The East Indies Cares For Dismissal In False Promises

Indies (Photo: Meidiana Tahir)

JAKARTA - Baskara Putra dan Hindia merilis Janji Fake, single pertama dari album penuh kedua Hindia yang akan dirilis dalam dua bagian secara bertahap, yakni pada 7 dan 21 Juli 2023, Apalagi Hidup akan Terakhir.

As he has done in his debut album Dancing with Shadow which was released in 2019, the East Indies has again poured what he feels in his personal life into the album After Life will end.

And the choice of False Promises as the first single because this song is felt to be able to provide an overview of the contents of the album.

Fake promises summarize a little more and more what is being talked about throughout this second album. On the one hand, there is a kind of despair that me or people my age feel now in life, with various things that are making what we are doing, it feels haphazard," said the Indies in its official statement.

On the other hand, this song also talks about the pressures I've had in the past few years as a musician. Attacked, pressured by the public, even sometimes made up. In addition, what I feel and talk about with all my heart, like inner stability, has been modified and turned into content for a long time. So this song is quite representative to be the common thread of this album and illustrates why this album exists and what I feel until I make this album."

In the False Promise, the sharp and restless lyrics that have become the hallmark of the Indies are combined with medium but aggressive music thanks to the direction of Enrico Octaviano, an Indian colleague in the Magic Competition group who was entrusted as a producer for the song and also as one of the two main producers on the album After Life will end with Kareem Soenharjo.

"I feel Enrico and Kareem are the best producers of my current generation. They are two people I believe in to be able to help convey what I want to say," said the Indies.

"Incidentally, specifically for this song, I think it is more suitable for Enrico's writing and song-making styles".

Apart from Enrico as a producer and composer with Baskara, Promise Fake also involves contributions from names that are familiar in the Indian world, such as Rayhan Noor (guitar) and Petra Sihombing (guitar), as well as new co-workers such as Gamaliel Tapiheru who directs vocals as well as fills the vocals of the background.

There is also a bass filling from someone new and old for the Indies, namely Adrian Mahendra, who happens to be his own older brother.