Band History
MALIQ & D’ESSENTIALS was conceived on May 15th 2002 with 8 personnel’s under a genre they call soulful music.
The name MALIQ itself is an acronyam from MUSIC AND LIVE INSTRUMENT QUALITY as the brainchild of brothers Angga & Widi Puradiredja (the group’s vocalist and drummer, respectively; as well as producer, composer and arranger for the group). The completion of the band became full circle with the presence of Indah & Dimi (vocals), Ifa (keys), Javafinger a.k.a Jawa (bass), Satrio (guitars) and Amar (horns).
The group started out performing soul and soul-inspired music at different lounges and/or cafes. The two years intro they went through was part of the solidification process for the group; as well as a way to introduce soul and/or soulful-inspired music to the Indonesian public; as it is yet to be widely known at the time of the group’s establishment. In early 2007, the group went through another change in their core personnel. After Dimi’s departure around 2006; Satrio, the group’s guitarist decided to leave and was quickly replaced by Arya Aditya Ramadhya, more widely known as “Lale”. By 2009, the group released their newest record entitled Mata Hati Telinga. Now the youngest member of MALIQ & D’ESSENTIALS, Lale with his rock background had interestingly added another color to the group’s unique sound. Thus the song “Pilihanku” was chosen as the first single from the third album. The pop-rock up-tempo number was somewhat different than what the public would know of MALIQ & D’ESSENTIALS; although the group’s color never faded away from the newly explored influences. Along with second single “Coba Katakan”, MALIQ & D’ESSENTIALS was able to broaden the horizon of their listeners and/or fans.
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