Review Album Nelangsa Pasar Turi Bilal Indrajaya, Replica Sound Old That Is Full Of Pilu

Bilal Indrajaya (Instagram @bilalindaraya)

Vintage, this first impression first appeared when he heard Bilal Indrajaya's music in the song Niscaya, which at that time was busy milling about on social media. Unlike David Bayu, who has a light vocals and trebel oriented team, Bilal has a deep voice that becomes a character.

The album 'Nelangsa Pasar Turi' is Bilal's first full-length album as a single singer. Here he collaborates with producers who are known to have strong intuition in old music. They are Lafa Pratomo, Vega Antares, banyaksuke, and Laleilmanino.

Involving many producers could be a double-edged knife. On the one hand, this collectivity will produce something vibrant, but on the other hand it has the potential to cause an 'batched' album. Luckily that didn't happen on Bilal's debut album.

The album is opened by 'Juanda', an energetic track that can outwit listeners. This song carries energetic rock music, with guitar distortions and riffs with character. This track is also the most upbeat song in the entire album.

Bilal seemed to pay tribute to his favorite band, Dewa 19 on this track. There are excerpts of the lyrics 'I'm here for you' and 'You're the only one', who is electrifying the title of their song. The other 'Dewa' element is of course also because of Vega's involvement, the guitarist who has been performing with Dewa for a long time. 19.

Bilal Indrajaya explored his vocal skills further on this album. In the song 'Breaday' for example, he plays vocal dynamics, as if playing a role. In fact, he gave a sweet grip at the top of the song towards the end, which turned out to be a strong hook.

High notes are on the track 'Dara', which is an old and modern-era music meeting. Bilal applies the falsetto smoothly, although of course it will be challenging when performed live. This song was tweeted by keyboardist Maliq & d'Essentials Ilman Ibrahim Isa, who also serves as a producer with

The characteristic feature of Bilal who likes to make an unknown title in the song also occurs on this album. In addition to the single 'Nelangsa Pasar Turi', the unique title is 'Nine Hours From Gambir'. This track was polished by Lafa Pratomo with goodminton, making listeners like in the clouds. Beat that comes out a bit standard, decorated with piano and guitar ornamental melodies. Maybe this is one of my favorite songs on this album, in addition to 'Dara'.

On various occasions, Bilal Indrajaya said this song was about travel, meetings and separations. He reminisced about his past visiting the places he called, from Gambir, Pasar Turi to Juanda. Terminals and airports witnessed the joy of the encounter, but also released his departure.

It should be appreciated how Bilal was able to insert elements of The Beatles, Dewa 19, Candra Darusman seamlessly on 9 tracks in it. And the album cover that reminds Foo Fighters' music video, adds to the diversity of references on this album.