Ade Paloh's Music Journey Together In The Afternoon For Two Decades

Ade Paloh (Instagram @sorezeband)

JAKARTA - Ade Paloh, vocalist and guitarist of Sore passed away today, Tuesday, March 19. This is the termination of his musical journey which has lasted more than two decades.

The musician with the birth name Firza Achmar Paloh was born on March 29, 1976. His musical journey with Sore began in 2002. He became a member of the early band with Awan Garnida, Bemby Gusti, Mondo Gascaro, and Reza Dwiputranto.

After being involved in the compilation album and soundtrack for the film Promise Joni, Sore released its first album titled Centralismo in mid-20200. This album is included in Rolling Stone's 150 Best Albums Throughout Time.

Through Centralismo, Sore is known as a band that carries a retro concept, by presenting distinctive sound elements of the vibraphone, mellotron, and horn instruments. Something unique for the band that appeared that year.

Then, in the afternoon there are many fillings for film soundtracks, such as Sharing Husbands (Love for Share), Kala, and Quickie Express: Women Have Stories.

The second album Sore, Ports of Lima came in 2008. This album received a warm welcome with mainstay songs such as Half Lima, Vrijeman, and Karolina.

In 2010, Ade Paloh decided to leave the band. At that time, Sore had become an independent Indonesian music icon, which had loyal listeners in various regions, especially Jakarta.

Ade wants to start a new and different musical journey, decide to leave the band and take another path in music. In the afternoon chose vacuum.

However, Sore returned in 2013 with a bigger breakthrough. The album Sorealis was released, and followed by the album Los Skut Leboys two years later.

Sore is back on many national music stages. The songs are always sung with the audience.

Furthermore, Sore released the mini album Mevrouw in 2019 and the full album Quo Vadis, Sore? in 2023.

Ade Paloh's musical journey cannot be separated from Sore which has been an independent Indonesian music icon for the past two decades.

Based on Soleh Solihun's confession on his Instagram account, Ade Paloh is known to have chosen practical politics by registering himself as a Legislative Candidate (Caleg) for the DKI Jakarta DPRD in this year's election.

With his participation in politics, Ade also hinted that Sore plans to return to vacuum in the near future.