This 12 months 2024 might be called one in every of the busiest years within the Indonesian music industry, especially in Jakarta. As of November 2024, there are already several music programs which are very talked-about amongst Indonesians.
Not only are they created with fresh ideas, but this 12 months’s mostly musical programs are based on popular stories from Indonesia and abroad, akin to “Joshua oh Joshua” performed by Cerita Beda Hak Sama and “Keluarga Cemara” based on popular Indonesian movies.
There are also musicals based on American movies, “School Of Rock” performed by HI Jakarta Production and “The Jungle Book” performed by Jakarta Art House and Indonesia Dance Company
Although tickets are mostly expensive, the common price is around IDR 200,000 – 1,000,000 (USD 12.61 – 63.03), tickets for musical performances have all the time been sold out just for a number of days because the first sale began.
On music stages, we most frequently take heed to jazz or pop songs, but on October 26, 2024, on the festival called “Indonesian Music Festival (Indonesian Music Festival)” session was held including a musical performance titled “I’m chasing you, baby (I’m chasing you, baby).”
I’m chasing you, babyThe first dangdut musical in Indonesia
The interesting a part of this show is that variations of Dangdut songs are presented on this show. Other than that, the highlight of this show is how they create fun to each comedy they create. The costume they used also had vivid colours, which added to the fun of the performance
I’m chasing you, baby is a musical performance based on the songs of the young artist Aulion, created in 2008. The musical tells the story of a domestic assistant named Ica who idolizes a dangdut singer named Jay Bahari.
Her obsession with Jay Bahari makes Ika’s life stuffed with colours and happiness. But unfortunately, she has to sacrifice her job when she has the chance to satisfy Jay. Touted as Indonesia’s first dangdut musical, the show is scheduled to be staged again in late November at Taman Ismail Marzuki.
With this performance, Aulion and Billy Gamaliel from Indonesia and Kaya as project manager hope to take dangdut music to the subsequent level and attract more audiences from generation to generation, not only in Jakarta or Indonesia, but on the international level.
Dangdut, an Indonesian music genre
Dangdut is one in every of the favored Indonesian music genres that has existed because the Fifties to Sixties. At that point, the genre originated from Hindustani movies, Malayali and Arabic music, then the genre is referred to as Malay orchestra or Malay Orchestra.
Dangdut songs normally contain several rhymes from the standard Indonesian drum, bamboo flute and tambourine. The name Dangdut comes from the sound of Gendang (traditional Indonesian drum), which appears like “Dang” and “Dug”. A singer singing most of these songs normally sings with a distorted voice and an lively rhythm.
The first musical show in Indonesia
Talking a few musical drama like Broadway, it was introduced. In Indonesia, a live music program was introduced in May 2015 with a show titled “Beauty and The Beast Original Broadway”. And now, not only in Jakarta, the musical drama can be popular in Bandung, Yogyakarta and Bali.
