release of their debut album, titled Reformula (Bumi Entertainment). This song follows up on his two previous singles; Bakuucakar and Love which was released last year.

"I think with our situation that has been going on for 14 years, but then lost the main character, the biggest figure or the creator," said Rifka Rachman (lead vocals and sequencer) who gave the title of Reformula album in the official statement of The Bakuucakar.

"I feel that we have to rethink what is going on in the future, what are we going to do, what we want to convey. So I feel we have to reformulate it so that we know what goals The Bakuucakar wants to achieve", he continued. To compose the songs in this album, the seven personnel of The Bakuucakar: Andre Dinuth (guitar), Bonar Abraham (bass), Harry Anggoman (keyboards), Kenna Lango (hammond), Nicky Manuputty (saxophone), Rayendra Sunito (drums), and of course Rifka underwent a closed workshop in one of the villas in the Puncak-Bogor area. Together they concocted this album to become an album that can be enjoyed by Indonesian music lovers.

"We agreed to spend a few days together there to write songs. Anyway, whatever happened there, happened. The songs on this album are those that were created at that time. There are also songs that are full of instrumentals. But the common thread is whatever the genre, there is always The Bakuucakar's identity in every song on this album, "explained Rayendra. , fusion, jazz, rap and energetic funk. Everything is present in this debut album and almost all the instruments seem to sing in the same composition.

The songs on the Reformula album include: Bakuucakar, Merindu, Love, Generasi, Free Your Mind, Chiyembekezo, Memori, A Tear, and Jalan-Jalan.

Reformula is an album that deserves to be enjoyed in all circumstances. If we listen to all the songs on this album and watch The Bakuucakar stage performances, we can feel that this band deserves thumbs up.

Not only a band that has high musical skills, The Bakuucakar is a band that is proven to always maintain excitement, cohesiveness and combines elements of fun with music quality above average.

Not surprisingly, The Bakuucakar's name will be listed in a monument at the Ambon City Of Music RTP (Public Open Space) along with 33 other Ambonese musicians.

The Bakuucakar is not a new name in the Indonesian music scene. This band is reliable musicians who have been in the Indonesian music industry for a long time. Each of the personnel already has a big name with a long series of musical journeys.

Formed in 2008, The Bakuucakar has accompanied every appearance of Glenn Fredly for 12 years on stage. Each member joined Glenn in 2007 and 2008. Until mid-2008, Rifka became the last member to join and since then The Bakuucakar has been running with a formation of seven personnel to this day.