Telisik

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Rolling Stone Indonesia

Telisik is the debut album by Indonesian singer Danilla. This album mixes the sounds and arrangements of bossa nova, jazz and traditional Indonesian music. Rolling Stone Indonesia named it the 18th "Best Indonesian Albums of 2014."^[1]

Background and recording

Danilla met Lafa Pratomo in 2012 through some friend. Lafa, a musician/producer, took her under his wing and write materials for her to sing.^[2] This album could easily be attributed to Lafa as he wrote most of the songs, and also producing it. As Danilla so humbly put it, she was "just [a] messenger for his songs". The only writing credits for the singer were on "Oh No! (Trembling Theory)" and "Junko Furuta", which she shared with the sole writer.

The recording took one and a half-year to finish, with "Junko Furuta" being the longest to complete, taking up three to four months of writing and recording.^[3] For promotion, Danilla and Lafa would often record some two to four songs, bootlegged it into 50 CDs that they had bought out of their own pockets, and give them out for free at her shows.^[4] But later found easier ways to promote her album through SoundCloud and the internet.

Track listing

All tracks written by Lafa Pratomo^[5], except where noted.

Personnel

• Danilla Riyadi – vocals, melodica
• Lafa Pratomo – vocals, guitar
• Christ Stanley – piano
• Aldi Nada Permana – piano
• Edward Julu Hosea – drums
• Jalu Rohanda – bass
• Galang Perdhana – bass
• Dani Kurnia – cello
• Brury Effendy – trumpet

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