Cinta Ramadhan, Indrianto's Bintang Religious Album With Mia Ismi And Haikal Baron

Cover EP Cinta Ramadhan from Bintang Indrianto with Mia Ismi and Haikal Baron. (Instagram/@bintangindrianto)

JAKARTA - In order to welcome the holy month of Ramadan, Bintang Indrianto released an extended play or mini album titled Cinta Ramadhan. He invited Mia Ismi and Haikal Baron to collaborate on this album.

Bintang said the album Cinta Ramadhan was a debt that had been running for decades. For a long time, he really wanted to work on a religious album specifically for the holy month.

I have a debt for decades to make the Ramadan album. I used to think about the late Idang Rasjidi (work on religious albums). It's phenomenal maybe the album, but the echo is gone," said Bintang Indrasmoro, launching YouTube iCSL.Studio, Tuesday, March 12.

"Many times I want to make it not successful. Finally, this is the first time I can," he continued.

Mia Ismi and Haikal Baron act as collaborators on this album. Mia sings and plays violin, while Haikal sings too. They said they were happy with his involvement this time.

Although the genre carried by Bintang is different, Mia and Haikal feel helped by Bintang Indrianto as bass players, arrangers, songwriters, and experienced producers.

"Mas Bintang's approach is very imaginative. Not like the one who gave the parture, the approach is interesting, so it makes the results more organic. I am very grateful to be able to work with Mas Bintang," Mia said.

"Jazz is like a planet outside the earth, so it has never been touched at all (with me). But Mas Bintang gave me the confidence to sing. For me this opportunity is very beautiful," said Haikal.

Meanwhile, Cinta Ramadhan contains five tracks, of which four are written by Bintang Indrianto, and the rest are written by Mia Ismi.

All the songs on this album were produced by Lucy Willar and recorded on iCanStudioLive.