ShiLi & Adi

ShiLi & Adi is Singaporean musical duo founded in 2008, consisting of members ShiLi Yap and Adi Rakhmadian. The duo is one of the few local bands who has performed for the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix for four consecutive years from 2012 to 2015. In 2018, the duo were chosen to open at the WAU Live Concert for Wakin Chau and many more.

ShiLi & Adi
OriginSingapore
GenresPop, R&B, Blues, Rock
Years active2008-Present
Websitehttps://www.shiliandadi.com/

Members' life and career

ShiLi Yap was born on 30 March and is an alumnus of Methodist Girls' School (Secondary), Victoria Junior College and National University of Singapore (NUS). In 2013, ShiLi started her own company called Merry Bees with co-founder John Lye.[1]

Adi Rakhmadian was born on 31 August and is originally from Surabaya, Indonesia. An alumnus of Victoria School, Victoria Junior College and National University of Singapore(NUS), he met ShiLi Yap while they were pursuing their A Levels in Victoria Junior College and both ShiLi & Adi are members of Victoria Junior College choir who won 3 gold medals in the Choir Olympics in 2004, Bremen, Germany.

History

2008–2015: Formation and early years

From 2012 to 2015, ShiLi & Adi performed at various stages at the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix[2] in English, Chinese, Malay, and Hindi to race fans with jazz and pop classics at the Marina Stage, Esplanade Park Stage and more in Formula One.[3]

2016: Our Story

In 2016, ShiLi & Adi opened the season with their first concert as a duo at the ExxonMobil Campus Concert[4] and a month later featured on First Sparks: 30 Years of Arts on Campus Part of ExxonMobil Campus Concerts alongside other local artistes.[5]

2018: Rintangan

In 2017, ShiLi & Adi recorded “Rintangan” with arranger Erwin Gutawa as part of Indonesian jazz pianist and composer, Candra Darusman's tribute album Detik Waktu: Perjalanan Karya Cipta Candra Darusman which was released on 2 March 2018 by Demajors and Signature Music Indonesia. The album won Best Album of the Year award at the Indonesian equivalent of the Grammys, the AMI Awards 2018[6] and featured other Indonesian and Malaysian artistes such as Sheila Majid, Glenn Fredley, Andien, and more.

In February 2018, ShiLi & Adi performed at NParks Concert Series, In The Park: Rockestra[7] organised by National Park Boards. In October 2018, the duo opened for Taiwanese artiste Wakin Chau to 20,000 crowd at the Singapore National Stadium, alongside with Joanna Dong[8][9] organised by UnUsual Entertainment and WTA.

2019–present : Berdua

In 2019, ShiLi & Adi held a concert showcase “Berdua” on 13 February 2019 in Singapore to a sold out theatre to celebrate the upcoming releases of ShiLi & Adi's singles for "When I’m With You (WIWY)" / "Bersamamu]", "Pick Me" and "Kebetulan" / "原来 是你"[10] which will be out in phases from March 2019 onwards on Spotify, Apple Music, Joox and Deezer via Warner Indonesia[11][12]

Members
Members Instrument(s) Years Active
ShiLi Yap Vocals 2008–present
Adi Rakhmadian Vocals, Keyboard 2008–present

Discography

Singles
  • When I'm With You - 2019
  • Bersamamu - 2019

Collaboration

References
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  2. "FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE AIRLINES SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX 2019". www.singaporegp.sg. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  3. migration (2014-09-12). "Rocking the F1: Concerts to feature Jennifer Lopez, Robbie Williams, Mayday". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  4. "A long way from Lecture Theatre 13". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  5. "NUS Art Festival 2016 - 11-26 March". WONDER. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  6. JawaPos.com. "Momen Emosional Duo Populer Singapura Bawakan Hits Candra Darusman". www.jawapos.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  7. "3 Feb 2018 Nparks Rockestra Concert". www.nparks.gov.sg. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  8. "周华健首次国家体育场开唱 笑称自己为新加坡"亲生子"". 8 World. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  9. "周华健开唱 笑称自己是新加坡的亲生"儿子"". Zao Bao. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  10. "ShiLi & Adi: Berdua EP Launch". allevents.in. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  11. hermesauto (2019-03-17). "Home-grown duo ShiLi & Adi sing in English, Malay and Mandarin on their debut EP". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  12. Tan, Dylan (2019-03-15). "Pop Debut". The Business Times. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
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