Indonesian Rock Vocalists Have Fun And Work Together On Project The Brokers

The Brokers prepare a debut single produced by Pay Burman (Doc. Special)

JAKARTA - Working, having fun and maintaining friendship. This is in accordance with the birth of the The Brokers project consisting of rock singers in the country.

It is Candil, a former vocalist of the rock band Seurieus who acts as the originator of The Brokers. Because of his desire to continue to channel creativity in the context of rock, he then invited his colleagues to work together. Initially, it was intended to involve only rock vocalists around Bintaro, South Jakarta. Among them are Andy/riff and Ariyo Wahab (The Dance Company).

Over time, the project has become a magnet for other musicians, and now The Brokers are in the presence of Zian (ex Zigas), Axl Ramanda (Drive) and Richie FM Setiawan, former Bandung band vocalist, Five Minutes as a member.

Candil Cs has no grandiose target for this project, but the enthusiasm of the musicians in it continues to burn until it goes to the recording kitchen. But again, Candil explained, this project does not require any specific targets at all. Allowed to flow as naturally as possible.

Stay as flexible as possible. Those who can be involved, please, but those who can't, that's okay," he said.

In the process of recording their debut singles, it turned out that Ariyo and Andy could not participate. Finally, Zian and Axl agreed to collaborate with Candil.

Then, in the last minutestai FM joined to replace Ariyo. Then for processing the song material and recording production, they specifically asked Pay Burman (BIP/ex Slank) as the producer and music arranger.

"To finalize this single project, we certainly have to attract the source of the rocker, namely Bang Pay! Why should Bang Pay? There are many other composers, but he is the one who really follows the development of today's music era," Zian said convincingly.

For Pay, The Brokers project is a concept that is certainly very interesting. Because it combines various vocal characters, with their own characteristics.

"What's fun is that, they join one song, but with a character that is very different from each other. As a concept, this is fun. People want to know what this will be like," he said.

When it was agreed for the recording, Candil and other vocalists then sorted among several stocks of Pay's songs, to be made their debut singles. As a result, a song material titled 'Thank You' was selected, which was considered in accordance with The Brokers' mission. A song that according to Pay, the spirit of the music is in accordance with the mission behind the formation of The Brokers.

"When we heard this song, it was the most suitable. The theme is friendship or friendship," said Candil.

Pay slightly illustrates that he really directed the pattern of musical and vocal arrangements in the song Thank You based on the differences in characters that each vocalist has. Not only singing alternately, but placing each vocal in the most appropriate portion. For example, Candil and Zian characters that tend to be high and distorted, combined with Axl and Richie vocals that are positioned to take a portion of clean and low notes.

With the presence of The Brokers, and especially the song 'Thank You' on the Indonesian rock stage, both Pay and the vocalists involved don't want to worry too much about whether the song can be accepted by the audience or not. Because at least, according to Pay, every type of music has its place. And the vocalists involved in The Brokers themselves, in fact each has a very large fan base. The important thing is, how can the song get to the audience only," he said.

The song 'Thank You' itself was written by Rio Ricardo and Irine Anastasya Pricilia, with the direction of producers of Jabrik and Pay Burman, and circulated via label J83 Music. We also create events and think about the right promotions for The Brokers," said Andhi Iswahyudi, SE as Director of PT. Jabriks Eight Entertainment (J83 Entertainment).

The song 'Thank You' from The Brokers will begin to circulate on the digital platform on March 22, 2024.